MK Livin' – The Mountain Khakis Blog I ended 2010 on a high note by watching my alma mater, West Point, defeating SMU in the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl here in Dallas on December 30th! It was the first time in 14 years Army has been bowl eligible, and their first bowl victory in 25 years. [...]
My wife and I don’t celebrate Christmas, so with high pressure sitting over the Tetons it seemed like the perfect day to explore the alpine with my buddy John Fitzgerald. The thermometer in his car registered -5 fahrenheit when we got out to start skinning at 5:30am, with starry skies [...]
Winter has hit Montana hard this year, but in a very good way. More snow than we know what to do with. Not conducive to riding bikes, but great for other forms of recreating. A crew of cyclists and I hit up a weekend at Big Sky, proclaiming it Man [...]
Our trip to the Izu Peninsula was a blast. We drove down the beautiful east coast to our hotel on Wednesday to our temporary home, the Star Hotel. The hotel was OK but we had private onsen access that was killer. An onsen overlooking the Pacific Ocean is very cool. [...]
Well, let’s be honest. I am a paid ski bum. If you are not familiar with the life of a ski instructor, it goes something like this: Wake up, eat, sleep on the shuttle to work, ski, eat, ski, drink, sleep on the shuttle home, eat, sleep and repeat. If [...]