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02-06-2017, 04:54 PM #2226
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02-06-2017, 05:04 PM #2227
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02-06-2017, 05:57 PM #2228
Let me take just a moment to remember a friend who left us last night, after a battle with cancer. Mark Nadell, also known as Captain Nordic, was an outsized personality in north Tahoe XC, and also an unconventional backcountry ski adventurer. He was known for his single-day ski treks deep into the Sierra backcountry, approaching by dark and ripping up the miles of corn snow on lightweight skate gear.
Years back, I remember coming out of the Sierra on the last of seven days in and around Evolution country and the Ionian Basin, solo, having only seen other people on Day 6 at the Muir Hut. And, about to descend the 40 degree north side of Echo Col, I spotted footprints with the sole pattern of Salomon XC racing boots. "That's gotta be Mark", and, turns out, it was, he'd been out for a little morning skate (with a few friends) through Evolution Basin.
He remains an inspiration. Rest in peace, Captain.
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02-06-2017, 06:11 PM #2229
Thanks for that story of the captain.
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02-06-2017, 07:01 PM #2230
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02-06-2017, 11:34 PM #2231Registered User
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02-06-2017, 11:56 PM #2232
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02-07-2017, 12:08 AM #2233registered abuser
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45 minutes? Yeah right
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02-07-2017, 12:08 AM #2234
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02-07-2017, 12:23 AM #2235
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02-07-2017, 01:17 AM #2236
Did you guys see the SAC report of a cornice breaking in Sunrise Bowl? Shows you have to always be vigilant in the backcountry.
http://www.sierraavalanchecenter.org...e-sunrise-bowl
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02-07-2017, 01:22 AM #2237powdork.com - new and improved, with 20% more dork.
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02-07-2017, 01:32 AM #2238Drink to remember not to forget!
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02-07-2017, 03:12 AM #2239
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02-07-2017, 05:26 AM #2240I ski 135 degree chutes switch to the road.
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02-07-2017, 08:40 AM #2241Registered User
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Is Captain Nordic the guy who used to post trip reports from His skating adventures across the eastern sierra? Oh man that guy was BAD ASS RIP sir, you were one of a kind
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02-07-2017, 09:50 AM #2242Banned
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02-07-2017, 10:08 AM #2243
Maybe he meant 30 minute drive to the Truckee airport and 15 minutes in the heli. ;-)
I ski 135 degree chutes switch to the road.
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02-07-2017, 10:51 AM #2244
I came over 431 last night around 7:30 p.m. and it was pretty wild. It was supposed to be closed, but I didn't see the closure on the Reno side. It was incredibly windy with frequent whiteouts, but the most remarkable feature were the massive cornices on the snowbanks along the road (not safe). I've done that drive literally thousands of times but have never seen anything like it before. The cornices on the higher mountain ridges must be unreal.
Anyhow, it was snain at 7,600' and hard rain below this morning. 431 is closed. I know SAC is rating the avy danger as "only" high to considerable, but I wouldn't go out today (the snow would be mostly crap anyway).
BTW, Tallac in 45 minutes is nuts. That said, Kilian Jornet ran the entire TRT in less than 39 hours, so anything's possible.
Edit: Rest in peace, Mark.
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02-07-2017, 11:12 AM #2245
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02-07-2017, 11:25 AM #2246
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02-07-2017, 11:35 AM #2247
MAKE TAHOE DEEP AGAIN ~ 2016/17 OFISHUL SNOW/FOOD/WHINE & STOKE THREAD
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02-07-2017, 11:59 AM #2248
For us flatlander desk jockeys, Tallac is about 3 hours from your car. As far as Tahoe skin tracks go, the standard route is pretty mellow.
A friend who lives up there, is in the top 10 in Strava on pretty much every mtb climb, and is about as fit as a middle-aged man can be, does Tallac in about 1:15.
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02-07-2017, 12:43 PM #2249
Went to Sugar Bowl yesterday and it was howling...with the rain today and the next few days, I just gambled that something would be open. They announced Lincoln wouldn't run at all around 10am with a 'in an hour we'll report on Disney.' However, it was blowing, snowing on and off, and just a blustery day up there so it was no shock to me Disney remained closed. To be honest, it was fun lapping the windbuff under the Jerome lift...and it even ran at high-speed for most of the day. It was a quiet day but one of those days were the lack of people and crazy weather made it fun just to be out there.
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02-07-2017, 12:47 PM #2250
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