What recent outdoor activity did you do?

[zoidberg]

[Aloha]

   Simply gorgeous scenery.

[eamo]

  Simply gorgeous scenery.

+100

[zoidberg]

Thanks guys.   

[SteveC]

Sweet pic z, what altitude are you at ?

[zoidberg]

Approx 2000m. Hoping to be back up that way later this week if the weather allows it.

[SteveC]

Approx 2000m. Hoping to be back up that way later this week if the weather allows it.

I sure miss the mountains 



Here's a couple of pics of me back in my ski bumming day's early 1990's Colorado

[MadPlumbarian]

The little guy saw something and came up with the idea! He says to me, “hey dad, I know something that will make your light look better!” So I asked what? He explains it out and says to put the lantern over the regular light, he wasn’t sure how to make it work so we worked on the workbench and here’s what we came up with..
JR

Here’s a before/after

[zoidberg]

Approx 2000m. Hoping to be back up that way later this week if the weather allows it.

I sure miss the mountains 



Here's a couple of pics of me back in my ski bumming day's early 1990's Colorado

Awesome pics.      

The ski thing is fairly new to me, really only picked it up because the youngest wanted to ski.
Have been looking at the tele peeps though and thinking that it looks like fun.

[SteveC]

Telemark skiing is the way to IMO especially if you want to go backcountry away from the crowds. That's what we would do, ski on the mountain on powder days until it got tracked up and then head off the ski area and hike into the backcountry. We could get fresh tracks for days after a storm.

Here's a few more old pics, some of me skiing with my old dog Jasper.

[SteveC]

A few more   

[zoidberg]

Best pics ever!   

Yeah I don't do crowds and love me some back country. Freshies for the win #nomatesonapowderday.   

[SteveC]

Thanks, lots of great memories of those days.

[Aloha]

@Steve C.  All great pics.   

[SteveC]

Thank Aloha !

I worked for 8 years as a snowmaker on the mountain in Steamboat Springs to get my ski pass for the season. We would work from about a month before the mountain opened and were usually done by Christmas. I would then work in restaurants at night so I could ski during the day.


After three years they made me the foreman of the 2nd shift, here a pic of my crew. That me in the middle in red.

Second pic is of me at the top of a pile of man made snow we made for a terrain park

Third is me hauling in a frozen water hose to thaw out in the shop.

[Syncop8r]

Great pics Steve. 

[SteveC]

Thanks, a little trip down memory lane   

[Aloha]

These are really cool pics.  Looks like a great job with super benefits.  I knew a woman who worked for our local mountains for the same benefits.  She would ski/snowboard all season long.  Then in summer she'd come toward to ocean and work restaurants at night so she could surf all season long.  She was a true adventure junkie. 

[SteveC]

These are really cool pics.  Looks like a great job with super benefits.  I knew a woman who worked for our local mountains for the same benefits.  She would ski/snowboard all season long.  Then in summer she'd come toward to ocean and work restaurants at night so she could surf all season long.  She was a true adventure junkie.

Thanks,
It was a fun albeit a dangerous and physically demanding one. It was perfect for getting in shape for skiing though. 

[Ron Who]

I work outdoors most of the time. Today: tree pruning.

[gregozedobe]

Did some agility training with my two dogs - I like doing it but my dogs absolutely love it

[Aloha]

Did some agility training with my two dogs - I like doing it but my dogs absolutely love it

Are you still competing?  I love watching dogs run those agility courses.  They look like theyre having a blast.   I swear theyre smiling the whole time. 

[Gareth]

Took my "new" skin-on-frame kayak out for it's maiden paddle this morning, mostly to see if it is watertight.  Happily it is.   Best guess is that this is late 50's or 60's, but I'll happily be told differently.  Sadly it's not a Folbot, but I learned to paddle in one of them and this is more stable.  No, Molly did not join me in the boat despite this being a two seater.

[eamo]

 

Gareth, any chance of a pic of the inside of your kayak so i can see how it's constructed ?

[Gareth]

Gareth, any chance of a pic of the inside of your kayak so i can see how it's constructed ?

Here you go.

[Gareth]

and a few more courtesy of my good wife.

[eamo]

  thank you

[Aloha]

Looks like a nice boat.  Molly sure did look like she wanted to go. 

[Gareth]

Looks like a nice boat.  Molly sure did look like she wanted to go.

She's a bit unconvinced by water in general and waves are a firm no-no.  She didn't flip her nut when I was out but did bark to let me know she was there.

[eamo]

ive been training one of my lads to go paddling with me, I had the loan of a sit-on-top, he's getting used to it. he did take a leap from my boat to my daughters  . she had no spraydeck on so he was able to sit in the cockpit with her thats ok just messing by the beach but on a journey isn't suitable.