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Ski crampons  (Taken with instagram)

Ski crampons (Taken with instagram)

Twin Couloir preview

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Rich dropping the skiers left of the Twin Couloirs on Deseret Peak




NASA is one of the few institutions I know that can inspire five-year-olds.

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Jeff Bezos

http://www.bezosexpeditions.com/engine-recovery.html

Full Spectrum

Donald Sadoway: The missing link to renewable energy

“If you want to make something dirt cheap, make it out of dirt. 

Little Cottonwood in March

White granite. Good weather. Fun.

And some creative descending…

More Winter inspiration. Hopefully spring-skiing in the Wasatch works out this year despite our lower-than-average snowpack. 

Salt Lake City in watercolor

Really cool design project by Stamen Design overlaying watercolor renditions of geographic data. 

Hiking below Fitz Roy: Lago del los Tres

The video has the story behind the trailwork done that has made this hike enjoyable and kept erosion from ruining an amazing access point to these mountains. Their hard work certainly paid off. 

Below are photos from our hike on the trail in February 2012: 

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A little extra

Starting the day a little extra early to get in a ski tour on the best snow of the season before work was worth it. 

Top is in sight

Pre-Dawn light

Blower

Long time coming

Getting the redpoint to The Coffin in LCC has been mental block for years and I’m happy to be able to move on. Finally got it this weekend. 

Coffin roof left

Q: What makes a great designer?

A: It is so important to be light on your feet, inquisitive and interested in being wrong. You have that wonderful fascination with the what if questions, but you also need absolute focus and a keen insight into the context and what is important - that is really terribly important. Its about contradictions you have to navigate.

- http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/sir-jonathan-ive-the-iman-cometh-7562170.html

…it is very much about designing and prototyping and making. When you separate those, I think the final result suffers. If something is going to be better, it is new, and if it’s new you are confronting problems and challenges you don’t have references for. To solve and address those requires a remarkable focus. There’s a sense of being inquisitive and optimistic, and you don’t see those in combination very often.

- http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/sir-jonathan-ive-the-iman-cometh-7562170.html