Theresa

Teaching kids to ski

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[Written by Tom][ Teaching skiing has turned out to be a lot more fun than expected, especially the kids. I’ve enjoyed teaching the adults, but their response is more predictable. It seems like a huge number of the kids I get are 9. Not 8, not 10. 9. Anyway, most are so shy I can … Read more

Tom’s Wacko Lefty Store and Blog

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[Written by Tom] My fun new thing has been to start a blog which I actually update at least weekly with a weekly rant on politics or something else in the broader culture… well usually that annoys me. It just so happens that lately I’m mostly annoyed by Creationists, Bush failing to condemn torture and … Read more

Tom’s Yosemite Site

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[Written by Tom] I mentioned my Yosemite Photo site in a previous post. I’ve now started trying to do a Yosemite Photo of the Week and to put in my little bits and pieces of Yosemite News on that site. The simple fact is that I just find it more interesting to write about Yosemite … Read more

Tom’s new job (sort of)

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[Written by Tom] After a couple of years of saying it would be fun to teach skiing at the local ski area, I finally signed up to be a ski instructor at Badger Pass alpine ski area, just across the driveway from where Theresa works. So far it has consisted of just a couple of … Read more

Back tomorrow

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Our Thanksgiving trip is almost over – very relaxing. I finally had a somewhat slower Vermont trip and got to actually see some people beyond my immediate family – two aunts, one uncle, two cousins and two friends! Columbus was, as usual, more relaxed since we went from 20 loud Lamberts to eight quiet Hos. … Read more

Yosemite Explorer Website Launched (sort of)

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I've been taking so many Yosemite pictures lately (about 1000 this summer, but most were junk), that I've gotten it into my head to do something with them. Of course, I only seem to be able to manage to put something here once every few months and Theresa is even worse, but such are delusions. … Read more

Thanksgiving plans

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November is Theresa's slowest season, so as last year, we'll be going to Vermont and Ohio for Thanksgiving, our once a year time to see family. This time we'll try to avoid quite so much driving and maybe have some time to see friends and relatives in Vermont outside of my immediate family. Nov 17 … Read more

Ten years together

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The last few days have been wet and rainy in Yosemite. This seems appropriate, since it was wet and rainy when Theresa and I started going out. In fact, it was because it was wet and rainy we started going out. I reserved a couple of campsites at Devil's Lake and invited about 15 people … Read more

No news is good news

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But some news is probably better news. So here's the short version if you wonder if we're still alive but don't want to read a whole screenful of drivel: busy busy – trip – hiking – no climbing – lot clearing – house plans.

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Glacier Point Ski Trip

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Our tracks
Our tracks on
Sentinel Dome
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The Yosemite XC Ski center (YXC), the winter incarnation of the mountaineering school, runs a ski hut out at Glacier Point. It is the same building that houses the retail shop at Glacier Point during the summertime, but is converted to hold 22 bunk beds, several couches around a wood stove (hidden behind the counter during the summer) and a dining area. YXC stocks the hut with food (enchiladas, lasagna, pasta, salad fixings, crackers, cookies, cake etc.) and drink (ranging from water, to OJ to wine and brandy). The 10.5 mile ski to the hut is along the Glacier Point road, which is closed beyond Badger Pass ski area and groomed for skiing, making it easy terrain to negotiate, even for fairly inexperienced skiers with packs on.

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