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Archived Outdoors Reviews: What pro women skiers go through.

Fri, 3 Dec 1999 17:00:00 GMT

rating: 0/5 by: Epinions Author kristenulmer - "So, what do you do for a living?" the friendly, young mother of two next to me asks. We're sitting together on a plane to Vancouver, and I hesitate. Should I tell her? It's the coolest job in the world, but an overt brag.

Ah...

leeches: - why they made my life hell

Fri, 3 Dec 1999 16:56:19 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author kristenulmer -

Stepping out the airport door into the chilly Kathmandu morning air, bags of gear hanging off my arms and waist like fat, swaddled babies, I don't expect to feel much except jet lag. But…why this? Above the desperate shouts of "Taxi? Taxi?...

lasik eye surgery

Fri, 3 Dec 1999 16:52:08 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kristenulmer -

Ever witness an entire lift line down on their knees, looking for your missing contact lens? Know what it's like to re-insert that same dried, crispy lens without a mirror in 25 mile-per-hour freezing wind? How about trying to ski an...

Monkeys: Why I now hate monkeys

Fri, 3 Dec 1999 16:43:09 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author kristenulmer - There was a monkey sanctuary just up the road and I had a plan. It's a fact that a mountain bike looks much cooler with a few monkeys hanging off it, so I figured I'd put a banana on the seat, wait for a monkey to jump on, take a picture, send it to the...

the X-Games: An insiders look to competing in the X-Games

Fri, 3 Dec 1999 16:30:23 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kristenulmer -

CHALLENGE: wager, confront. The stage is set; time to fire up the hard, mean side of your personality that has kept you happy all these years.

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"You know, everyone expects you to...

Summer skiing when the resorts are closed

Fri, 3 Dec 1999 02:36:44 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kristenulmer - HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION BY KRISTEN ULMER

Three months in denial, a six hour drive, another week of procrastination then two days of hiking; all to reach this pathetic brown splotch of snow. It was a sad little splotch; maybe, oh,...

The nuts and bolts of Brighton

Fri, 3 Dec 1999 02:32:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kristenulmer - BRIGHTON

Usually when little Cottonwood canyon is still closed for avalanche danger, Big Cottonwood canyon has already been opened. Zip up to Brighton and avoid the big tourist sinkholes next door. You get the same powder for a smaller...

The nuts and bolts of Breck

Fri, 3 Dec 1999 02:29:33 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kristenulmer -

BRECKENRIDGE

Breckenridge is made of four peaks; Seven, Eight, Nine and Ten. Which leads us to the obvious question, what ever happened to 1-6?

No matter, Breckridge is huge. The lifts rise 3398 vertical feet, but the...

Telluride alone

Fri, 3 Dec 1999 02:26:56 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kristenulmer -

I may just be in line at a bakery, but it's more like I'm at a high school lunch counter, with some punk rock concert and a bit of tofu-stand thrown in to make things interesting. The room is a moving mass of dread locks, purple dye, duct...

backcountry skiing in the Wrangells/St. Elias region of Alaska

Fri, 3 Dec 1999 02:23:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kristenulmer -

The tent rocks lightly in the morning breeze. Excited, I sit up and contort out the flap straining to catch a glimpse of that vicious north face we want to ski.

"It hasn't gotten any less steep overnight" Dean Cummings interrupts...

La Grave- and the craziest downhill race in the world- the Derby De La Meige

Fri, 3 Dec 1999 02:18:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kristenulmer - I'm not being hunted by attack dogs. I'm not the screaming, reckless star of some cheap horror flick. Actually, I'm racing in the Derby de la Meije, at La Grave, France. It's a 7000 vertical-foot ungroomed downhill race through death chunks,...

Chamonix- The death sport Capital of the World!!!

Fri, 3 Dec 1999 02:12:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kristenulmer -

CHAMONIX

Ahhh, smell the adrenaline. It's pure grade-A Chamonix, and it's goooood.

Are you ready for the death sport capital of the world? The best skiers, snowboarders, mountaineers, base jumpers, ice and rock climbers, and...

The Grand Teton: Climbing and skiing The Grand- The first (and only) female descent.

Thu, 2 Dec 1999 03:24:12 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author kristenulmer -

My frozen hands are shaking so violently I can't feed the rope through the rappel device. Oh MAN this is so out of control. Come on fingers, please work…

BOOM! I jerk my eyes up. What's that what's that what's that!

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skiing in Morocco!

Thu, 2 Dec 1999 03:00:33 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kristenulmer - "You're going skiing in Morocco!" exclaims a friend over dinner at a Salt Lake dive. He stops chewing his won ton and stares at me, slack jawed and concerned. "Were you able to get a visa?"

What!? Cold syrup rips through...

Americans invade Riksgrandsen

Thu, 2 Dec 1999 02:54:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kristenulmer -

It seemed only natural to be curious about the place, what with all those magazine covers. At least nine American ski and snowboard publications run cover photos taken at Riksgransen last year. Blunt Magazine showed a snowboarder launching such...

Europe: Ski Europe by RV

Thu, 2 Dec 1999 02:50:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kristenulmer -

Disclaimer: What you're about to read is not suitable for minors. In fact, it's not suitable

for adults, tree sloths or farm animals either. I warned those Skiing editors our sick,

pornographic...

europe in general: Skiing Europe by RV

Thu, 2 Dec 1999 02:41:05 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kristenulmer - 3016 words.

Kristen Ulmer

Fear and Loathing in Europe.

Disclaimer: What you're about to read is not suitable for minors. In fact, it's not suitable for adults, tree sloths or farm animals either. I warned those Skiing editors...

Still finding powder long after a storm.

Thu, 2 Dec 1999 02:33:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kristenulmer - SOLITUDE

Skiing untracked Utah powder is neat-o and all, but with so many greedy vacationers- it gets devoured faster than a bag of donuts at a Bulimia convention. Solitude however, because of empty lift lines- boasts no snarling, competitive...

How to appear like (or become) a local

Thu, 2 Dec 1999 02:28:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kristenulmer -

Alta

No matter where you come from, you'll soon feel like an Alta local. The fact you choose such a laid back, bare-bones, meat and potatoes mountain and architecturally-challenged hangout over some sissy, manicured resort- automatically...