The much feared Internet Video Blackhole sucked Matthias, Janine and I in the other night as we sat working on some website ideas.
Before we knew it we had wasted several hours of precious time.
But when one is this good, you really ought to share the beauty of what humans can do in a place like [...]
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If you enjoy backcountry skiing where you feel as if your being chased, and you are never allowed to stop and rest, I have just the sport for you. Euro ski rando racing.
I have been talking about the Tour de Sas for the last week because I was excited to try this sport and much [...]
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Yesterday, Igor Tavella and I skied the entire Tour de Sas loop in preparation for the big race Saturday. While not having any one difficult section, it is, in one push, a bit on the tiring side. I noticed conversation dropped off towards completion, a sure sign of hardship.
Conditions are perfect for a ski rando [...]
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As the Tour de Sas fast approaches Saturday 21 February – I have been on the course twice to have a little look at the terrain and conditions.
For those in the Dolomites, one thing is obvious – there is a ton of snow up high but given the conditions, not a lot of tracks have [...]
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This is public service announcement from PatitucciPhoto and DolomiteSport – especially for all those friends we ski with…
Surely this was meant to be spread around as the email forwarded from a friend came in while I was in the backcountry, and I had my iPhone in my pocket, on, right next to my beacon. This [...]
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I left the house in the dark, 6:45 a.m., the street stone silent and glazed with a layer of ice. Rain drops came down confused about whether or not they should be snowflakes. Our third story house was getting snow, at street level, rain. We were snowline.
“Buon Giorno”, I looked up from my feet to [...]
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