Kids skiing, Feb/March 2009

Here is a slide show of my hike. I started at 5am and got to the peak of Mansfield around 8pm, losing light quickly. Hooked up with my dad at Taft Lodge just off the summit and we made most of the descent in the dark. Could barely walk down stairs Sunday and had some killer blisters which I didn't even notice until I got home at midnight and took off my shoes. Lots of fun!

Introducing Ed Tuliper: a True Vermont Hero

What do you think of when you think of Vermont? Skiing? Hippies? Civil Unions? The only State Capitol without a McDonalds? Well you are right, but those are just pictures of Vermont from the lens of the outsider. If you really want to understand the soul of the greatest state in the Union, you should go buy Ed Tuliper a beer! Because we are talking about a true hero here, a man defending home and family from a midnight rabid bobcat attack with a machete? Ed tells this story with such zeal and passion, you just gotta love him.