Explorer's Guide to
YOSEMITE &
THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA
(2nd edition)


by David T. Page

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  Death Valley's Secret Stash (Men's Journal)

  Really Old Masters
(NY Times)


The World's Most Traveled Man?

(Men's Journal)


Skiing CA's 14ers

(Eastside Magazine)

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Wild Ice

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Rituals: The Last Run

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Wednesday
Apr212010

How to Make Your Own Skis (and why there might be a revolution in it)

Christian Pondella photoAS PART OF A TYPICALLY GRANDIOSE AND SPLASHY roundup in Skiing Magazine entitled "The Future of Skiing: The 28 people, products, and inventions revolutionizing our sport," writer Rob Story summarily dismissed "that mohawked dude in the Mammoth parking lot who’ll fire up power tools and cut you a pair of skis during lunch if you slide him $300."

Here's why we think Mr. Story missed the point.

And hey, if you missed it in the print mag, here's my feature from the winter issue of Eastside on the time I went down to Olancha to meet Michael and try the whole thing out for myself.

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