friends

Seattle fireman Kevin Curd lives near the goods at Hyak, Washington Kam Leang builds his own skis and teaches mechanical engineering at the University of Utah Michael Trommsdorff comes from Grenoble, France to ski "la poudreuse" in the great Northwest Corinne Jeuch taught me the wisdom of couscous in the mountains Greg Louie lives in Lake Forest Park and works in a ski shop Mike O'Brien builds custom bicycle frames and lives in the Mapleleaf neighborhood of Seattle Francine Curd lives at Hyak and works for the Summit Frank Neumann is a retired engineer originally from Germany Silas Wild knows more skiers than anyone Chris Cass lives in Bellevue and works for an environmental consulting firm Allyson Spacek builds custom skis in Park City, UT Skip Swenson can eat more than you would think . . . Cyclist/skier Monika Johnson was a trailbreaking machine, RIP Paul Russell is a hardcore climber turned skier Kelvin Wu is the man at Maiden Skis in Jackson, WY Lowell Skoog was one of the first people I knew to try backcountry skiing Tim Petrick is the guy to tune up your ski technique in Jackson, WY Holly Walker Davis is a rippin' skier and counts well, too Seth Davis is a big mountain skier with the motor of an ex-Cat 1 bike racer Crispin Prahl does it all with his heels flopping John Mauro sometimes rides his bike to the skiing and lives in New Zealand