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Great White Icicle

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I discovered steep skiing when I was young. It was the era when Kris Erickson, Hans Saari, Andrew McLean, Alex Lowe, Doug Coombs and others were bringing a more twisted vision of what could be descended in the North American mountains….

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Perverse Traverse

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per·verse (pr-vûrs, pûrvûrs) adj. 1. Directed away from what is right or good; perverted. 2. Obstinately persisting in an error or fault; wrongly self-willed or stubborn. Route is marked in red. For 23 hours last week I unlocked the mysteries…

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great white icicle

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GREAT? As an ice climb, yes. WHITE? Not really, more yellow and brown at this time of year. ICICLE? Yes there was still some ice and a tiny bit of snow. When Andy Jacobsen was 17 or so, he climbed…