When I started my Turns All Year journey, I never imagined I would make it to Month 100. What an obscure and meaningless and ridiculous pursuit this is. And yet, here I am. I’m happy to have reached this milestone, and happier in general because of the...
This is a story about burritos. It’s also a story about cell phones, and why you should put down your phone to discover new experiences. New, nude experiences to be precise. The alarm rouses our tent at 7am and, queens of efficiency, we are in the road by 7:38am. With...
A few years ago I agreed to give an informational interview to a recent college grad as a favor to a family friend. It was not a success. As soon as we started the video call it was clear they hadn’t done their homework. They knew very little about me, hadn’t prepared...
Editor’s Note: I published this post for the first time in 2016, two years after Loren’s accident. Every year around the February 19 anniversary I republish the blog to encourage you to set up your emergency contact information as a way to honor...
tl;dr: get to know the people at your local gear shop. It will pay you back in ways you could never imagine. “We can’t tune your skis. The core is warped,” the guy at evo tells me. “You’ll have to take them to the shop where you bought them.” My heart sinks. I came to...
After skiing every month for the last 98 months in a row, I faced an all-new challenge for month 99. Powder Panic. ‘Powder Panic’: a collective flocking of snow-deprived skiers to the local hills in a volume so great that it completely overwhelms and...
Last year, we mutually agreed that we’re bailers. You bail. I bail. We bail. This begs the question: What type of bailer are you? Since it’s not a matter of when you’ll bail, but how, Theresa and I created a list of the different types of...
Congratulations! Your toenail turned all of the colors and is going to fall off. Don’t despair. Follow these tips* to embrace the 6-12 month regrowing process to welcome your new nail with grace and dignity. First things first, mitigate the pain. Whether you...
After an exciting start to the regular, lift-accessed ski season (wherein I nearly missed month 97 because of a clerical error), I enjoyed six glorious days of uphill and downhill skiing in December. Beginning December 14, I had one day in bounds, one day sidecountry,...
At the end of December, it’s fun to reflect back on smile-filled memories and consider what things we’d like to leave behind as we enter a New Year. A lot of things made me smile in 2019: exertional flatulence, outdoor camping fails, snot rockets, Chaco...
