1. 12 Feb


    let’s discuss how I have been living out of my suitcase over the last couple months. atlanta. denver. billings. denver. murtle beach. sunset beach. denver. billings. denver. crested butte. denver. billings. denver. seattle. vancouver. squamish. whistler. seatlle. denver. houston last week. denver. billings wednesday. how I have failed to find the words, or rather the time, to lay them down. (and i’ve tried awfully hard to catch up with all of you in the in-betweens. clearly scrolling through 39 pages wasn’t enough pages to get there…) but things have been wonderfully adventurous in the interim. like the girls road trip from seattle to vancouver to whistler along the sea to sky highway. loaded down with so many pairs of skis that they barely fit in the back of the truck. the coolest country I’ve even seen. the most vast mountain I’ve ever skied. the stories. the laughs. the blisters. having time with your girls is best isn’t it? Oh, and I nearly got post company dinner in Houston. I chickened out somewhere between the neon lights, the grumpy tattoo artists, and having some of our management there to watch. it would have made for a fantastic story, and I suppose it still does. C can vouch for that.

    let’s discuss how I have been living out of my suitcase over the last couple months.

    atlanta. denver. billings. denver. murtle beach. sunset beach. denver. billings. denver. crested butte. denver. billings. denver. seattle. vancouver. squamish. whistler. seatlle. denver. houston last week. denver. billings wednesday.

    how I have failed to find the words, or rather the time, to lay them down. (and i’ve tried awfully hard to catch up with all of you in the in-betweens. clearly scrolling through 39 pages wasn’t enough pages to get there…)

    but things have been wonderfully adventurous in the interim.

    like the girls road trip from seattle to vancouver to whistler along the sea to sky highway. loaded down with so many pairs of skis that they barely fit in the back of the truck. the coolest country I’ve even seen. the most vast mountain I’ve ever skied. the stories. the laughs. the blisters.

    having time with your girls is best isn’t it?

    Oh, and I nearly got post company dinner in Houston. I chickened out somewhere between the neon lights, the grumpy tattoo artists, and having some of our management there to watch. it would have made for a fantastic story, and I suppose it still does. C can vouch for that.

     

  2. 11 Feb


    This picture here belongs to a series of images of which one of them was recently published in the “Photo Break” section of the current Crested Butte Magazine Winter issue. Although building igloos is not something I do very often (maybe once a season and usually spurred by my friend and master igloo builder Gary Dotzler) the image signifies much of what winter photography is to me: Exploration, feeling the awe and try to be somewhat creative with the tools and the elements I have at hand. In this occasion our camp was set high above the upper East River Valley and we had a full view of Mt. Crested Butte, the only beacon of civilization on our sights. A big part of my photography is the getting out there, specially since I like to go deep into the mountains “by my own means”, without the use of motorized equipment. This schlugging of myself and my camera gear to remote locations, often enduring the elements and sometimes the frigid vacuum of the winter night seems to intensify my experience and strengthen my bond with the surroundings. The mountains have profoundly shaped my life ever since I was a kid and photography has allowed me to express the way they deeply affect my being. There is serenity, upheaval, and above all, beauty. Xavier Fane (spotted via CBMR) [more images at xavierfane.com]

    This picture here belongs to a series of images of which one of them was recently published in the “Photo Break” section of the current Crested Butte Magazine Winter issue. Although building igloos is not something I do very often (maybe once a season and usually spurred by my friend and master igloo builder Gary Dotzler) the image signifies much of what winter photography is to me: Exploration, feeling the awe and try to be somewhat creative with the tools and the elements I have at hand. In this occasion our camp was set high above the upper East River Valley and we had a full view of Mt. Crested Butte, the only beacon of civilization on our sights.

    A big part of my photography is the getting out there, specially since I like to go deep into the mountains “by my own means”, without the use of motorized equipment. This schlugging of myself and my camera gear to remote locations, often enduring the elements and sometimes the frigid vacuum of the winter night seems to intensify my experience and strengthen my bond with the surroundings.

    The mountains have profoundly shaped my life ever since I was a kid and photography has allowed me to express the way they deeply affect my being. There is serenity, upheaval, and above all, beauty.

    Xavier Fane (spotted via CBMR)

    [more images at xavierfane.com]

     

  3. 11 Feb



    Mountains inspire awe in any human person who has a soul. They remind us of our frailty, our unimportance, of the briefness of our span upon this earth. They touch the heavens, and sail serenely at an altitude beyond even the imaginings of a mere mortal.
    — Elizabeth Aston/Edmonson (via stephontherun)

    (Source: matualication, via fruitsnutsflakes)

     

  4. 6 Feb


    early morning southbound. (at Denver International Airport (DEN))

    early morning southbound. (at Denver International Airport (DEN))

     

  5. 4 Feb


    Farhad Moshiri has created a beautiful installation titled, “Life Is Beautiful”. What you might not see at first glance is that this fantastic installation is created using hundreds of knives which are stabbed directly into the wall. Of course, the knives are a symbolic representation of the statement alone which is full of paradox and sarcastic value. I can only ponder what approach Farhad took that allowed him to insert the knifes with such precision. The use of everyday objects, which on occasion can turn to become lethal weapons, reveals the underlying sarcastic ambiguity of Farhad’s statement.[View the entire article and voice your opinion over at Inspirez]

    (via inspirezme)

     

  6. 30 Jan



    I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity.
    — 

    Gilda Radnor

    (via)

    (Source: brookesnooks)

     

  7. 24 Jan


    Beautiful night for snowboard pipe prelim’s. (at X Games Aspen 2013) via aspensnowmass

    Beautiful night for snowboard pipe prelim’s. (at X Games Aspen 2013) via aspensnowmass

     

  8. 24 Jan


    let’s call this little gem ”where I wish I was Thursday”. photo cred; Rachael Lacy

    let’s call this little gem ”where I wish I was Thursday”.

    photo cred; Rachael Lacy

     

  9. 22 Jan



    I’m the kind of person who likes to be by himself. To put a finer point on it, I’m the type of person who doesn’t find it painful to be alone. I find spending an hour or two every day running alone, not speaking to anyone, as well as four or five hours alone at my desk, to be neither difficult nor boring. I’ve had this tendency ever since I was young, when, given a choice, I much preferred reading books on my own or concentrating on listening to music over being with someone else. I could always think of things to do by myself.
    — Haruki Murakami

    (Source: aggravatedhooliganism, via fruitsnutsflakes)

     

  10. 20 Jan


    six to six. spending my weekend (plus friday and monday) twelve hours at a time in graduate level energy security policy and energy economics classes. I think I’m a masochist. (at UCD Business School)

    six to six. spending my weekend (plus friday and monday) twelve hours at a time in graduate level energy security policy and energy economics classes. I think I’m a masochist. (at UCD Business School)

     

  11. 16 Jan


    Scenes from British Columbia: Sea to Sky HIghway 99 Edition.

    Scenes from British Columbia: Sea to Sky HIghway 99 Edition.

     

  12. 16 Jan


    Scenes from British Columbia: Backcountry Blackcomb Glacier Edition.

    Scenes from British Columbia: Backcountry Blackcomb Glacier Edition.

     

  13. 15 Jan


    Take Homes From skiing British Columbia: (and a few other things I should have remembered seeing as I grew up in a mountain town and have a mother who was a coach and an Olympic Qualifier…) Drink water every chance you get. Always, always, pack a tube of chapstick with sunscreen, moleskin, and blister specific bandaids. Windburned lips and the yearly boot break-in period are brutal. Layering breathable pieces with vents is key to building warmth and preventing cold sweat during hiking.  Carry a sun lens and lowlight lens with you on stormy days and in areas with inversion conditions. Getting stuck on the mountain in flat light with sun lenses is horrible. When in doubt ski an all-mountain ski. (As much as I love my 175” Armada VJJ’s, I sadly am not the strong skier I once was when I lived in the mountains and put up 100+ days a year. Riding a big powder ski with lots of rocker on ice and crusty conditions drains your leg strength very quickly.) Ski conditioning > running on the treadmill and cardio. Protein for breakfast and following a long day on the hill is essential to muscle recovery. Heels ruin your feet. Desk jobs in the city are not conducive to growing your professional ski career. ;)

    Take Homes From skiing British Columbia: (and a few other things I should have remembered seeing as I grew up in a mountain town and have a mother who was a coach and an Olympic Qualifier…)

    1. Drink water every chance you get.
    2. Always, always, pack a tube of chapstick with sunscreen, moleskin, and blister specific bandaids. Windburned lips and the yearly boot break-in period are brutal.
    3. Layering breathable pieces with vents is key to building warmth and preventing cold sweat during hiking. 
    4. Carry a sun lens and lowlight lens with you on stormy days and in areas with inversion conditions. Getting stuck on the mountain in flat light with sun lenses is horrible.
    5. When in doubt ski an all-mountain ski. (As much as I love my 175” Armada VJJ’s, I sadly am not the strong skier I once was when I lived in the mountains and put up 100+ days a year. Riding a big powder ski with lots of rocker on ice and crusty conditions drains your leg strength very quickly.)
    6. Ski conditioning > running on the treadmill and cardio.
    7. Protein for breakfast and following a long day on the hill is essential to muscle recovery.
    8. Heels ruin your feet.
    9. Desk jobs in the city are not conducive to growing your professional ski career. ;)
     

  14. 9 Jan


    Snow for the west between now and the weekend…A large storm is currently dumping snow in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest, and this storm is heading slowly south and east over the next few days. About a half-a-foot is expected in Tahoe and northern Colorado, while more than a foot should fall in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, and southern Colorado. Seattle bound in the morning. B.C. Bound on Friday. Let’s do this girls ski trip!

    Snow for the west between now and the weekend…

    A large storm is currently dumping snow in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest, and this storm is heading slowly south and east over the next few days. About a half-a-foot is expected in Tahoe and northern Colorado, while more than a foot should fall in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, and southern Colorado.

    Seattle bound in the morning.

    B.C. Bound on Friday.

    Let’s do this girls ski trip!

     

  15. 9 Jan



    since I don’t subscribe to making new years resolutions (they never make it very far.) I do choose to establish goals I want to work towards. little things. attainable things. good-for-you-everyday kind of things.

    and i’ve got a list I am really excited about for in 2013. 

    daily gratitude, in any form. push yourself everyday - even a little ways. buy less, buy better, and really wear it (michael bastain). always keep a bottle of champagne in the fridge for special occasions — even if special occasion is that you’ve got a bottle of champagne in the fridge (hester browne). save more. take more pictures. frame them. go ahead and light the expensive candles. use reusable grocery bags. travel more when the opportunity presents itself. get involved in mountain biking and paddle boarding even though it intimidates me to start as an adult. sign up (and finish) the tough mudder. be true to me.