Category Archives: Tips
Climber Girl’s Guide to Proper Hygiene
Sarah Marvez wrote this on Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
Categorized as Climbing, Cloudveil Athletes, TipsIf you think the photo above shows an odd scene, you would be right.
Dateline 7:30 p.m., Saturday night, at my house after a day of climbing.
We had just wrapped up dinner and are about to [...]
Waiting for Good Dough
David J. Swift wrote this on Friday, February 27th, 2009
Categorized as Food, Rants, TipsIf your current profession is the performance of customer interface duties within the food service industry — how are the tips these days? They are probably not as hefty because, frankly, I am not tipping [...]
continue readingSo Totally Sick (and what to do about it)
Lauren M. Whaley wrote this on Friday, February 13th, 2009
Categorized as Cold, TipsMaybe it’s the three hours of sleep a night I’ve been getting recently or the daily suctioning of yellow, stringy snot out of the baby’s nose, but last night, I skipped a so totally rad [...]
continue readingBe Careful Where You Put That Stuff
Tim OConnor wrote this on Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Categorized as Gear, Rafting, Rants, TipsI was guiding a rafting trip this August and was having a little trouble with chaffing. Quite possibly the cause was a combination of the heat, the constant need to get in and out of [...]
continue readingTelemark Tips: Dr. Paré and the T-8000
JedZilla wrote this on Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Categorized as Rants, Tech, Telemark Skiing, Tips, Training, WinterWith ice forming in the mountains and down jackets emerging from storage, we thought JedZilla’s post on telemarking would be perfect. Only about three months until Jackson Hole Mountain Resort opens for the 2008/2009 winter [...]
continue readingThe Gaper Chronicles- Sink or Swim
Sarah Hubbard wrote this on Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Categorized as Adventures, Tips, VideosWell now that my mountain biking career is off to a good start and I am sufficiently bruised and battered from some all-star falls and one fantastic over the handle-bars launch, I gave sport #2 [...]
continue readingWhen Bad Things Happen to Badass People
Sarah Hubbard wrote this on Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Categorized as Causes, TipsAlthough the safety of mountain towns is one of the reasons we love living in them, the truth of the matter is that the sports we do, and the risks we take living lives full [...]
continue readingPraying for snow just got more techy
Scotty Wood wrote this on Friday, January 4th, 2008
Categorized as Tech, Tips, WeatherOnce again we’re back at writing about Google Earth. In the past, we’ve written about trip planning in Google Earth and getting Topo maps in Google (can’t forget NASA’s Google Earth like Tool World Wind [...]
continue readingBest to be Ready
Brendan Burns wrote this on Thursday, December 6th, 2007
Categorized as Tips, Training[Editor’s note: Well, now that Jackson Hole locals are kayaking rather than skiing, we thought we’d post Brendan’s recap of medical training - something you can use while careening down anything in any season: sopping [...]
continue readingTopoGoogle
David Swift wrote this on Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
Categorized as Rants, Tech, TipsScience has proven that the accumulated weight of National Geographics will eventually trigger Doomsday. Imagine how at risk that makes fault-ridden, adventure-reading loving Jackson Hole.
However, it may well be our collective accumulation of topological maps [...]
