Foothill Freak's Backcountry Skiing Blog

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True story about a true story. I’m reading a nonfiction book called The Tiger. It’s about a siberian tiger and a couple of unfortunate people who suddenly discovered themselves being eaten and digested by this aforementioned tiger. The story eloquently lays out the gory details in a way that is always enlightening. For example; a [...]

Here is very short video i put together from footage where I mostly wanted to capture the audio: The enchanting sounds of the Pyrenees.  

My hat had fallen out of my jacket and was rolling towards a gaping crevasse below. It was a new hat, but after several days of foul weather and even some blistering sun, I had grown rather attached to it. I wasn’t ready to see it go. “Bruno! Let’s get it!” I suggested. But this [...]

I just found out that Mineral Bottom road in Canyonlands washed out. When I saw the photo in the Salt Lake Tribune, I realized that I had a very similar “before” photo. So, with no further ado: Before After

He looked at me and said it again, this time with noticeable frustration and urgency, “Hay Ere Onthi!” I was puzzled. This word did not sound spanish and I was pretty sure that I’d never heard it before in my life. Maybe it was one of his odd Catalyan phrases. Something Latin?  But I could tell [...]

I put the rest of my favorite photos from the Waddington trip online. Check them out here on my picasa page.

Foothill is back from BC’s Coastal Range. Burned, bruised, beaten and perhaps a bit baffled about life, leisure, and why we do the things we do. For now, here’s a sneak preview of one of the few sunny moments from the trip. I’ll post more after I do a slideshow here in SLC.