Dec 1, 2012
You Think Hiking in Colombia is Hard? Try Getting to the Trailhead!
It appeared eerily vacant, with a growling dog of indescript breeding foaming as it lurched towards us…
Nov 25, 2012
4am with The Hostel Owner’s Son in El Cocuy, Colombia
None of the Colombians working at the Bogota bus terminal knew that buses went to the town. I had already researched bus schedules and confirmed them at the capital city’s tourist office, but the bus company employees still had to search their computers with doubtful eyes…
Nov 20, 2012
SLC Skier Hosts 24-Hour Clothing Drive to Benefit Frankenstorm Victims
The recent natural atrocities along the East Coast seem far-removed to skiers living among mountains outsizing those of Appalachia. Perhaps the media’s sensationalization of the storm has lead some to view it as little more than another sitcom, far from their mountain-borne realities. But professional skier and model, Sierra Quitiquit, took it upon herself to engage the Salt Lake City ski community in recovery efforts for the Frankenstorm’s victims and rescuers.
Nov 19, 2012
Winter Sucker Punches Autumn In The Wasatch, on TGR
A long, long time ago, I posted pictures, here on brodyleven.com, of Salt Lake City locals harvesting the recent crop of powder snow. That was Thursday. Well, about 2 hours after I posted it, a feature that I wrote for Teton Gravity Research popped up. It stars a bunch of heads popping out of 4+(…)
Nov 15, 2012
Caution: If You Ski and Don’t Live in Utah, Enclosed Items May Upset You
The Wasatch got hit hard by last weekend’s storm. I was fortunate enough to ski, purposely missing the first day of storm snow (Saturday) to see what avalanche activity was reported. My first day (Sunday) was with Joe, Bekah, Matt, Lauran and Mark. We skinned around Solitude Resort and skied deeper snow than any day last season.(…)
Nov 6, 2012
The 10 Commandments of Instagram for Skiers, on brobomb.com
Brobomb kindly posted something that I wrote addressing the rapid emersion of Instagram, specifically in the ski universe. With every ski company, resort, and aficionado vying for a top spot in the endless stream of highly-filtered photographs, a diety of the social media world spoke to me one night while I slept, imparting me with(…)
