by Kristina | Oct 26, 2014 | Action Figure Mascot, Backcountry, Mountaineering, Mt. Rainier, Turns All Year, Tutu
I love that the Pacific Northwest is home to something like Turns All Year. Broadly, TAY is a group of people who count the number of consecutive months in which they ski with the goal of doing it for a solid year. Each consecutive year becomes both easier and harder...
by Kristina | Jun 16, 2014 | Action Figure Mascot, Backcountry, Skiing
The roads in Norway are plagued with something called a Frost Heaves – a inverse speed bump caused from the freeze/thaw cycle of the road. Some of them look bad and are fine, and others look innocuous and will send your car airborne.That is not an exaggeration....
by Kristina | May 29, 2014 | Action Figure Mascot, Backcountry, Skiing
Life has been a bit hectic, so please forgive me my tardiness in posting about Norway. The trip was so fantastic and I was SO EXCITED to document it’s every super-duper-important-detail that I got overwhelmed and didn’t post…for a month. You’d...
by Kristina | Apr 26, 2014 | Action Figure Mascot, Tutu
In 2005 I made it my life goal to travel to a new country every year. Last year I took a well-documented week long trip to Croatia to climb, and this year I visited Norway for a week of backcountry skiing. To start the trip off right, I did a quick stop-over in...
by Kristina | Apr 10, 2014 | Action Figure Mascot, Backcountry, Mountains, Skiing, Turns All Year, Tutu
March was a tough month to motivate to ski, but luckily I had a few fun events to get me back on skis for Turns All Year Month 29! The month kicked off with a She Jumps event to get the girls out on the slopes – and get out we did! Continuing my tradition of...
by Kristina | Mar 18, 2014 | Action Figure Mascot, Backcountry, Costumes, Mountains, Skiing, Travel, Tutu
The plan was thus: Drive to Mt. Shasta Friday after work (a mere 8hrs, 39mins from Seattle sans traffic) Make it to Bunny Flat trail head (6,940′) and camp at some point on Friday night/Saturday morning Get up and skin to high camp at Helen Lake...
