Ski premiers are showing, winter gear is starting to fill the shelves at REI, and there is a forecast for snow this weekend. Winter is almost here! Hopefully it won't be very long now until we can throw the skis back on. We've been busy this summer passing time until it snows again, and managed to have some really fun adventures along the way. Here's some pictures of what we were up to this summer. Enjoy!
Justin & Koby spent the Month exploring Europe..
and I spent some time in my home state of New Hampshire visiting the family and climbing a bit.
Next Both Justin and I started work at Durango Mountain Camp in Durango, Colarado. For 6 weeks we took little kid climbing ,and explored some of the near-by areas around the San Juan mountains.
Next it was back to Salt Lake City so I could lead a trip down to Colorado National Monument for the incoming Freshmen at the college I attend. While I was down there, I was able to climb Otto's Route on Independence Monument during a day off.
The latest trip we've taken after that was a recent weekend up in the Tetons, where we climbed the Exum Complete to the summit of the Grand Teton.
Also, welcome Kurt Linderman to Hippy Turns! He just returned from a year abroad in Austria and is stoked to get on some sweet lines this year.
So there's the brief recap of some of the highlights of our summer. We're stoked for the snow to start falling so we can start off this season. It should be a good one; hope to see you out there!
- GH
We made it up to guardsman, and went for a short jaunt down to the blown zone. Now it's not quite the same as strapping on the ole AT setup and hitting the back country, but it was a blast to be on the skis again. We rubbed off the rust and JT threw down some pre-season tricks. Here's Greg shredding some PVC off to the left! 
