http://alfrescobum.com Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:53:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Anticipation is high and excitement is building as the date gets closer and closer. The world of competative snowshoe racing is a new one for me, but after my first race at the White River on Mount Hood in OR this last January, I have officially been bitten by ... http://alfrescobum.com/2009/02/02/snowshoe-racing-championships/ The first waves I learned to surf on were breaking on the Northwest shore of Lake Superior. When I was an undergrad at the University of Minnesota Duluth I made my way to breaks like Stoney Point and the Lester River to feel the energy of wave riding. ... http://alfrescobum.com/2009/01/18/ny-times-story-by-stephen-regenold-on-great-lakes-surfing/ With the smell of a bonfire wafting in the night air and Tischer pulling on her leash, I stood on the Loop Road through Government Camp staring up at a tall conifer draped in colored lights. It looked to me like someone, with a hot tottie in one hand, had ... http://alfrescobum.com/2009/01/14/my-recent-mountain-times-column/ I've spent this morning reading about avalanches that have claimed a few lives recently, one 'in-bounds' at Jackson Hole and a couple in the Canadian Rockies 'backcountry' that caught a couple groups of snowmobilers. In addition to the reports, I've been following the string of comments and reactions ... http://alfrescobum.com/2008/12/29/its-still-a-mountain/ With the first lull in this onslaught of snow, Phill and I pulled out our skins and alpine touring skis for a climb up the flanks of Hood today. We slipped over the snowbank out back at just after noon and pushed through the beginning stretches of the Alpine ... http://alfrescobum.com/2008/12/22/skinning-up-the-pine/ After letting the snow pile high over this past week, today was the day for my first downhill turns here on Mount Hood. I spent the week pushing through deep snow on my skinny nordic skis with Tischer swimming nearby. As the days of dumping grew, and the ... http://alfrescobum.com/2008/12/20/let-the-season-begin/ You want to read about a fresh air adventure?  How about two dudes paddling homemade kayaks through the Inside Passage 1,300 miles to Seattle, WA?  It's the third adventure they have undertaken together, and the second one they have filmed.  Currently their film from this trip, Paddle to Seattle, is ... http://alfrescobum.com/2008/12/15/paddle-to-seattle-check-this-project-out/ With clouds, rain, and snow allegedly lingering in the near future, I returned to the cabin this afternoon to blue skies. By the time 8 o'clock rolled around, the sky was still cloudless and the brilliant moonlight illuminated the forest running up the flanks of Mount Hood. I had already ... http://alfrescobum.com/2008/12/11/a-fine-night-for-a-run/ As seen in the Dec/Jan issue of Mt Hood Magazine: When I open my eyes to the morning the first thing I do is peer outside (usually from bed).  If I see green mixed with the white of snow then my world is right!  If a blue sky is in view, ... http://alfrescobum.com/2008/12/04/snowy-holiday-memories/ Welcome to Alfresco Bum!  I am thrilled to be involved with Adventure Bay Media and hope to provide a worth-while and meaningful blog for their sake, and yours.   Why Alfresco Bum?  Well, over the years I have thrown around many different classifications pertaining to various forms of recreation.  Ski bum. ... http://alfrescobum.com/2008/12/01/come-on-in/