Originally from Taos, NM, Jeb has been circling the globe in search of adventure since his parents left for India in '86. Recently, whether it's shredding in Hokkaido, or sailing on the Caribbean, Jeb is always searching for fresh experiences and new perspectives. Maybe someday he'll go back to school, but for now he calls the Wasatch home.
Fushimi Inari-taisha, Kyoto, Japan
Summer is right around the corner, which means the hostel circuit will soon be teeming with world travelers searching for new experiences, friendships, and exotic ways to seduce the senses. We’ve come up with some tips for packing and strategic traveling that will benefit you once you’re on the road. Read More …
A second full season of snowboarding is under way at Taos Ski Valley (TSV). Up until the 08/09 season, TSV was one of only four resorts across the country that didn’t allow snowboarders. Has hell frozen over? Are pigs circling overhead? We took some runs with a couple TSV officials to find out. Before catching up with Alejandro “Hanno” Blake, TSV Events Coordinator and grandson of TSV founder Ernie Blake, we got a chance to speak with Ski School Director Jean Mayer and local snowboarder and jeweler Scott Plumlee. Read More …
Reading the signs of a track in mud.
Years ago a childhood friend lent me his copy of The Tracker, by Tom Brown Jr., and I only had to read a few lines before knowing that Brown’s teachings would have a lasting impact on my life. While not compelled to start spending hours leaning over a track to learn what every ridge, trough, and pressure release had to teach me about animal behavior—Brown calls this dirt time—I did take the wider message of respect and wilderness awareness to heart. Read More …
Lift-Line Etiquette
By: Jeb Admire | February 26th, 20102 Comments »
Lining up at the Canyons Ski Resort (mind the gap)
I lived in Germany for a couple years in the ’80s, and when I was ten, the folks took me on a ski trip to Austria. While I basically love everything about Austria—the smaller, more sophisticated and less pretentious version of its northern neighbor—I was amused and disturbed by the behavior of some of the locals in the lift line. It’s possible that I’m so sensitive to lift-line etiquette now because of the pole-whacking, one-piece-pulling, general anarchy that I experienced my first time at Stubaital. Don’t get me wrong—I enjoyed mulling about the lifts in Gulmarg, India (when they worked) and Zakopane, Poland (Perogis aplenty), and I’m fine with being herded into the tram at Snowbird, UT, but I will never forget the unruly Austrians hitting each other’s poles and sneakily unclipping bindings to cut ahead in line. With that in mind, here are six guidelines to remember when you are sharing the lift line with fellow winter-sports-inclined hominids.
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