Category Archives: Blog
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Double Duty Repeat
Posted on February 21, 2012 by Fritzrips in Alex Ski, Blog, Nordic Skiing, WinterQuick lap skating up Millcreek through 4″of ungroomed (slow) snow, then a disappointing trip up Corner Canyon Road where the south winds blew all the new snow off into Sandy. If we had a normal winter, this would be a fun road to skate ski up.
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Wheat-Gluten Exorphins
Posted on February 19, 2012 by Fritzrips in Blog, WheatMy wife and I have spontaneously eliminated wheat and wheat products from our diet. This wasn’t a conscious or determined effort, it was just something that happened in our home because we don’t eat any processed foods, most of which contain wheat in some form. I’m still alive and quite healthy, despite not eating the [...]
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Double Duty
Posted on February 17, 2012 by Fritzrips in Alex Ski, Blog, Nordic Skiing, Ski Touring, WinterShort skate up HWY 65 in horrific, refrozen, ungroomed mank. Then descend, eat lunch, and go skiing up Grizzly with the family. Perfect weather today, and the calm before the next welcomed storm.
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Another fine day touring.
Posted on February 15, 2012 by Fritzrips in Blog, Ski Touring, WinterSort of felt weird not skiing with Alex on my back. Good skiing on mellow north aspects. Hero snow. Today made me want to hang up the nordic skis and stay on touring gear, both to heal my ankle up, and just for a change of pace.
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Grizzly Hunting
Posted on February 15, 2012 by Fritzrips in Alex Ski, Blog, Ski Touring, WinterWent out hunting Grizzly with Alex, just found powder. Oh well, at least it actually looks like winter in the Wasatch now.
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Powder Day With Alex
Posted on February 14, 2012 by Fritzrips in Alex Ski, Blog, Ski Touring, WinterA foot or snow of new snow that remained good all day until Alex and I could get a run in before sunset. Nice turns on south aspects, nobody around for the dusk patrol.
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50k Round Valley
Posted on February 9, 2012 by Fritzrips in Blog, Nordic Skiing, WinterFirst long day on nordic skis, and really the first long day since Alex was born last June. Suffered for the first 15k due to low motivation, grey sky mank weather, and general apathy. After 15k started feeling good, and felt great the last 15k. It’s nice when your body goes into epinephrine mode, or [...]
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O’dark thirty nordic
Posted on February 7, 2012 by Fritzrips in Blog, Nordic Skiing, WinterThe photo above is going to be the reality if we don’t get some snow soon. The other reality is, if you want to go nordic skiing and not haul 20+lbs of child and chariot, then you have to get up at 5am and ski before mom goes to work. I will admit that watching [...]
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Snyderville Basin Nordic
Posted on February 7, 2012 by Fritzrips in Alex Ski, Blog, Nordic Skiing, WinterWent up to Park City to sample the Snyderville Basin nordic trails. Awesome nordic skating in the urban environment. Similar to Round Valley, but less hills. A great area to tow Alex around and just cruise along at 13-16mph.
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Happy Chicken, Happy Eggs, Happy Human
Posted on February 4, 2012 by Fritzrips in Agriculture, Blog, GeekModern agriculture is the root (pun intended) of all evil in American health, at least in my viewpoint. We’ve bastardized our food supply beyond comprehension with genetically modified foods, pesticides, and altered diets and living conditions of our livestock, all in the name of efficiency, politicial influence, and greed. Why even talk about socialized healthcare [...]
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