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		<title>Griffin Post Is 138</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2011/05/griffin-post-is-138/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After years and plenty of podium time in the Freeski and Freeride world circuits, Backcountry.com athlete Griffin Post spent this past season getting some well-deserved movie-star time in Jackson, Alaska, and elsewhere. Check out Griffin’s Misfits-accompanied season teaser edit, and get stoked for him on the silver screen when the leaves start falling later this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Backpacking 101: Learn How To Liberate Your Backpacking Gear This Spring</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2011/03/backpacking-101-learn-how-to-liberate-your-backpacking-gear-this-spring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You spent last year’s tax return on some sweet new backpacking gear, but you’ve yet to test it beyond the unplanned St. Patty’s Day backyard sleepover .., yeah it’s time to set your sights a bit higher. Don’t get me wrong, backyard sleepovers are integral to the adolescent experience—thing is, your ultralight backpacking gear secretly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Backcountry.com’s Interview with 2-Mill Greg Hill</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JGW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You could say Greg Hill is a numbers guy. The Canadian ski mountaineer just vanquished the ridiculously daunting goal of ski-touring 2-million feet of vertical in a single year. For you visual learners, that&#8217;s the equivalent of 36 trips up and down Mt. Everest. Now, consider the fact that Greg was only counting the feet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zen and the Art of Managing Powder Panic</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/12/zen-and-powder-panic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every region of the skiing world has its own particular form of this terrible ailment or morning malaise … a rapacious brooding that turns happy citizens into gorilla-chest-pounding, car-horn-honking, Ben-Hur-on-the-traverse fiends. This sanctimonious demon’s name: powder-induced panic. Let me elucidate a specific example … Salt Lake City’s proximity to habit-forming ski terrain is, like almost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Post-Holiday Q&amp;A</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/12/post-holiday-questions-answers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JGW</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gear Guide]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re like the majority of the nation, you probably just spent the last few days figuring out how to use your new (insert your respective cultural-holiday indication here) gifts. In an effort to make the rest of the gift-receiving season as painless as possible, we&#8217;ve rounded up five unanswered questions from our Community that may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Waterways In Utah</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/07/public-waterways-in-utah/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JGW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Currently in the great, wild, western state of Utah, it is illegal to enter any public body of water that flows over marked private property —that is if your un-permitted feet are specifically touching the ground. Would you like to know more about how that fact really affects kayakers, fishermen and fisherwomen, hunters, tubers, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snowbird Must Have More Lobbyists</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/07/snowbird-must-have-more-lobbyists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JGW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Snowbird offered a land-swap deal that traded land in watershed areas (right next door to where Alta and Solitude wanted to expand) for a swath in the Mary Ellen Gulch area (not watershed)—thereby allowing Snowbird to win where the other Cottonwood Canyon competition failed in their expansion attempts.]]></description>
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		<title>Shoulder Dislocation Relocation DIY: How to fix yourself in the backcountry</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/04/shoulder-dislocation-putting-things-back-together-in-the-backcountry/</link>
		<comments>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/04/shoulder-dislocation-putting-things-back-together-in-the-backcountry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JGW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shoulder dislocation sucks—add a backcountry environment, minimal funds, being alone, or just being far away from medical help to the mix, and the need for a DIY solution becomes evident. Here are a few methods for putting your own shoulder back into place. ]]></description>
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		<title>GORE-TEX® Technology: The Dry Truth</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/03/gore-tex%c2%ae-technology-the-dry-truth/</link>
		<comments>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/03/gore-tex%c2%ae-technology-the-dry-truth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JGW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You go looking for a waterproof breathable shell, and you’re left with two choices: GORE-TEX® outerwear or everything else. How is it that W.L. Gore &#038; Associates has continued to lead the waterproof breathable pack?]]></description>
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		<title>DIY: Paint Your Skis / Snowboard</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/03/diy-paint-your-skis-snowboard/</link>
		<comments>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/03/diy-paint-your-skis-snowboard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JGW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Butter knives dull and worn from too much abuse in the park? Your seasoned pow planks suffering from case of dated artwork? We painted our boards and skis and put together a step-by-step guide. We also enlisted the help of the custom painting pros at TOWR13 Customs to show you how to do it yourself. [...]]]></description>
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