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Turns All Year: Month 93
I have never skied alone - that is, until Turns All Year Month 93! With limited availability and a lack of desire to coordinate with anyone, I scooted up to Mt. Rainier solo. The skiing was a far cry from the best July turns ever last year, but hey, it was skiing. I...
Turns All Year: Month 92
Skiing in June can be a crap shoot, but for Month 92 of Turns All Year I rolled hard eights. Anticipating a light summer in terms of skiing, I got out on the first day of the month, only to ski two more days in June's first week! Saturday, June 1, 2019 - Silver Peak I...
Turns All Year: Month 91
I love birthdays. Costumes. Cake. Creative surprises. What's not to love? I do what I can to encourage everyone to have a kickass birthday and create memorable birthdays, and of course I plan stupid and ridiculous mountain twofers for my own birthday. Normally the...
Turns All Year: Month 90
In an era when we're always comparing ourselves to others through our addiction to social media, losing sight of your own accomplishments is a natural casualty of scrolling. Take running a marathon for example. Many years ago when I was training for my first (and...
The Revealing New Facebook Status That’s Sweeping The Nation
We all know social media was built around shameless self-promotion and adorable baby (and puppy!) photos. But as much as we love to hate on Facebook, it's also an incredible place to build community and share the highs and lows of life together. Last week my friend...
Do You Suffer From Exertional Flatulence?
We’re swapping the canopy off the truck again because we want the silver one, no the white one, no actually the silver one is better let's put that back on. I am helping my spouse move this big, heavy, hulking behemoth because all of our really strong friends are...
What Type Of Bailer Are You?
The truth about bailing is that we're all guilty of it. You are a bailer. I am a bailer. We bail. It's not a matter of when you will bail, but how. Which begs the question: what type of bailer are you? As defined by Urban Dictionary, bailing is to leave a group of...
The Longest, Shortest Scar
Hiding under an inverted canoe, a shield of epoxied fiberglass shards, we are almost able to keep our entire bodies out of the torrential rain. We’d been enjoying a leisurely float down the Jefferson when a sudden thunderstorm flooded the languid river, causing our...
Broken Bones Make The Heart Grow Bolder
The wood chips are frozen into mini-jagged peaks as angry breath clouds my face in the bitter air. "You think I can't do it because I'm a GIRL!", I shout, in my most confident-sounding second-grader voice. A group of older boys is fighting me on the playground over...
