Skiing Norway’s Highest Mountains: Jotunheimen | Trip Report & Photo Tour: It wasn’t that giving chase to the dark horse was wearing me through. And by no means did I feel I’d explored most of what it had to give. Sometimes, one needs to take a step back, and regain appreciation for what they already have, no matter how fickle its tendencies. Jotunheimen […] Zach Paley | May 15, 2014 0 Comments
Europe’s Alaska = Lyngen Alps, Norway |Trip Report: The dark horse continues to make things difficult at best. The only reliable factor is Murphy’s Law. Things that won’t happen, can. Winter came back briefly, with a vengeance. Cold snapped at joints, frosted hair on the uphill, took toes as payment for powder snow. Hungry sharks hid amongst decent turns. It wasn’t long before P-tex was […] Zach Paley | April 16, 2014 0 Comments
้ ๅผตใฃใฆ – Photographic Reflections of Japanese Spine-Pillows ้ ๅผตใฃใฆ = Ganbatte = “Do Your Best” Spines and pillows: two of the more desired features in skiing. They come together in one of the most profound and sought after zones. The terrifyingly joyful minutes between top and bottom provide years of living, learning, and experience. At the bottom, you’re too breathless to shout, too exhausted to feel elated, too surprised you’re alive to be excited. Religious, out of body, life changing, orgasmic. Love outweighs fear. We find ourselves sprinting up the skintrack to ski these prolific lines. […] Featured Article Zach Paley | January 27, 2014 2 Comments
ไธๆ = Photos of Japan in January Some say home is best. Here, there, at the end of the day, it’s where you hang your hat…or lean your skis. Hakuba: the white horse roams from rice paddies to peaks. Undisturbed. Untamed. We chase this wild ambition in the mountains. They present themselves as one of the most rewarding places to ski in January, remorselessly collecting payment in the form of sweat on the skintrack and numb […] Featured Article Zach Paley | January 21, 2014 2 Comments
Summer Skiing & Drinking in Stryn, Norway Stian Benjaminson (editorโs note: ย Our good friend,ย Zach Paley, has been living in the Arctic Circle of Norway for the past month. ย He works on a boat, camps, skis, writes, and takes stunning photographs. ย In this entry, Zach finds himself surfing arctic waters on his way back to the USA) Because even bad heroin is still heroin… Surfing in Hoddevikย was […] Zach Paley | June 28, 2013 2 Comments
Surfing Beneath Norwayโs Midnight Sun (editorโs note: ย Our good friend,ย Zach Paley, has been living in the Arctic Circle of Norway for the past month. ย He works on a boat, camps, skis, writes, and takes stunning photographs. ย In this entry, Zach finds himself surfing arctic waters on his way back to the USA) You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, […] Zach Paley | June 19, 2013 3 Comments
Kayak to Ski Adventure in the Arctic Circle CH harvesting corn above Kjosen Fjord. Going out in style… ย My last day in Lyngen Norway. We returned toย Camp Kvitebergย with one day for my companion to get a taste of the northern half of the peninsula. Amazing weather continued, and we had a session of corn skiing to the north of Kjosen Fjord. Enjoying nice views My friend had a […] Zach Paley | June 13, 2013 1 Comment
The Luxury of Skiing Powder at Midnight Powder skiing at midnight. Skier CH I came down from the mountains after myย first session campingย to refuel and meet an old friend in Lyngseidet.ย ย We packed the car and headed for the southwest end of the peninsula: the one area I hadn’t gotten to ski much in Lyngen. Ewok Village The first evening marked the trend for the rest of the […] Zach Paley | June 11, 2013 2 Comments
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