So a couple weeks ago one of my neighbors, who happens to live adjacent to an elementary school, decided it would be wise to broadcast the fact that he had a meth lab in his basement by making a no trespassing sign out of old brown paper bags and duct taping it to the front of his house. Threatening to shoot small children is how Anchorage residents keep it classy I guess. Previously this house (picture at this link) wouldn’t have even been ranked on my list of the neighborhood’s suspicious homes, but it now occupies the top spot. Anyway, I have no real reason for posting this, other then boredom (I have very little else of note to comment on), and the necessity of posting something new. Hopefully this can urge someone to take some action and shut this guy down, but either way I’m interested to see if whoever lives there can match the 9 month comedy lifespan of the super obvious meth lab I lived across from in Utah.
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September 14, 2010
Neighborhood in Decline
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April 26, 2010
A Weekend in Valdez
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April 9, 2010
I’ve been failing in my duties around here, but here is the Wilson’s video from last week.
March 16, 2010
Average Weather Excellent Snow
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The last two days have seen Wilson and I charge out of the house after interpreting signs that the weather was clearing, only to end up skiing in the clouds anyway. (The photo above is actually Jeff from Saturday, it hasn’t looked that good since) Yesterday we went to the Front Range and today it was Turnagain. The snow was excellent both days, although the newly fallen stuff in Turnagain was heavy but skied great. I’m also loving day light savings time as we’ve left the house in the middle of the afternoon with the sun setting around 8 now. Great stuff, just waiting for some sun and stability. Here is some video from Flat Top yesterday.
March 2, 2010
Here is a little video from the weekend.
January 26, 2010
Cuir Moustache 2!
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and this is a special World of Warcraft version for Usau
December 10, 2009
This will be my new response to people speaking badly of the dark season. Max made a brief time-lapse of the colors we are treated too on an average cloudy morning this time of year.
November 17, 2009
The skiing was pretty icy and cold this weekend. But despite the firm conditions looking out my office window to see the view above makes me wish I was out skiing anyway. I forgot my camera this weekend so I’ll post a couple pictures whenever Max gets around to putting whatever he took online. Hopefully we get some more snow soon. In the mean time enjoy this video of an Alta powder day from 1974, that I found over at The Ski Bum Poet. It brought a smile to my face to see how the Wildcat terrain looked almost identical to how I remember it from my years at Alta almost 30 years after this video was filmed. Have to say I didn’t expect to see so many tracks in the early 70s, but I guess Utah was and always will be Utah. I guess they’ve delayed their opening too.
UPDATE: Max has a CHDK timelapse of a saturday morning drive to Girdwood in the style of Don Pablos fateful voyage to Hope, (also chronicled here) I think these all need a fair bit more work.
September 12, 2009
Cuir Cuir Cuir Moustache!
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August 30, 2009
July 25, 2009
It’s been an incredibly boring week around these parts, luckily it’s begun getting colder, with clouds and rain to remind me that winter is on the way. When I haven’t been shopping online for a boat, I’ve been drooling over some skiing material, and since my posting has been rather slow the last couple weeks I’ve decided to post it all here. First off, the Arête de Peuterey – Couloir Eccles route off Mont Blanc has been skied multiple times this summer. One group, including Glen Plake, became the first Americans too ski the route, although they twice needed helicopter assistance. While on that subject, there is also a video of flying over the route in a wingsuit.
Staying in the Chamonix area I also wasted a considerable amount of time watching the following split board descent of the Benedetti Direct off the west face of Mont Blanc
Excellent pictures of both the route and the approach (from a different trip) can be found here. And while I’m at it I really should mention Tobias Granath who’s kept me entertained with his Chamonix pictures all week. Check out his hit list, Aiguille du Plan North Face, Les Courtes (check out the route shot at the bottom!), the Whymper Couloir, and the Aiguille de l’Encrenaz. I really need to get back to over there soon.
The picture above instantly caught my attention, after a some research it appears to be from the North Face of Mont Blanc de Cheilon in Switzerland (Arolla) and was skied by whoever it that posts at the excellent Gilles Les Skieur blog.
Yesterday my cousin Jim pointed out he’d posted a short video with a nice mix of Washington and Michigan footage:
And finally, the always excellent Piste Hors pointed me in the direction of an article on a man who survived an avalanche, won the lottery, and then gave all the winnings to his rescuers.


















