North Maroon Peak Ski Descent

 Click HERE to see a few pictures from a recent ski descent of North Maroon Peak.

Huge Gear Sale!

I'm selling a bunch of gear...

GEAR SALE HERE

I update this page regularly. If the item is still on there, it's available. If you want to buy any of the gear, contact me.

How to Make a V-thread Hooker

Given the miserable state of the global economy, it seemed appropriate to show you how to save some money. Here's a short video that I created to show you How to make a "homemade" V-thread hooker (while listening to Beethoven's 6th in F major). Enjoy.

Disclaimer: Ice climbing and using sharp objects and rotary tools are inherently dangerous. Make and use at your own risk. You assume all responsibility for any injuries that result from the making or using of a V-thread hooker as shown in this video. No animals or ice climbers were harmed in the making of this video.

New April Wallpaper

The '09 April wallpaper of the month is now available.

Everything You'd Want to Know About Snow Anchors

While reading Backcountry Magazine last night, I came across an ad for K2 skis that showed various types of ski anchors. This led to me spending some time studying up on snow anchors and ultimately finding THIS great resource. It's by no means a new resource (circa 2002), but it's a good one and the laws of physics haven't changed since it was written.

Greg Hill's Videos

Since watching his award winning film (The Unbearable Lightness of Skiing) at the Banff Film Festival this year, I've been following Greg Hill's many ski-mountaineering adventures from time to time. Here are a few of his videos:







(videos linked via YouTube)

Brief Update and Black Diamond Skins Video

Long time, no post. The last couple of weeks have been very busy. I recently joined Aurora Photos as a contributing photographer and it's taking longer than I expected to complete my first upload (since I have about 100 initial submissions that all require a long process of entering IPTC meta data and meeting other technical requirements). Additionally, I've been getting my financial statements and other paperwork ready for taxes.

In the midst of the madness, I've been able to sneak away from the desk for a few hours to solve my ski dilemma. I recently moved my Dynafit F12's to some '08 Black Diamond Kilowatts (175cm) and I picked up a 32L Black Diamond Covert pack that should carry skis much better than my floppy REI pack. Since the Kilowatts are significantly fatter than my previous skis, I had to get some new skins as well. I got some STS skins that should work much better than my ClipFix skins that never did stay on very well. I thought that I would share a video that I used to fit my skins flawlessly. It's much better and easier to understand that the directions that come folded up on a small paper in several languages.