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Travel

From Shogun to Powder

This ski trip actually began in 1980 while I was still in grade school. The original airing of the original Shogun (the day I’m writing this it was announced that the star of that mini-series Richard Chamberlain has passed away) really caught my attention and indeed fascination. This led to me some years later purchasing the book Shogun by James Clavell and reading it and it was very riveting – I do recall finishing the second half of the book in one weekend – only getting out of bed for the most basic of life necessities! […]

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Health, Fitness, and Nutrition

Save the Knee!

Easy Kneesy When us skiers hear the word joint, what do we think? No, not weed! The joints I most often hear about when it comes to skiing are the hip and knee joints. Both […]

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The Stevens Pass Avalanche

The participants in the horror heard avalanche reports and the that avalanche risk was high and the riders also disregarded internal warnings caught up in the group dynamics. I am not chastising any of them for the disaster of the day it is easy for one to do that, but how often do we find ourselves caught up in the strong currents of the group we are with? That is why, youngsters are always warned about hanging with the “bad crowd”, hang with a good crowd and you get in trouble for jaywalking, get in trouble with the bad crowd and you find yourself up on charges. They knew there was risk and chose to take it on. […]

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Cold Boots

Cold ski boot — the dread of skiers. I need to be better about keeping my boots warm. I wear a pair of Atomic boots and my father wears a pair of Technicas. His boots […]

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Health, Fitness, and Nutrition

Fitness is a Pincer Attack!

Fitness is a pincer attack! Many people try to exercise their way to health and ignore their diets or diet their way to health and ignore exercise. Like a full on frontal assault you can […]

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The Wisconsin Skier is a ski and cycling fanatic who loves to share his passions for the activities by writing about them! Come along and join him on his active adventures!
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