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I teach adults to ski and, while everyone’s different, there are some differences between teaching men and women. A common one—women are a lot more afraid to fail than men. They are also a lot less confident in their skill—even though the men lack the same skills. Women HATE to be the one who stands out.
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Who knew fishing could be such a thrill! I was introduced to the new sport of bow fishing by the wonderful people at the Utah Bow Fishing Association. Their goal is to clean up Utah’s waterways by shooting carp, a toxic, foreign fish, with bows and arrows. And if it’s also a blast, then so be it.
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Forget Sundance and the Hollywood stars it draws—the biggest celebrities in the mountains drawing out all the photographers, paparazzi, and tourists are the moose. From cars lined up in the canyons to hikers lined up on the trail, everyone has to get a shot of the reclusive creature.
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Wildflowers growing at high elevations have short seasons to grow but a wide variety of ways to show off. Some, like the aptly named Avalanche Lilly, even extend their blooming season by producing heat to melt off the last remaining snow around them to extend that season. Click here to see more detailed descriptions.
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Mina Park, a river guide/ski instructor/part-time deputy/whatever-pays-the-bills-this-month, stumbles upon the remains of a human body in the snow at the local ski resort. Something had ripped it into pieces, leaving behind only one track, a bare footprint. A footprint twice the size of a normal man’s.
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This waterfall formed after fifteen minutes of rain. We were boating up Forgotten Canyon in Lake Powell when the blinding downpour drove us into a small cove. Small waterfalls streamed down the rock walls on all sides as we tried to secure the rain cap over the boat, jostling us up and down in the waves.
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All Keenley Dawson wants is one last bike ride down the mountain trails before returning to college for her final year. Anything to escape the agony of an unwanted breakup and her parents’ constant hovering. What she gets is two blows to the head and her unconscious body tossed into the back of an SUV.
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When a strange woman stumbles out of the mountains, disheveled and bleeding, begging for help to find a lost child, Sheriff Sol Chapa stops everything to search. Three days later, with no sign the girl even existed, sympathy turns to suspicion, and the woman disappears as quickly as she appeared.
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Moqui Caves are actually old mines where they carried out, of all things, sand. I’m not quite sure I understand this as the mine sits only a few minutes from miles of sand dunes. Perhaps, a low tech way to keep the pioneer kids out of trouble? The mines are on Highway 89 just north of Kanab, Utah.
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You take time away from work and you spend all your paycheck, and yet enough is never enough. Gear addiction is a serious malady that once it sets in, it’s hard to beat. Read through these ten signs to determine if you need help. Help can be found at your nearest ski shop, bike shoo, or REI.
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