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Pioneer Mountains and Yurt – Idaho

It only took me about 25 years to get around to it, but after being on my wishlist for far too long, I finally made it up to Idaho’s Pioneer Mountains recently.  I first heard of them from Pete...

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Europe 2018 Trip Report – Switzerland

Switzerland was part one of a three part trip to Europe which inadvertently came about as a way to salvage plans and plane tickets from a trip to Greenland which was cancelled due to lack of snow....

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Europe 2018 Trip Report – Chamonix

After only spending 36 hours there, I feel a little sheepish about writing a trip report about Chamonix, especially as we only skied the default beginner run, the Mer du Glace.  But as much as...

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Europe 2018 Trip Report – Lyngen Alps, Norway

The Lyngen Alps in northern Norway is so perfectly suited for skiing it is almost like it was designed as a 600 square mile ski mountaineering amusement park.  There are roughly 145 peaks ranging from...

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35mm Slide Scanning

After staring at a closet of 25,000+ 35mm color slides, I finally got around to having 1,000 of them digitized.  It only took me about 3 years to cull them down, organize them and send them off, but it...

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