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Saturday Dec 21, 2019 #
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A perfect Solstice Day with beautiful ski conditions.
Wednesday Dec 18, 2019 #
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Ski intervals, 3x Summit.
The day's highlight was back home in the evening, when I looked down at my ankle and noticed a little black dot. I was thinking, "let me see what that is." So I worked at it, and eventually a thorn started to emerge. A thorn left over from Possum Trot. Around Kansas City, it wouldn't be worth mentioning unless it had another 2"-3" to it. But around here, when it was right where my ski boot presses in, a 3/8" thorn is something. I passed out several times while I was extracting it. (no I didn't, but it does improve the story)
It probably explains why putting my ski boot on that foot lately hasn't been as much fun as it used to be. I'm already looking forward to the renewed fun tomorrow!
The day's highlight was back home in the evening, when I looked down at my ankle and noticed a little black dot. I was thinking, "let me see what that is." So I worked at it, and eventually a thorn started to emerge. A thorn left over from Possum Trot. Around Kansas City, it wouldn't be worth mentioning unless it had another 2"-3" to it. But around here, when it was right where my ski boot presses in, a 3/8" thorn is something. I passed out several times while I was extracting it. (no I didn't, but it does improve the story)
It probably explains why putting my ski boot on that foot lately hasn't been as much fun as it used to be. I'm already looking forward to the renewed fun tomorrow!
Tuesday Dec 17, 2019 #
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It was a couple degrees warmer today--though a good 10 degrees shy of the forecast high--which was enough to transform the snow into something a good bit faster than the past two days.
I read an article in the paper yesterday about the spread of wild pigs and the damage they are capable of, and while I was skiing I thought some about that and about what I had seen in Sweden. It was amazing to see how extensive uprooted areas were. It was all but impossible to go far without running into uprooted areas. I'm not sure the folks I was talking with fully realize the impact of these pigs. Maybe I misunderstood, but what I took away was the general impression was that the pigs were mainly after roots and berries out in the forest--stuff like that, and that it wasn't that big a deal unless maybe you were a farmer and had pigs out in your fields. And for the folks that like to hunt, the pigs were a plus. But if you stepped back and thought about the sheer amount of area being disturbed...
The article was written in a sensationalized style, and perhaps overstated how damaging wild pigs are to the ecosystem. Even so, seeing what the pigs were doing in the forests around Huskvarna made me a little sad, in much the same way that seeing what pine beetles were doing to our local forests made me feel (though by now I've gotten over it; you have to.)
I read an article in the paper yesterday about the spread of wild pigs and the damage they are capable of, and while I was skiing I thought some about that and about what I had seen in Sweden. It was amazing to see how extensive uprooted areas were. It was all but impossible to go far without running into uprooted areas. I'm not sure the folks I was talking with fully realize the impact of these pigs. Maybe I misunderstood, but what I took away was the general impression was that the pigs were mainly after roots and berries out in the forest--stuff like that, and that it wasn't that big a deal unless maybe you were a farmer and had pigs out in your fields. And for the folks that like to hunt, the pigs were a plus. But if you stepped back and thought about the sheer amount of area being disturbed...
The article was written in a sensationalized style, and perhaps overstated how damaging wild pigs are to the ecosystem. Even so, seeing what the pigs were doing in the forests around Huskvarna made me a little sad, in much the same way that seeing what pine beetles were doing to our local forests made me feel (though by now I've gotten over it; you have to.)
C • pigs 4
Monday Dec 16, 2019 #
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A chillier day with full sun, high of 10F in town, and something less than that up top. Skiing was slow on the squeaky snow. I went out early to catch as much of the sun as possible. And ran afterwards, by which time there was precious little sun left. Could have used a warmer jacket considering, but I survived.