by Kristina | May 15, 2012 | Action Figure Mascot, Backcountry, Life, Skiing
We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to bring you this SPECIAL announcement: In celebration of my 28th Birth Anniversary, yesterday I successfully summitted and skied Mt. St. Helens.In a dress.With about 300 other people.That’s right, they ALL care...
by Kristina | May 9, 2012 | Backcountry, Skiing
March 18 was a fun day up at Source Lake. The Source Lake area is near Alpental, and feeds into the sidecountry of Alpental Ski Resort. It’s also near Chair Peak, which many people will circumnavigate in one long day of touring. You can climb it in the summer,...
by Kristina | May 7, 2012 | Backcountry, Skiing
On March 16, I tagged along with 3 boys to Skyline Ridge and got in about 4,500 feet of skiing. For me, that’s a good day (although most boys will say they’d like about 7,000 feet at least).Skyline Ridge, also known as Heather Ridge, is off of Hwy 2, which...
by Kristina | May 3, 2012 | Backcountry, Skiing
Here I go promising (threatening?) to tell you about all of my backcountry skiing adventures, and I fall off the face of the earth. Never fear, I’m alive, just really, really busy. Family, work, and a social life will do that to a girl. But I miss you blog...
by Kristina | Apr 19, 2012 | Backcountry, Skiing
My first ever backcountry ski day was a 2-day epic trip to Mt. Baker. Some friends were renting a cabin up at the mountain and I was lucky enough to get an invite! The weekend of February 18-19 it was DUMPING snow. Seriously, look at this:Can you call that ass deep?It...
by Kristina | Apr 13, 2012 | Climbing
An Australian Rappel is when you rappel down a rock face with the belay device in your back belay loop, vs. your front belay loop*. Instead of lowering yourself with your back to the ground, you are going face first.I learned how to rig this up a few years ago...
by Kristina | Apr 11, 2012 | Backcountry, Skiing
I have developed a pattern of taking up a new (and sometimes “extreme”) sport every few years. I started rock climbing in 2007, I adopted the forefoot strike and discovered that I really, really love running in 2009, then I bought a bike and started...
by Kristina | Mar 30, 2012 | Life
I am a HUGE fan of the website www.someecards.com. Every Friday they send out a newsletter which includes their best cards of the week and funny Tweets (you can sign up for the newsletter on the homepage – DO IT!), but I most look forward to “This...
by Kristina | Mar 28, 2012 | Life
Speaking of Mileage – my car isn’t the only travel mechanism getting on in years….My beloved Merrell Glove’s, which have been with me since my first half marathon, are nearing retirement. It’s only a guesstimate, but I would say they have...
by Kristina | Mar 26, 2012 | Life, Travel
It dawned on me that I have never blogged about one of my major modes of travel: Layla! My 2002 Jetta!Layla and I have been together for 7 years now, we met back in September 2006. Sure, she had some baggage, about 44,000 miles, but hey, who doesn’t have baggage...
