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The past and future of climbing meet at the 2009 Outdoor Retailer convention.
By Ted Wilson
Descending Valhalla Canyon in the Tetons in 1967, I ran into Yvon Chouinard, the world-class mountain climber. I asked Chouinard what he was up to. He pulled an Italian ice ax from his pack. %uFFFDI damned near died on an ice sheet a bit ago, and I put this ax on a forge and dropped the pick,%uFFFD he said.
Descending Valhalla Canyon in the Tetons in 1967, I ran into Yvon Chouinard, the world-class mountain climber. I asked Chouinard what he was up to. He pulled an Italian ice ax from his pack. n“I damned near died on an ice sheet a bit ago, and I put this ax on a forge and dropped the pick,” he said. He was heading up to the ice on the Grand Teton to see if this invention would hold bett...
I have lived in some amazing hiking places: Seattle, New England and the Alps. They all had their high points. But, hike for hike, none of those places match Utah’s diversity, history or scenic grandeur for hiking.nListed below are my hiking pearls,...
Downtown dwellers ride the wave of Salt Lake City’s comeback.
By Ted Wilson
When City Weekly asked me to write a piece about Salt Lake City, I must confess it brought some precious memories. I was born here and never really considered another hometown.
Want a short list on where to hike, bike and ski? Where to take the kids for an outing? We asked “old-timer” and former Salt Lake City mayor Ted Wilson.