Archive for the ‘Skiing’ Category
 Working as a snowboard instructor is surely about as far from the 9-5 routine as a job gets. But what is life as a snowboard instructor actually like? Does the envious or negative imagery that the job title conjures-up have any grounding in reality?
Dominic Piper, from Perth in Scotland, take a bow. He has been working as a snowboard instructor at Sunshine Village ski resort in Banff, Canada for the past four seasons. Everyone has an opinion on what he does but how do these views compare to Dom’s own account of what it’s really like?   … More
In the chaotic aftermath of an avalanche early Sunday that killed as many as 15 people on the Nepalese peak Manaslu, it has been revealed that one of the few known survivors is a legendary American skier.
Eight climbers have been confirmed dead and there are reports of a ninth body having been found. Six climbers remain missing but the search, which was hampered Sunday because of fog, was called off Monday afternoon.
Glen Plake, 48, a free-skiing pioneer from Lake Tahoe … More