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Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

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Relentless negativity is not a sign that you are more realistic.

Oppose, oppose, oppose. do not congratulate. this is not business as usual.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. keep building.

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Republicans want to make it harder to vote and easier for them to cheat.

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Cancel the cowardly Times and Post and set up an equivalent monthly donation to ProPublica.

You know it’s bad when the Project 2025 people have to create training videos on “How To Be Normal”.

This blog will pay for itself.

Celebrate the fucking wins.

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

Fear or fury? The choice is ours.

If you are still in the gop, you are either an extremist yourself, or in bed with those who are.

Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.

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Alison

Every winter morning in Tahoe National Forest is a gift. We wake up, beat the sun and get to ride the wave down to do it all again. I was lucky enough to get to ride this morning with some of the best. My best friend Iris Lazzareschi and Moss Holliday. We watched the sun rise over the clouds. It was brutally cold but we got some of the best powder I’ve ever ridden. This place is magical, special and surreal. I hope it stays that way. We always leave no trace except our tracks that will one day disappear for us to rewrite the next story as we continue to Live the Life we Love.

Photos by Moss Holliday
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Sunrise mission for the goods.

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    Mike in NC

    We spent a divine week at Lake Tahoe four years ago in March when the ski slopes were still open. Can’t wait to go back someday.

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    trollhattan

    @Chacal Charles Calthrop:

    “Roughing It” warrants revisiting often. His Tahoe misadventures are one of many equally memorable stops and to visit today is to ponder what it must have been like before it got mobbed at a destination resort.

    I enjoy comparing  Twain and Muir, who write about the same country approximately the same time, but in vastly different voices–Muir is mired in frilly Victorian prose and Twain is sparse and direct.

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    WaterGirl

    @BellyCat:

    Oh, no!  I saw your comment and remembered.  She had only sent in one photo, and I wrote back with basically what you said.  She sent more photos as email attachments and I meant to add them to her post but forgot until this very minute!

    I will add those to the post and will re-run it next week.

    Okay, I added the other files just now.

    So sorry, Alison!

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    namekarB

    It’s fine being out at night if you know where you are and how to get from A to B. I worked many years on trains over the Sierras  and have a number of times stopped the train in order to pick up a cross country skier who was on the railroad right of way at night (and day time) when they had gotten lost from Donner Ski Ranch. Funny thing about railroad tracks and snow. When it snows, you cannot see the tracks and it looks like a nice wide trail of smooth snow to follow.

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    AJ

    @namekarB: Wow, would love to read more about your experiences working on the trains some time if you ever feel like writing/sharing about it!

    Ty for these gorgeous pictures, Alison. Amazing.

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    Betsy

    Something about a chemical plant explosion in West Virginia.  Sorry to harsh everyone’s buzz, but it sounds bad. About 10 pm EST 12/8/2020

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    Benw

    Alison, please let Moss know the pics are astonishing! And you all are total badasses. And also why no downhill pics!?  :)

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    CaseyL

    Snowy mountains have a frozen stark beauty that IMO only deep space nebulae and similar phenomena can match.

    I’ve hiked at night, and it was too eerie for me. I admire you for skiiing at night, in the dark, with tree wells all over the place.

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    CaseyL

    @Betsy: There’s info on Twitter: Chemours chemical plant, in Belle. A shelter-in-place has been ordered for a 2-mile radius around the plant.

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    Mary G

    So peaceful and so cold. Thanks for showing me the back country I could never reach myself. I do love Tahoe, even the touristy bits.

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    BigJimSlade

    @Benw:  That’s what I thought! We demand the downhill pics! :-)

    Honestly, they may have been having too much fun skiing to bother with pictures.

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    Constance Reader

    I live in Vegas and traveled to Tahoe to spend Thanksgiving with my partner, who works up there (he’s hospitality industry and there are no jobs in Vegas, so we have to live apart for a while).  The night before I drove home we circumnavigated the lake, the snow covered world glowing under the full moon.  “Magical” doesn’t begin to describe it.  I’ve never been in the mountains before and it was an astounding experience – waking every morning to ravens; going everywhere and doing everything under towering pines with cones so big I could barely hold them in one hand; air so crisp and clean and sunlight so bright and sky so deep blue it was like being on another planet.

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    StringOnAStick

    @Wag:  We just moved to OR and are looking forward to a whole new bunch of backcountry places to ski.  The season started off quite well here and our stuff will final be trucked here next week so we’re about to get our skis.  I can hardly wait!

    Which peak are you headed up?

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    Alison

    @kindness: enjoy the resorts! We’ll be working hard to play harder! And yes we were having WAY too much fun to shoot downhill shots! Plus I believe the ones that did get shot were for product advertisement. Thanks guys! It was a special day with an inversion that made for a jaw dropping sunrise.

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    Alison

    2. @StringOnAStick: Can’t tell ya! Go find your adventure and share it! These places are sacred, we’ve been hiking here for years. Trying to keep the crowds down and our spots clean.
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    Alison

    @namekarB: oh we know where we are going. We have maps incase. But always plan ahead, we know our slopes and have many alternate plans should weather turn our day around.

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