Technically a Backcountry / Touring ski pack, I plan on using this at resorts because it supposedly packs down very well. This is designed to hold avalanche equipment so it should be good for next year when I take avalanche classes.
Update: Only used it once. Tore my MCL and broke my leg. RIP skiing.
They claim it’s good to -40F. I’ve tested it to 5F and it was warm with just a t-shirt underneath.
Great in the dry season, wear them almost every day.
Spent the week of Thanksgiving at a house at Lake Tahoe. Got lucky, it was the first snow of the season and we got about a foot.
Got to use the snow chains for the first time. Absolutely necessary.
After the scuba diving I signed up to do the Ciudad Perdida (Lost City) trek. It was advertised as being 50km long and four days. What a lie. It turned out to be 73km with three days of actual hiking. Being out of shape, it was brutal for me. I did however get in much better shape than I thought I could in three days.
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One thing that came out of it was realizing I could push myself into much better shape than I thought. When I got home I started running. I’m currently only able to run three miles in just over half an hour, but that’s more than I’ve been able to run without stopping in over twenty years.
The second part of my trip was spent Scuba diving. I spent four days in Taganga with Poseidon Dive Center. It was fantastic.
I did the following
The water was about 75 degrees which was perfect for me for skin diving. Every day I dove Nitrox so I never felt tired afterwards.
I also got my Advanced Open Water PADI certification, so that was nice.
Went to Colombia in June. Spent a week in Cartagena. It’s hot, humid, dirty, and expensive. Parts are very nice, but way too many aggressive street vendors.
Cartagena is a classic tourist destination, I would skip it next time.
So far so good.
Love these skis. Learning to ski on them at Squaw.
Snowshoes for three of us. Worked super well.
