Steve Romeo eulogy after his death in an avalanche, 2012, he chose the life of a ski mountaineer and inspired us all.

Parents new and old will be especially touched by this episode of The Dirtbag Diaries. Show host Fitz Cahall sets the stage:

No one skins uphill to put together a splitboard efficiently. They do it to shred down. Making a transition at a belay is part of the process, not the main event. Transitions may not be sexy, but they make or break us. They are the difference between a cold night spent shivering on a ledge and walking out in perfect evening light. Almost five years after I wrote the Monoboard and started The Diaries, I find myself in a metaphorical transition. My passions run from the mountains to the Seattle music scene and I've become adept at moving between them. My life is about to change. My passions won't. It's time to refine the transition.

Listen to "Transitions - Efficiency Manifesto"(mp3 - right-click to download)

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Special shout out to Walker Cahall for this episode's clever show graphic, and to Fitz and Becca Cahall as they near delivery time.

Safety talk about backcountry skiing can help make you safer and stay out of trouble.

Note: This route isn’t in the guidebook and I wonder if it has been skied before.
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I have been eyeing the Southeast Face on the Middle Teton for a few years now and after one busted solo attempt, I got out with telemarker Chris Onufer this weekend and scored pretty good conditions [...]

Randosteve skis next to the West Horn while descending Drizzlepus on Mount Moran.
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Drizzlepus, a feature on the south-side of Mount Moran has been on my hit-list for a long time. It sits just west of the Falling Ice Glacier and the West Horn, and is a point that many [...]