Parallel Universe of Mountain Memory Seasonal Themes

Parallel Universe of Mountain Memory Seasonal Themes

by Vince Welch December 9, 2010 December 2010

Editor’s note: A few months ago, I fired off a group email to all our usual suspects/regular contributors apprising them of our 2011 editorial calendar/themes, so they can plan ahead and not be late with stories for goddamned once. Most just responded by saying something on the order of “Gracias for the heads up.” But [...]

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In Remembrance of “Boy”

In Remembrance of “Boy”

by Rosco Betunada December 9, 2010 December 2010

I was driving home last night listening to CommieLiberalRadio (NPR), when the announcer said that the actor Johnny Sheffield had died the day before. I would suppose that name is not exactly household, but I listened to the finish of the short synopsis on CLR after I had parked at the house. You see, I [...]

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Zen and the Art of Cross Country Ski Waxing: Are You in Your Right Mind? Or Is It Your Left?

Zen and the Art of Cross Country Ski Waxing: Are You in Your Right Mind? Or Is It Your Left?

by Mark Ollinger December 9, 2010 December 2010

It has been demonstrated that our brains are divided into two distinct halves or hemispheres. The theory is that each hemisphere of our brain controls different modes of thinking. The left side of our brain is logical, objective and likes to dissect objects into the parts that make them up. The right side of our [...]

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Santa Story: European Roots

Santa Story: European Roots

by Michael Brady December 9, 2010 Dateline: Europe

Arguably the greatest American contribution to Christmas is the story of Santa Claus arriving on the Eve in a sleigh hitched to a team of flying reindeer, known round the English-speaking world and beyond. Across Europe in December, “Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer” is heard in the mix of background music in shopping malls, and Christmas [...]

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Hiking With Strangers

Hiking With Strangers

by Jeffrey Thrope December 9, 2010 December 2010

Arizona State Route 85 runs 130 miles from Buckeye to the Mexico border near Lukeville. There’s not much there for those 130 miles — a large (very large) military base and a few small towns dedicated to the sales of Mexican Auto Insurance — and that’s the whole damn point. I spent two hours on [...]

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The Etiquette of Nacho Hill

The Etiquette of Nacho Hill

by Jared Hargrave November 5, 2010 Mountain Notebook

Nachos. For outdoor lovers in Mountain Country, nachos (with beer of course) are an essential, must-have after a long day spent rock climbing, backcountry skiing, mountain biking, river rafting, fort building, naked mandolin-playing in the woods, whatever-it-is-you-do-outside-with-your-buddies tradition. In fact, there is nothing better than working up a hunger by playing in the sun, then [...]

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Naked Streets

Naked Streets

by Alan Stark November 2, 2010 Mountain Notebook

So I’m headed down 28th Street in Boulder to Mickey D’s for another heart-stopping sausage-and-egg muffin. Let me explain that 28th Street ranks with the butt-ugliest streets in any town in North America from Toronto to Juarez, including Detroit. The stoplight is flashing red, obviously malfunctioning. I cautiously pull into the left-hand turn lane and [...]

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Too-Close Encounters

Too-Close Encounters

by Tara Flanagan November 2, 2010 Mountain Notebook

The bottom line is that everyone needs something to believe in. Me? I believe in truth and fairness and what goes round, comes round. I also believe in UFOs. I will state here for all to read that I think UFOs and their occupants make their way here on a fairly regular basis. For what [...]

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Why We Do It

Why We Do It

by Michael Brady November 2, 2010 Mountain Notebook

In 1923, English mountaineer George Leigh Mallory was asked why he intended to climb Mount Everest the following year. He replied “because it’s there.” Those three words, regarded the most famed in all of mountaineering, might also be the raison d’être for any outdoor activity. The mountain-bike rider traverses a rocky trail because it’s there, [...]

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Cross-Border Hiking: Getting Longer

Cross-Border Hiking: Getting Longer

by Michael Brady October 8, 2010 Mountain Notebook

Long-distance hiking, or walking as it’s called in Great Britain, has long been a European thing. Many long-distance trails, or paths (the British term), have Christian connections. El Camino de Santiago, the “Way of Saint James,” is a 500-mile-long pilgrimage route in northwestern Spain, to the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, where legend holds that the [...]

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