Poor Man's Heli

Please come back again in late April. I mean don’t get me wrong, I like you and all, and while it’s nice to see that the sky is indeed still blue, it’s too soon. It should be 35 and raining in the city. Pouring something fierce. Some real ‘depths of hell, flood stage 11, build an ark’ type chaos. So anyways, GTFO and bring on the snow.

Love always, hugs and kisses,

Me

(thought I posted this the other day but guess I forgot to hit publish)
Not sure if this is a Lib joke or not, but spotted this pic over at Southofthenorth. The lack of inserts makes me think it’s a joke, though maybe that’s a way (albeit an odd way depending on price) of circumventing the Voile patent fee?

Real or hoax?

You may recall that last winter was brutal for avalanche fatalaties across North America, with BC (and Clemina Creek area) having a particularly ugly season. A recently released report(click for full report in pdf format) by the grimly named BC Coroner’s Service Death Review Panel found that their is a gap between education and application in difficult situations, among other things.

The level of expertise required in order to make safe travel choices in complex terrain and under difficult avalanche conditions was beyond that which could be gained through entry-level recreational avalanche courses

While the report is primarily aimed at snowmobilers, and some of their findings are obvious (i.e. new technology makes it easier for sled n00bs to access terrain outside of their level to ride/comprehend risks), it’s still good stuff to read and have in the back of your mind.

Article on findings from The Province

Looks like Jeremy and the crew over at Jones Snowboards launched their site (maybe this isn’t news, but I hadn’t noticed til tonite). Noticed the tasty vittle below when browsing around.

The Solution splitboard
Rocker and camber and magne oh my!
Hybird rockered/cambered splitboard with real deal licensed from somewhere near Canuckistan Magne-traction. Specs say only available in a 158 and a 161, but down below the images it also says 162 and 165 so dunno what lengths it’ll be available in, nor the cost.

A play on 'splitboarding is the answer' me thinks

UPDATE: Just read that someone stole their ONE AND ONLY proto from their SIA booth! If you see someone riding it or trying to sell it on Craigslist punch them in the nose, take it and email chad@jonessnowboards.com

The Deeper crew swing another episode from the back seat of their Jeeps. Dunno, the more I see these teasers the more I’m thinking I just want to see quick cut scenes of people hitting a cheesewedge while MGMT (wait, the tight jeans/hipster meets hippy 80s synth redux thing is dead? Fine, let’s go old school and throw some brohymn in there…but can we get a version where the opening bass riff is played on a keytar?) plays in the background.

Pausenot.

Between the part in the Krakauer book I’ve been reading about flying around AK, to the new Surfers Journal article about scouting lines from a plane, makes me want to revisit getting my pilot’$ licen$e.

Missed this blurb on the Meadows site talking about the Sunday Wy’east avalanche.
* Slope distance travelled: 14,500 feet, 6,000 meters or about 2.75 miles from start to finish.
* Elevation lost: 5,400 feet from the crown at around the 10,650 foot level to the “toe” at the 5,240 foot level.
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Another thing that seperates contenders from pretenders – 9000 foot vert overnight hikes.

…and all the verbal pro blogzillas were at the show, checking out the new gear, while us linguistically challenged blogapers stay home and read their prose. A few new gadgets and doohickeys to enhance your mountain douchebaggery are below.
The Ortovox 3+ transceiver
Yes, I’m not kidding, someone in the blogosphere wrote about something that’s NOT [...]

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