What is it? The “Recovery Cube”, (RC), represents the personal model that I have developed for recovering from surgeries and trauma. It represents my 4 primary components of the recovery process. How does it work? I use the RC to manage my recovery and keep me in balance as I recuperate from surgery. Basically, I …
July 08, 2019: This is the week! Surgery is on Thursday and I’m ready – actually kind of excited. In fact, as the day approaches I find it hard to focus on things like work and day-to-day responsibilities. I haven’t been as diligent as I had planned with my workouts leading up to surgery. I …
Date / Time: April 8, 12:00PM MDT Discussion time period: Sunday, April 1 – Saturday, April 14 Week in review: This past week, the Lost River Range experienced temperatures at the 10,000 foot level that were conducive to moderate melt/freeze cycle. 7 of the last eight days saw temperatures at these elevations above freezing, with …
There was a time when I was convinced that the need to have a multi-ski quiver was totally unnecessary. In the grand scheme of things, owning more than one pair of skis really is a luxury that certainly isn’t a necessity in life. At some point in my life, I crossed that line where skiing …
As the developer and primary author of this website, I have tried to stifle my voice and my opinion regarding matters that could be placed in the political realm. I have maintained that hi-adventure.com should be about adventures and experiences, not about my personal political views, political issues or public policy debates. However, I have …
Mind Games Don’t you just love those games that the mind loves to play? I’m sitting here in pre-op at Treasure Valley Hospital getting ready for my ACL surgery. Everything is going smoothly. We arrived right on schedule at 11:00 AM and after taking care of the paperwork, we are here getting all of the …
The End of a Season – The Beginning of an Adventure It had been such a fantastic day, one of many at Bogus Basin this year. Almost a foot of powder on the back side of Bogus, skiing the steep gullies and treed areas that lie in the no-mans land between Wildcat and Paradise below …
Know before you go: This tagline has become a popular and powerful mantra for those who enter the back country. It is especially applicable for those areas that are accessed directly from the resort gates. In many of these areas, skiers and riders can simply ski right out the gate and head downhill – let …
As part of our annual ritual to ring in the ski season, my wife and I met with some friends and attended the latest Warren Miller film, “Here, There and Everywhere”. As a whole, I thought it was a great film and I loved the way that they honored Warren and paid homage to him …
Schmidt loses his car wheels to a roving band of street youths in the terribly irreverent TV show “New Girl.” With no tires to roll with, Schmidt’s only recourse is to curse this lost generation. Over the years, generational gaps have seemingly separated us from each other. One has only to look at the strictly …
If you prefer to surf the interweb with your smart phone, and you have tried to browse the hi-adventure site with one of these devices, it has probably not been an optimal experience. OK, let’s be honest here. It has totally SUCKED! But as of today, the suckiness (OK, I know that isn’t really a …
Not all of my adventures involve snow – and that is a good thing! OK, here’s is the deal. My wife has been saying that each of these ski mountaineering trips that I have been going on requires some “beach time”. Now it is important to note that fortunately, in her case, “beach” doesn’t necessarily …
As strange as this may seem, I was not always a mountain biker. There was a time when I was blissfully unaware of the total awesomeness that is mountain biking. My life was a series of long work days, memorably short holidays and grand family togetherness. Great wife-check. Great kids-check. Great job-mostly-check. Life was good …
Truth is I have never made a mix tape. Sadly, I never received one either. With as many times as my trusty little heart has been crushed, you’d think at least one tape would have made it into my cassette player. Having a sad mix tape would have come in handy for those inevitable “It’s …
My Backcountry Ski Story I don’t know if I’ll ever really become a full-fledged ski-mountaineer, or even an expert backcountry skier. However, I think I’m getting closer because: I am seriously contemplating switching to a Subaru for my vehicle My hair is getting almost long enough to put it in a pony-tail I pretty much …
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