This call came in today at 1:30pm.  I am having Kim call in to a Google Voice number and leave messages-  the messages are then transcribed to text.  Then from there I just listen to the message and correct the mistakes that Google Voice makes.  Its pretty slick. “Hey Jonny, It’s Kim calling again. I [...]

11-23-09 via satellite phone “It’s Kim calling from base camp on Aconcagua- quick update, we got in yesterday. It took us two days to get into basecamp at 14,000 feet, and today we went for an awesome ski above basecamp to about 16,000 feet or so, did this really cool coulior , about 1500 or [...]

En route to the Andes mountains tomorrow via Denver, Houston, Santiago and Mendoza. Our team of four fun people- Glen Paulson (Tahoe), Steve Romeo (Jackson), Dan Smith (Vermont), me (Telluride)- heads into the hills on Friday, November 20th. Stay tuned for updates here at havelltravels.com via sat phone dispatches posted by Backcountry.com team manager- Jonny Atencio. And, you can also [...]

Some folks have asked about the recovery process and how to train- So, thought I would share my little bit of insight into the rehabilitation of an ACL injury. When I hurt my knee, I searched for some inspiration from others who had gone down the long road to recovery, and also craved some good [...]

What ski to ski…that is the always the question. Inspired by a recent post of my friend and Salomon Freeski teammate Jamey Parks, here’s my lowdown on this season’s skis:   The Shogun/Geisha (mens/womens) are exactly the same ski but with different graphics and lengths available.  They replace the Gun and the Scarlett, plus improvements. This [...]