Ski Gear

I started snowboarding on a used Rosignol with strap bindings. I was looking for a backcountry tool and before I could even really ride I started experimenting with plate bindings and plastic ski-mountaineering and climbing boots.  I eventually learned to make turns in my Scarpas, but they were never really satisfactory.  I couldn’t get around …

Skiing Stories

Meany story Avalanche story Gear story Camp Muir Mt. Bachelor Lake Tahoe Tahoe 2008 Other Trips 

Gear

BIKING ISN’T THE ONLY SPORT THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF GEAR CERTAIN FRIENDS CALL ME A GEARHEAD

Granite

April 10, 2010 Jerry, Alex and Carrie attempt Granite Mountain     A spur of the moment ski tour.  Weather was supposed to be warm with “filtered sunlight.” There’d been a couple feet of snow at pass level during the last week.  The avalanche center was saying considerable danger over 5,000 ft. on Friday going …

Mt. Bachelor 2007

March 10 – 14, 2007 Jerry and Will go to Bachelor   Will flew home from college late on Friday night with his ski gear.  Saturday we went to the Apple store to drop off his computer for repair and then hit the road for Bend.  We drove over via Biggs Junction and it took exactly …

Book Wishlist

BOOKS THAT I’D LIKE TO OWN The Mountaineers, Freedom of the Hills, 2nd Ed. The Mountaineers, Freedom of the Hills, 3rd Ed David Brower, Manual of Ski Mountaineering, 2nd Ed (and any editions after the 3rd) Fred Beckey, Cascade Alpine Guide – Vol. 1, 1st Ed Fred Beckey, Cascade Alpine Guide – Vol. 3, 1st …

2022 Mallorca

Between November 5 and November 19 Jerry and Odette biked on Mallorca and visited museums in Madrid At the end of our summer trip to Alsace and Berlin I thought we had agreed to take a non-bike trip somewhere warm, instead of our usual ski trip.  I put in a plug for Mallorca because I’d …

Lummi Island

On May 22 – 25, 2021,  Jerry and Odette rode from home in Seattle to La Conner and on to Lummi Island, then over to Whidby Island and eventually back home I rode a lot during the pandemic, moving at bicycle speed outdoors when everyone else was quarantined  seemed pretty safe and it gave me …

2019: Ibis ==> Rohloff

The Continuing Conversion of The Ibis Here is the story of the acquisition of our Ibis Forte, it’s restoration and the later upgrade of the drivetrain to a Rene Herse 10-speed triple. Here is a post about shearing off the tabs on that Rene Herse spider. Here is a series of posts about converting a …