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A little night skiing

nobody@vox.com(hp) — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:38:05 -0800

Yesterday, finally, I got up to Stevens Pass for some skiing. But, we did something a little different this time--we left at about 1:00 in the afternoon, arriving at 3:00 for some late afternoon/early evening skiing. I was hoping the crowds when...

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Cascade Concrete

nobody@vox.com(hp) — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 08:35:07 -0800

A couple of years ago, I started downhill skiing again. I had skied in high school (Midwest-style, in southern Wisconsin) and then went to college in Colorado where of course there was lots of great skiing. But then, I after college, I didn't go...

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Have coffee, will travel

nobody@vox.com(hp) — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:14:20 -0700

A colleague finally posted some of his photos from our company ski day in February and this photo cracked me up a bit because it looks like our Operations Manager (Lynnette, in the middle) is riding up with a cup of coffee. (Her husband works for ...

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Company Ski Day

nobody@vox.com(hp) — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 05:49:46 -0800

I work in an 8-person consulting firm and yesterday was our first (I hope annual) ski day at Crystal Mountain. We had a blast! It was my first day skiing since I tore my calf muscle early in the season. I'm still having some swelling from it and...

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Armchair skier II

nobody@vox.com(hp) — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 15:37:28 -0800

I'm going on week 3 in my calf-muscle-tear recovery. I'm making progress: I don't think I'll be ready for the slopes next week, but I think I could be good to go the week after. This would have been a cold day to go up - it was in the single dig...

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Armchair skier

nobody@vox.com(hp) — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 11:05:34 -0800

I'm now about two weeks post-muscle-tear and recovery is going slowly. I still have a lot of swelling, particularly around my ankle, and a dark solid bruise running along my foot and up my calf. I can limp around pretty well once I get going, but ...

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Torn calf muscle

nobody@vox.com(hp) — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 13:31:07 -0800

Yesterday, my friend Karen and I went skiing at Steven's Pass. Snow conditions were fantastic and we had a great morning skiing the front side of the mountain. On the last run before lunch, almost at the bottom of the mountain, I took an awkward ...

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A quiet, snowy mountain

nobody@vox.com(hp) — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 06:13:37 -0800

I finally got up skiing yesterday, first time out this season. I expected crowds, but it was surprisingly quiet. Guess most folks were getting ready for the holiday (I'll be busy doing that today for sure!) Because Drake doesn't ski I either go ...

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Squirrel power?

nobody@vox.com(hp) — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 10:01:20 -0800

We decided skiing was a no-go this morning. Here was the status from the ski area: We are still without power, however we are scheduled operate, Brooks, SkyLine, Hogsback, Daisy, Tye Mill, Big Chief and Jupiter [lifts] at 9am, conditions permitti...

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Keeping fingers crossed for skiing tomorrow

nobody@vox.com(hp) — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 18:00:07 -0800

Right now, Highway 2 East is blocked with debris. But Stevens Pass says they are planning normal operations tomorrow, so we are going to try to take advantage of that new layer of wonderful white fluffiness in the mountains. My friends Phil and Ka...

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