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Another Yukon photo

St. Elias Range near Haines Junction, YT. June 2002.

This picture comes from the roadside north of Haines Junction. I was on a 3-week bicycle trip from Skagway to Anchorage Alaska with a group of middle- and high-school kids. We first saw this range as we arrived in Haines Junction and then followed it north past Kluane Lake.
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February 4, 2004 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | Comments Off on Another Yukon photo

Sloggin now… skiing soon

Slogging is what I’m doing this week as I attend to my responsibilities as academic senate president at my college. Skiing is what I’m going to do this weekend. Yay!

Some friends and I have a condo at north Tahoe and we plan to telemark ski at Squaw on Saturday and Heavenly on Sunday. Although I’ve cross-country skied for years – and feel pretty comfortable on skinny skis – the whole telemark/downhill thing is really new to me. I did it a few times last season and enjoyed it, but I still feel somewhat awkward about it and am embarrassed to admit that I’m still working at skiing beginner runs with a good degree of control. I’m planning on getting past that this weekend and venturing out onto some intermediate terrain at Heavenly.

The goal of all this – besides having a good time this weekend – is to eventually get to where I can ski competently on interesting terrain in the backcountry.
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February 4, 2004 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | Comments Off on Sloggin now… skiing soon