Blair, Lucy and I spent about 9 days down at the Main Range in July. We climbed and skiied around the Ram’s Head before heading out for an overnighter to Seaman’s Hut. Ro joined us fresh from the Grampians and we skiied out to Crummer Spurr, 500m from Blue Lake, with the intention of getting … More “40 Hours” a short film of Backcountry Skiing and Splitboarding on the Main Range
More old school reporting from the September 2010 kayaking trip… The Double Drop The double drop was scarier than it sounded in the book. Two two-metre drops, split by two hundred metres of fast water. Should be pretty serious, but nothing ridiculously deadly. Our last trip down the Nymboida in a canoe and raft had … More From The Archives: Snowy River Part 2
Just as the first waves of homesickness and what-the-hell-am-I-doing-here-ness hit me in Zurich (about day 2 or 3), and I was riding around on the number 7 tram and crying into my 90c supermarket beer, I got a text telling me to get over to Kiran’s house. On the Toblerstrasse, yeah, as in the surname … More Sam in Europe, Part 4: Lombardy
I’m going to tell things a bit out of order here, in order to keep with the Alpine theme. I went to Italy, of course, and that was a cultural shock. I was going to go canyoning in the Val Bodengo too while I was there, but that will be in the next post. But, … More Sam in Europe, Part 3: Göschenen, the Bergseehütte, and the Uri Alps
Friday and Saturday nights in Zurich were great times, with good people and good wine. We went to the carnival that was in town in Bellevue, and rode a bunch of rides. On Sunday I took the train to Bern, to see Scott and Nicole. They were having a long-overdue housewarming. I meant to catch … More Sam in Europe, Part 2: Bern and the Berner Oberland
Huck & Dyno 