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Travel

From Shogun to Powder

This ski trip actually began in 1980 while I was still in grade school. The original airing of the original Shogun (the day I’m writing this it was announced that the star of that mini-series Richard Chamberlain has passed away) really caught my attention and indeed fascination. This led to me some years later purchasing the book Shogun by James Clavell and reading it and it was very riveting – I do recall finishing the second half of the book in one weekend – only getting out of bed for the most basic of life necessities! […]

Save the knee! Drawing of the knee!
Health, Fitness, and Nutrition

Save the Knee!

Easy Kneesy When us skiers hear the word joint, what do we think? No, not weed! The joints I most often hear about when it comes to skiing are the hip and knee joints. Both […]

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Draco snows the Path
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Draco Snows the Path

More before and after photos from snow storm Draco. This set of photographs I took along a pathway I often walk during my lunch breaks. I could sit on my tail or get some walking […]

NEW OMNIUM 2017 -- A Diablo bike racer
Cycling

Northeast Wisconsin Omnium 2017

On the weekend of May 13-14 the Northeastern Wisconsin cycling teams of Diablo Cycling and Wheel and Sprocket hosted the Northeast Wisconsin Omnium 2017. The teams put on one time trial and two days of […]

Michael Schumacher Hurt Skiing
Skiing

Michael Schumacher Injured Skiing

News outlets are reporting: Formula One icon Michael Schumacher suffered a “relatively serious” injury to his head while skiing in the French Alps on Sunday morning. Michael Schumacher is arguably the greatest race car driver […]

Training to Ski -- Am image of an Amtrak train with snow and pine trees
Après Ski

Training to Ski

For the annual ski trip instead of driving to ski we were “training” to ski. That is we took the Empire Builder Amtrak train from Columbus Wisconsin to Whitefish Montana. In my previous two trips […]

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