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Author Archives: Matt Goyer
Buying Used Backcountry Touring Gear in Seattle
A few buddies have asked me recently about getting into backcountry skiing/touring and wondering how to gear up. Since the the price for new gear is a little steep: $700+ for skis $500+ for boots $400+ for bindings $350+ for … Continue reading
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The Spearhead’s Fissile on NYE
After a night of sabering champagne and hanging out in a -25’c vodka tasting room it seemed like a great idea to go on a 20 mile ski tour and take down Fissile (pictured below on the left). Rewinding a … Continue reading
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Mammut Pro RAS 35L Airbag Review (versus the Mammut RAS 30L)
Just pulled the trigger on a Mammut Pro RAS 35L Airbag! After much debate about the Mammut Ride RAS 30L versus
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Lost: Single K2 Darkside 181
Since it worked for my bike thought I’d give blogging about my lost ski in the hopes that someone finds it and Googles “lost K2 Darkside Stevens Pass backside” :). Back in February on our way heli skiing I lost … Continue reading
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Recovered My Second Stolen Bike!
Holy shit! I’ve just recovered my second stolen bike. I can’t believe it! This morning I was shocked to get an email with the subject, “stolen commencal”: Hi, I believe I have found your bike?! sadly it is not all … Continue reading
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Will I Get Sued For Taking My Bike Back?
Holy cow! After the Seattle PI picked up the story of my stolen bike, Seattle man steals back stolen bike as well as the Seattle Bike Blog and the Seattle Times, the story got picked up by KIRO radio, not … Continue reading
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How I Recovered My Stolen Bike a Year Later
Almost exactly a year go my mountain and downhill bikes were stolen. I was devastated! But remarkably just this past weekend I recovered one of my bikes all by myself. Here’s how it went down. June 30th around midnight I … Continue reading
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Learning to Climb at Vantage’s Frenchman Coulee
Wanting to take my ski mountaineering to the next level and wanting to get my buddies out of the climbing gyms and onto real rock, we setup a learn to sport climb weekend with Pro Guiding. So last weekend we … Continue reading
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McNett MiraZyme – Only Thing That Cleaned My Ski Boots
I have really sweaty feet and as a result every time I go skiing I soak my ski boot liners. And even though I have a ski boot dryer that I use pretty religiously my ski boots still stink. I’ve … Continue reading
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Skiing the Forbidden Traverse
On my sabbatical I signed up for every Pro Guiding trip I could. Even trips that I didn’t know much about. The Forbidden was one of those trips I didn’t know much about. Unfortunately the original days in March were … Continue reading
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