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Recovered My Second Stolen Bike!
Holy shit! I’ve just recovered my second stolen bike. I can’t believe it! This morning I was shocked to get an email with the subject, “stolen commencal”: Hi, I believe I have found your bike?! sadly...
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Lost: Single K2 Darkside 181
Since it worked for my bike thought I’d give blogging about my lost ski in the hopes that someone finds it and Googles “lost K2 Darkside Stevens Pass backside” :). Back in February on our way heli...
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Mammut Pro RAS 35L Airbag Review (versus the Mammut RAS 30L)
Just pulled the trigger on a Mammut Pro RAS 35L Airbag! After much debate about the Mammut Ride RAS 30L versus the Mammut Pro RAS 35L I opted for the Pro 35L for a few reasons: Two ice axe loops versus...
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The Spearhead’s Fissile on NYE
After a night of sabering champagne and hanging out in a -25′c vodka tasting room it seemed like a great idea to go on a 20 mile ski tour and take down Fissile (pictured below on the left). Rewinding a...
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Buying Used Backcountry Touring Gear in Seattle
A few buddies have asked me recently about getting into backcountry skiing/touring and wondering how to gear up. Since the the price for new gear is a little steep: $700+ for skis $500+ for boots...
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Gold Hills Ski Cabin Adventure
Emails like this get my attention and an auto-reply of yes. Hey, if you are interested, a buddy of mine has the Gold Hill Ski Cabin reserved this weekend. A friend and I are going to drive down to...
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Points North Heli Alaska – aka ManCamp
This post is like two years late. Oh well… Here it is! Most of it was written before one of our guides, Kip Garre tragically passed away this spring. Kip, thanks for showing us Alaska. Before reading...
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Maui Honeymoon
Just got back from eight great days on Maui! The best decision we made was bumping up our flight from Monday to Saturday. I don’t know what we were thinking flying out on Monday. Foolish :). Since...
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Climbing the Tooth in the Alpental Valley
Another multi-pitch trad climb done! This Sunday we climbed The Tooth, a 400′ 4 pitch 5.4 climb in the Alpental Valley (summit is at 5,604 feet). Not particularly difficult it is often someones first...
View ArticleHow to Recover Your Stolen Bike
Having recovered not one, but two stolen bikes I often get asked, how do I recover my stolen bike?? Find where you wrote down your serial number. If you didn’t write it down try looking at your receipt...
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