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Mountain traveller 🏔🏃🏽‍♂️⛷🚴‍♂️⛺️ | Aspen, CO

Smile. There’s lots to be happy about. 😊

Smile. There’s lots to be happy about. 😊

Christmas Day 2008, @nealbeidleman in the Northwoo

Christmas Day 2008, @nealbeidleman in the Northwoods of Highland Bowl. There haven’t been many deep snow skiing photos on the old IG lately. Hopefully the weather gods will stop being so stingy and let it snow, so everyone can get back to skiing powder and I can stop going through old pics trying to recall what it looks like!🤞❄️

With a month of rehab behind me, it’s time to st

With a month of rehab behind me, it’s time to start looking ahead to skiing again (not there yet). 😊 It helps to have memories from days like this last spring. ❄️❄️❄️#athomeinthemountains #forskiers @kaestleski #tx93 @strafeouterwear

New year, new challenges. It’s been three weeks

New year, new challenges. It’s been three weeks since hip replacement surgery, and things are going well. I’m up and about, walking around town, on the stationary bike. No skiing, yet. But it isn’t far off!
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I had been managing my deteriorating joint for many years... dealing with increasing pain and a continued loss of my range of motion. It forced me to pull back on some activities, and give up others altogether, like running, which has always been important to me.
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For years I aggressively explored the so-called “conservative treatments” to get the most out of my existing joint— PT, massage, acupuncture, nutrition, supplements, yoga, etc.— all in an effort to adapt to the worsening condition. But those options aren’t cures, they only buy time. Eventually the loss of cartilage overrules everything else, and that’s when the decision becomes clear.
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So with the procedure behind me and a clear path forward, add me to the list of those who are excited to move past 2020, and tackle the challenges that lie ahead. Cheers to the New Year and all that it may bring. 🌅😊💪🏼

One last limping lap up the hill on the old joint.

One last limping lap up the hill on the old joint.

RBG. 🇺🇸 Christy had the honor of meeting her

RBG. 🇺🇸 Christy had the honor of meeting her in Aspen a few years ago. When the host of the gathering introduced them to each other, mentioning Christy’s long list of outdoor achievements, RBG, who had grown into an ardent fitness junkie herself, nodded with approval.

You can almost picture the exchange. I always thought it was funny to imagine the two of them together in a fitness class.

Christy looked up to her as we all did. She cared so much about many of the important issues of our day, and she embraced her role as one of the last defenders of those rights in the broken system we find ourselves.

Diagnosed with terminal cancer, she remained in her role until the day she died. She had to, she knew what was at stake. After she passed away a little more than a month ago, her daughter said her last dying wish was not to be replaced until after the election.

We all know the rest of the story. With the dramatic new court alignment, a lot of critical policies that define this country will likely be on the chopping block.

RBG fought for us until her last dying breath and without the firewall she helped provide, it’s the voters who are now the last line of defense.

So if you haven’t voted, make a plan to do so. Now. There’s more on the line in this election than any other in our lives.

Get out and VOTE! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 #election2020 #getoutandvote

‘Tis the season - a couple more weeks of nice we

‘Tis the season - a couple more weeks of nice weather and then it’ll be time for the ❄️ to start to fly!

What a great trip. Thx @visitsedona for the desert

What a great trip. Thx @visitsedona for the desert time before the ❄️ starts to fly!

Road trip... new landscapes, new trails, new clima

Road trip... new landscapes, new trails, new climate (it’s hot down here! 🔥) #offseasonadventures with @aspenchristy

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Mountain Adventurer. Ski Mountaineer. Art Connoisseur. Environmental Steward. Nature Lover. Birder.

Happy Birthday @steepskiing!!! Cheers to another y

Happy Birthday @steepskiing!!! Cheers to another year of chasing great adventures, big goals, and crazy dreams! Thanks for bringing so much joy into our lives! We love you so much!!!

Hut keeper for the night...taking a moment to nour

Hut keeper for the night...taking a moment to nourish the soul
@10thmtnhuts @stio #lettheoutsidein #smallescapes #feedingthefire

Skiing, friends, and picnics! Cheers to a brighter

Skiing, friends, and picnics!
Cheers to a brighter and more peaceful year ✨❄️💛 Happy New Year! #lettheoutsidein #2021 #backyardadventures

Celebrating another night of solstice @acesaspen t

Celebrating another night of solstice @acesaspen tonight! Honor the light you can bring to this world. Then feel the work you need to do to shine your brightest in the coming year! #winterwonderland #givemorethanyoutake #practicegratitude #letitsnow #protectwhatyourlove

Beginning on Christmas Day 1900, @audubonsociety p

Beginning on Christmas Day 1900, @audubonsociety proposed a new holiday tradition- a Christmas Bird Census that would count birds during the holidays rather than kill them. Today, birders all over the world, as well as the Roaring Fork Valley, went out to count birds in this same tradition 120 years later. Our small team of two got 28 species on a cold, gray bird day. Interesting that the 1918 report does not mention the Spanish Flu or note any precautions made.
In these dark days, let us look for joy in simple yet powerful ways. ❄️🙏🌲❤️#alwaysbebirding #lettheoutsidein #forestbathing #christmasbirdcount2020

The up was good, the down was good! Happy winter,

The up was good, the down was good! Happy winter, happy friends...It’s good so to be back 🌲 🎿 ❤️ ❄️ ⛄️

Every wall, corner, nook, and cranny oozes creativ

Every wall, corner, nook, and cranny oozes creativity and expression! Denver’s walls and museum exhibitions save the Annual Art Trip with Dad this year. It’s not quite Copenhagen but it’s still awesome #rinoartdistrict #mcadenver #citenzenship #crushwalls2020 #restorethewolf

Weekend Tip: If you haven’t watched “TransAmer

Weekend Tip: If you haven’t watched “TransAmericana” a new film by @rickeygates don’t walk - but run - to watch it free on YouTube. An incredible film about bringing us together as a country and recognizing we have more in common than we are different. A must watch especially during these times of polarizing politics. #backyardadventures #knowyourcountrybetter #3700miles #southcarolinatosanfrancisco #votevotevote #voteforchange #votetobringustogether

Today marks the start of my 23rd year in Aspen. I

Today marks the start of my 23rd year in Aspen. I am celebrating this year by VOTING! Voting for candidates and issues that will protect and conserve everything I love about this place -climate, public lands, environment, clean air, snow, birds, women’s health, equal rights. Voting is the most important contribution any of us can make right now. So many great resources at: ❄️🏔 🦅 🎿 ☀️❤️🐿👩‍👧‍👧
@protectourwinters ❄️
Pitkindems.com 🔵
Coloradosun.com ☀️
#VOTE #voteearly #makeaplantovote
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