Who was it that said, “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the other ones.” Mark Twain? Rather, Winston Churchill, just after…
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by Laura Maguire How we perceive risk and make decisions can be subject to flawed thinking and dangerous biases, but this is only one small…
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Years ago, I worked for a rancher in northeast Utah named James Gunn. Wranglers, boots, cowboy hat, the full deal. Hard saying if he was…
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by Derek DeBruin We’d been home just long enough to say hello to my wife and son and then unload the car from a few…
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On Saturday, January 5th, I issued what turned out to be the most blown avalanche forecast of my 20-year career. And not by a little. …
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Mike Hattrup skiing the Idaho Express, GFT. photo: Doug Workman Two winters ago, my partner and I headed toward the Pine Hollow area in upper…
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Tom Kimbrough in the easy chair. Lupine Meadows, Grand Teton National Park It was my first season as an avalanche forecaster and I felt our…
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Avalanche travel decisions are about risk vs rewards and penalties – we use an assessment of hazard to choose how to satisfy our desires without…
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A piece of fiction: I was touring up in Mineral Fork of Big Cottonwood yesterday. Never liked it in there – spooky, full of ghosts. …
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