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“When I awoke, she was gone, this bird had flown, So I lit a fire, isn’t it good, Norwegian Wood..” –“Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) “, Lennon-McCartney (from the Rubber Soul album) Paying Attention: Amazing what you can find out when you read a label. Caught without firewood last week on a brisk …
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“When I awoke, she was gone, this bird had flown, So I lit a fire, isn’t it good, Norwegian Wood..” –“Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) “, Lennon-McCartney (from the Rubber Soul album) Paying Attention: Amazing what you can find out when you read a label. Caught without firewood last week on a brisk …
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“A scene has to have a rhythm of it’s own…it’s own structure…”
Paying Attention: It happened. Or It could have happened. Or it’s going to happen. There’s a major story in the world of tennis that involves match fixing and it’s not a good thing. The essense of sport–especially professional sport–is fair and real competition and to have even a hint that results could be fixed in …
Transitions: Doug Tompkins (2o March 1943-8 December 2015). Doug Tompkins, the founder of The North Face (one of the world’s premier outdoor clothing/equipment companies) and the very trendy retail chain Espirit(which he later sold , died on 8 December 2015 in a kayaking incident in Patagonia in Chile. He had an accident while kayaking with close …
Edgwork: A very short film featuring two of our favorites: helicopters and mountain tops. The skiing is daring and the helicopter piloting is absolutely breathtaking. All done in HD. Kick this one to the flat screen…it’s worth watching big. The Fine Print: Embed via YouTube(thanks guys). Video from New York Times and Teton Gravity …
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“Love is the feeling you get when you love something as much as your motorcycle….”
Edgwork: If you ski or sail or spend a lot of time outdoors, you probably know about Helly Hansen, one of the great outdoor companies of all time. And if you ski a lot, you probably have the urge to do background skiing or helicopter skiing. To get you in the mood–just scare some sense …
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Paying attention: Today, 18 January 2016, is supposed to be the most depressing day of the year.It’s a combination of things–the timing, the weather, the darkness, the debt hangover from Christmas, all mixed in and combined with Urban Legend. For some it’s real. For some it’s not. For all, it’s an interesting topic. Check out this …
Edgework: This piece from the New York Times about the Tunnel Creek avalanche is one of the great classics of ski mountaineering and backcountry skiing. It is a groundbreaking piece in new media and a serious, sobering story about taking for granted what should never be taken for granted. We first published this piece last year. No, …
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