New Skool

I'm not old skool, or new skool; I'm out of skool; I'm ditching.

Retro

Previously unreleased photo of the Drew on Les Courtes.


Skiing sounds fun.

Roped Skiing

Ted Mahon finishes skiing Colorado's fourteeners.

Firstly, congratulations to Ted Mahon on safely finishing the project. The blog comments made me want to say something about ski descents and aesthetics, though. And this is not meant to disrespect Ted and Al in any form!

Does anyone disagree that ropework detracts from a ski descent? I love technical skiing, maybe as much as anyone, but to me ropework interrupts the flow. Not because it's scary, or difficult, but because it inherently isn't skiing. I'd just as quickly downclimb, depending on the situation - whichever is more expedient.

Lou's comments struck me as funny, especially
Makes everything on the Grand Teton look old school, doesn’t it?

If new school is determined by how much one uses a rope to ski, then I want to be old skool. And please don't misinterpret: I have used ropes on ski descents; I will use them again. I'm just talking about what's ideal.

Which way will you look to ski Capitol, Frank?

Let's ski tomorrow.

Who wants to ski tomorrow? Looks like great weather in Washington.

I arrive in Seattle tonight (2008.04.11) circa 18:00 after a much-delayed flight.

Drop an e-mail or leave a comment. Maybe leave your phone # too via e-mail since I lost my phone before I left town.

Oh yeah Cascades baby!

-Sky out from AMS Schiphol