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An Historic Day, for Iceland

(just trying to have a little fun with this)

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I’ve been sitting on this story for two weeks now, in hopes that a major news outlet in Reykjavik would be eager to cover something more upbeat than the dismal economic woes that have held their headlines hostage for months. Not surprisingly, there hasn’t been much interest.  Here’s how I envisioned the front page headline.

Icelanders Triumph on Quandary Peak

March 23, 2009- Blue Lakes, Colorado, USA. Native Icelanders Heidar Gudjonsson and Johannes Baldursson summited and skied America’s mighty Quandary Peak, 4348 meters, last week. As part of a combined Icelandic/American team, read more>>>

April 7th, 2009 2 comments

Zoom and Crop on Mount Sherman

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The look and feel of the mountains around Colorado vary greatly. Deep in the San Juan’s Weminuche Wilderness, or in parts of the Elk Range, the peaks can be jagged and steep.  At times they seem to be stacked atop one another.

Other locales in the state aren’t graced with the same impressive landscape– with lower angles, dull skylines and flatter horizons. Saturday we skied Mount Sherman, 14,036 ft., a shining example of the latter. read more>>>

February 26th, 2009 2 comments

Mount Buckskin, 13,865 ft.

Last Saturday, Christy and I skied Mount Buckskin, in the Mosquito Range south of Breckenridge, outside of the town of Alma. Nearing her goal to climb the 100 tallest mountains in the state, or Centennial Peaks as they’re referred to, Christy still needed Mt. Buckskin (76th tallest), so we decided to give it a [...]

January 15th, 2009 3 comments
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