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Shoulder Season 2: (Supposed) Best Hikes in the U.S.
Backpacking / Best of / Hiking / National Parks

Shoulder Season 2: (Supposed) Best Hikes in the U.S.

by Alex Osakis on Mar 4, 2020 • Comments Closed
Let’s begin with the obvious: there is no such thing as a “best hike.” We have chocolate and vanilla for a reason, which is that people have different tastes. And capacities. What might excite or challenge one hiker could bore another. You get the point. That said, it is an...
Shoulder Season 1: It’s soon time to hike
Backpacking / Camping / Gear / Hiking

Shoulder Season 1: It’s soon time to hike

by Alex Osakis on Feb 25, 2020 • Comments Closed
Ski season isn’t over, but the end is nigh. (Seasonally, of course. Also, existentially. If the world gets another few bad winters, the ski resort economy in some countries will be in serious trouble. Doubt us? Check this collection of abandoned lifts and dirt slopes.) So it’s time to think...
Klaus Obermeyer is a 100-year-old beast
Badass / Seniors / Skiing

Klaus Obermeyer is a 100-year-old beast

by Dulcey Caan on Feb 22, 2020 • Comments Closed
Apologies if you woke up this morning and hoped for a day in which you didn’t feel lame. Because this isn’t going to help: Klaus Obermeyer just turned 100, and he has been celebrating the way a ski legend should, with a daily half-mile swim, long stints in the gym...
The Soft Bigotry of Age Brackets
Biking / Fitness / The Olds

The Soft Bigotry of Age Brackets

by Alex Osakis on Feb 19, 2020 • Comments Closed
Age gives one a good, heavy rind. A durable crust that preserves the psyche and reduces the faint sting of left-handed compliments and micro-aggressions. Pride is still there, but it’s tempered by the knowledge that you do have limits. And failures. But still, repeated slights—no matter how subtle—get under the...
Ski North Korea! Also, Again: Climate Change
Climate change / North Korea / Skiing

Ski North Korea! Also, Again: Climate Change

by Dulcey Caan on Feb 17, 2020 • Comments Closed
Yes, climate change is an existential threat to the planet, so you can’t really belabor the point. Yet, there are other things going on in the world. Since we’ve mentioned climate a number of times in the past month (including our last post), it’s probably time to move on. But...
When obsessions collide: Pensions, skiing and climate change
Climate change / Pensions / Skiing

When obsessions collide: Pensions, skiing and climate change

by B.B. deRaffe on Feb 15, 2020 • Comments Closed
This will be of limited utility but we find it difficult to ignore a set of stories that tickle three—count ‘em—three of our current preoccupations. To begin: workers in France are in a major state of whip-up-idness over proposed changes to their pension system. Pensions…for younger American readers who don’t...
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