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Elder Kurt Knisely wrote:
They're all one plant, right?
Bio/botanical trolling, eh?

We were discussing this Sunday near a pure stand of Aspens and gazing at
bear scat, overturned rocks, scraped out deadfall and berry bushes.
Eventually, the pines will take over. And then the beetles or fire...

I wish for the evergreens, but I an cynical/skeptical.

I skied while the neighbors snowshoed (dang climbers...).
Americans too lazy to learn to ski. Europeans ski more.

If it keeps warming up and drying out in the mid latitudes, none of us
will be skiing much longer. Hard to imagine that with all the sub zero
nights and the 600" of snow at Xxxx this season.

Good editing.

There's one difference between climbers and skiers.
(and then rap off)? Dang climbers...something inherently wrong w/
those folks :-)
Bring cavers (troll for Galen in r.b., as if there's lots of non-ater
skiing in FL).

Oh, yet another breed entirely. I still have my old Gibbs Ascenders
from HS.

Galen would cite the inherent superiority of cavers.
He can have them.

Frankly, most of the climbers I know prefer not to rap
....
To me it's all part of the same activity. I'd asked about the
avalanche hazard first.

Still, there are skiers who climb and there are climbers who ski. Most
will self declare their preferred demise. Which do they do more of each
year? Did they change their lifestyle/employment options by moving
closer to their passion?

Ah... is there powder?
I'm not really into spring skiing any more.
Life is too short to not ski powder.
But I will let my friends who are into it ski Mammoth on July 4 and
hot soak in the afternoon. But when spring comes climbing is preferred,
but that excludes domestic issues and spouses.


"Skiing ends about 50 degrees. Ice climbing starts about 45 degrees.
In between is very interesting ..." --Hooman Aprin

:-)


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