Friday, February 29, 2008

it’s probably time to tune up the ski after all the running

The final seasonal gettogether  took place at 10:30 p.m. in  the base village.
With all the fine snow on hand, it was easy to rough up the edges when you run on hard packed stuff. So all got quick rundown on waxing and tuning. The same technique is used for both skis and boards.

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Friday, February 22, 2008

Spring snowfall can set a record

In February hikers venturing above treeline find
that the peaks are more wintry than they usually are. 
They should be prepared. Climbers get the cold shoulder.
The snow is still waist-deep in places, and the trail is buried.
Some climbers listen —  but some climbers don’t. 
Tuesday, we left camp early,
expecting to cover the remaining miles to the top before noon.

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Friday, February 1, 2008

Which came first–the chicken or the European?

I carried my life, like a stone, 
in a ragged pocket, but I 
had a true weaving song, a sly 
way with rhythm, a healing tone.

I am going to Spain for some buziness: popular history, and a familiar rhyme about Christopher Columbus, holds that Europeans made contact with the Americas in 1492, with some arguing that the explorer and his crew were the first outsiders to reach the New World, but chicken bones suggest Polynesians found Americas before Columbus.

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