When I asked Alex Newport-Berra if he would like to contribute a mountain sport post to DolomiteSport, I had absolutely no idea I would get a story about a shopping cart. Coming from Alex I can understand his seeking enlightenment, but through a shopping cart? Well… this is his genius and exactly why I [...]
Posts under ‘Humor’
Facebook Poach Your Line?
Today we returned to ski the same backcountry peak we skied yesterday, the same one I wrote about, and posted photos of, right here at DolomiteSport. Unlike yesterday, the parking area was not empty, it had a couple of cars. Why? They saw 1) the turns from the road and 2) the post.
Together with friends [...]
Luxury Dolomites Mountain Guiding
Guiding Italian Style by Alberto De Giuli
Some of us Italian Mountain Guides have it pretty good working in the Dolomites.
Most of our work days guiding clients in the Dolomites are spent skiing amazing backcountry powder, wandering through the wilderness or climbing steep ice. All of this is normal for our work, but it’s not only [...]
Neurotic Ramblings
I like to think that wisdom is kicking in. Here it goes, my neurotic ramblings…
Each and every October & November it starts, or in this case, ends. Fitness. 10 months of hard fought training days, that feeling of being unstoppable, of July & August being a peak where anything and everything is possible, easy, lean, [...]
Alpabzug
And now for something completely different.
Alpabzug
No sports, no gear reviews, nothing to do with making your heart beat quickly.
Just cows, the end of summer, beer and a lot of European tradition.
Alpabzug: The traditional celebration of the end of summer where the cows are brought down from the high Alps to the valley floors for the [...]
Hidding during Ferragosto
To me, the word “Ferragosto” makes me think of ringing cellphones, family squabbles and lots of dark, tanned skin being shown off on the decks of huts. Just what is this Ferragosto and why hidding during August? For American readers it is really only a useful term for trivia board games, but if one is [...]
Garmin’s Virtual Training Partner
Garmin Forerunner 405 Review
So I got my new Garmin Forerunner 405 the other day. A watch, a GPS, a training partner and tool, a little coach in a watch.
I used it for the first time today training ski rando. All worked perfectly until this little window kept rotating through telling me I was behind my [...]
Cow Adventures part II
To stand witness to one’s demise and be able to offer absolutely no assistance is a strange feeling. One is left with the decision to either turn away, or to spectate the misfortune of others.
In my case, today, I was entertained at the highest level by three dairy cows. I opted for spectating.
While riding up [...]
“Adventure” Photography
It may not appear like an adventure, but read on…
Being mountain sports photographers, we are often placed in somewhat dangerous situations; avalanche
conditions, bad weather climbing, etc… But never did we think real injury would come in the manner it did a few nights ago.
What so often begins as good fun can quickly [...]
