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		<title>Traveling With Skis and Snowboards</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2011/03/traveling-with-skis-and-snowboards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Miesbauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether you live at the base of the Cottonwood Canyons or in the heart of the Carolinas, you&#8217;ll eventually hear the call of a faraway mountain range and travel by air to ski or ride. Since spring is go-time for places like Alaska and interior British Columbia, and it&#8217;s been known to produce big Pacific [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monday QA</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2011/03/monday-qa-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Riser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thule Prologue Pack Bike Mount Q: Will this rack work with a thru axle design on the front forks? By: W.Ward 4 days ago A: Unfortunately, this rack will only work with standard drop-out designs. Since you&#8217;re like I am and you run a through-axle fork, your only option is to either get a different [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Training Wheels: Coming to Grips with Leashless Ice Climbing</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2011/02/training-wheels-coming-to-grips-with-leashless-ice-climbing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Chapman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Packing for the first ice trip of the season, I called a friend to get the conditions report: Things had been rained on in the San Juans, but were coming back in quickly. The new ice offered enough to warrant a trip.  After hashing things out, he added, almost as an afterthought: “So I took [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take a Step Back</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2011/02/take-a-step-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Mool</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I found out that a friend and colleague from Backcountry.com Jeff Bates is battling cancer—melanoma to be exact. He had fought skin cancer into remission several years ago. It’s back with a vengeance. Jeff Bates Talking up 29ers for HuckNRoll Friends have established the Jeff Bates Foundation as a way to support him [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heading for the Hills: The How and Why of Ski Touring</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2011/02/heading-for-the-hills-the-how-and-why-of-ski-touring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Lopez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re interested in getting into backcountry skiing and snowboarding, the first thing that comes to mind is the huge pile of expensive gear you’ll have to amass. (The second thing to come to mind is likely, “OK, once I’ve auctioned my gall bladder on the black market and taken my rhythmically challenged roommate’s drum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Art of Hangboarding: Fingerboard Workouts</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2011/01/art-of-hangboarding-fingerboard-workouts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Chapman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following up on yesterday&#8217;s intro to hangboarding, I&#8217;ll now delve into some workouts. When you are hanging from a fingerboard, keep in mind you are training the small tendons and ligaments in your fingers and hands. It’s really easy to over-train and get injured. Err on the side of caution. The workouts posted below are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hone at Home: Art of Hangboarding</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Chapman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With winter in full swing, climbers in most locales have to settle for gym training to stay fit. While there is no substitute for actually climbing—even on plastic—a hangboard (or fingerboard) is an indispensable tool that every climber could benefit from. My first exposure to concerted hangboarding came after a major traumatic accident involving more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wizard of the Wasatch</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2011/01/wizard-of-the-wasatch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve spent some time in the Wasatch backcountry, you probably have crossed paths with a grizzled dude with twinkle in his eye. That guy is the Wizard of the Wasatch, Bob Athey. “I was going to be a lawyer, but I discovered powder snow,” Athey says. “So I went skiing instead, and have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ice Climbing with Backcountry.com Athlete Stephen Koch &#8211; PART 2</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2011/01/ice-climbing-with-stephen-koch/</link>
		<comments>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2011/01/ice-climbing-with-stephen-koch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Peters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[JOE&#8217;S VALLEY, UT &#8212; The desert sky was a comforting light blue and the air frosty as Stephen Koch traveled to central Utah to review ice climbing techniques on a local flow. Climbing up frozen H2O can be intimidating to say the least, but with an experienced climbing buddy guiding you, the right gear aiding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>100 Days, 100 Ways: Tips for Hitting the Century Mark</title>
		<link>http://backcountrybeacon.com/2011/01/how-to-100-days-riding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TJ Parsons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Racking up over 100 days in one season is a feat that many snow addicts fantasize about but few ever actually accomplish. It’s one thing to take a resort job for eight bucks an hour, live in a roach-infested ski-town apartment with six roommates, and ride every day. … But when your life includes stuff [...]]]></description>
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