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A number of you are likely to be impacted by the new federal administration’s fiscal malfeasance. If NSF/NIH/etc. is holding back your already-granted funding, this document is for you. I’m not an attorney. This is not legal advice, but rather an academic s perspective from a rough-and-tumble portion of the world outside academia: While it will [ ]
Are worth the weight. We use lightweight gear to move easily and efficiently in the mountains. It is easy to fall into a heuristic trap and believe that anything extra will make me slow , losing sight of easy and efficient . After half a season of touring with radios, I am certain that they make us [ ]
Looking for used Dynafit bindings? Looking for used tech bindings? Backcountry skiing on a budget? Here are some of the things I look for when evaluating used Dynafit/tech bindings. It is far from a comprehensive list, but might point out something you hadn t yet considered. 1. Hairline cracks (toe-jaw arms, heel mounting-screw holes, heel pins). [ ]
As I wrote to Susan on election night: The world has forgotten how terrible nuclear weapons are; I fear that our odds of repeating that lesson may have greatly increased. In this tweet, I see confirmation of that fear. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTru…/status/811977223326625792 The president-elect appears to aspire to power in many forms. Nuclear weapons are, indeed, powerful, [ ]
We skied this Thanksgiving, as we did last year, in Canada. It snows there, you see, and it does so earlier there than it does here in the states. Holy moly, did it ever snow this year. It snowed enough to open Whistler early, and then it snowed a lot more. We got up there [ ]
One of my favorite pieces our high-school director selected for our symphonic band was Whatsoever Things , composed by Mark Camphouse. It has everything a young trumpet player could love: drama, risk, depth, wide dynamic range, beautiful brass chorales, and, critically, soaring solos. While the score shaped my musical life, what s mattered more in adult life has [ ]
At the celebration for David Thouless Nobel Prize today, a few of us got sad news, which we hadn t yet heard. A few weeks ago, the world lost Debbie Jin, one of the most accomplished experimentalists of our time. Shining among those accomplishments was the first Fermi condensate, for which she might have won her [ ]
A week ago, I touched the casing of a B-61 nuclear weapon, an object created by humans with a yield as much as 20 times that of the bomb dropped at Hiroshima. It s as large in diameter as a big dinner plate, and twice as long as a water heater. Before that, a desert stroll [ ]
I am impressed by Andrew McLean s designs. They re practical; some break new ground. He s not afraid to depart from convention to reach practical solutions. I d been considering the Chuter 15 ski pack as a functional step up in a small pack. Andrew s post tipped the scale; I nabbed the last (?) retail Chuter available online. How better to explore [ ]
Thoughtful, durable, lightweight, low cost. Phone call, not web form. Not custom, but Randy will alter the pack to suit your needs. Background: I ve been a Cilogear fan since 2007. Simple lightweight packs are all one needs in the mountains. Cilogears seem to last me about four years of hard year-round service (2-300 days). As [ ]