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Skiing every ski state
Photo: Jon Wyatt I first set skis on American snow late in the spring of 1978 – in Aspen and Vail, Colorado, and two Californian valleys: Squaw and Heavenly. It…
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Round the World in 12 days
A rainy Monday. Torrential, in fact. Depressing? Or inspirational? It depends where you are. In our case if it was Monday so it must have been Indonesia – Day 10…
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The Seychelles
Drooling over the brochures, I could hardly wait for the “gala evenings with international chefs working delicious menus from the islands’ abundant fresh fish” – so when I asked for…
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Warren Smith pioneers powder camps in Japan
Posted on May 27, 2011 | No CommentsAn English ski instructor called Smith has plunged one of Japan’s most celebrated ski resorts into crisis. The imagery could almost be likened to the classic scenario of a robot... -
Ripping it up in Tornado Alley – well, sort of…
Posted on May 27, 2011 | No CommentsAs my Airbus touched down in the twin cities of Minneapolis-St Paul, a gleeful passenger shouted: “Enjoy the cold – I’ll be wearing shorts in five hours!” He was off... -
Daredevil ski base-jumper who flew like a bird
Posted on May 27, 2011 | No CommentsObituary: April 2009: Shane McConkey Shane McConkey, the man who found ways to ski off cliffs and even skyscrapers, was able to “slip the surly bonds of earth”, and enter...





