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stefan · Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 3837 Location: somewhere

Top o' the year to ya! :2thumbs:

i was invited to introduce myself, but not sure what exactly to say. being born and raised in salt lake i have an obvious addiction to the wasatch mountains and to southern utah. going away to college and coming back for grad school has only made it worse...worse because after just finishing grad school last summer, i now reside in boston for work (BU) for 3 years, after which i will be returning to the west! the west afterall is the best. though i am digging the city (as living in "one" is kinda new for me), i am greatly missing my monthly trips down south and my any-day-of-the-week freedom to ski. argh... that wasatch powder ROCKS!!! i guess it will help me to appreciate it all even more now.

my loves are skiing (in bounds and B/C), telemarking, hiking, backpacking and canyoneering. skiing of course was my first true love...introduced to me at age 4 by my father who came from greece and never had skied a day in his life. for that to him i am forever indebted, as it has made every winter in utah some of the best times of my life!! my other true love is being in southern utah(colorado plateau really), i think there is a real nice balance between dayhiking, slipping and stemming through tight and/or deep slots and backpacking, spending 3-10 days linking canyons and overland routes, immersing oneself in the shear allure of the desert.
even just finding a nice place to sit and look at the rock can be a satisfying experience!!

oh, yeah, one of my other great loves would be wandering through coniferous forests, yeah, there's something about those pines, spruces, firs, douglas-firs, hemlocks, redwoods, and cedars of all sorts, especially the way they can make the most magnificent cathedrals....simply awe-inspiring. i have spent a bit of time exploring them from california to alaska, as well as canada, idaho, and montana. there is something so magical about the pacific coastal temperate rainforests...it's too bad we've cut much of the old-growth down (CA,OR,WA) and are continuing to cut at alarming rates (CAN,AK). :frustrated:

well, enough about me....

cheers

stefan

accadacca · Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 7035 Location: The Interwebs

Welcome to the site stefan, nice to meet ya. :five:

Iceaxe · Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 7628 Location: Local Bordello

:2thumbs: Welcome :2thumbs:

shaggy125 · Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 8:38 pm Post subject:

Welcome and thanks for the intro. I hope you're not trying to keep a low profile or anything, but for those that don't know, Stefan was one of the amazingly skilled canyoneers featured in my most recent "My Fault, Your Fault" video. Actually he is the one that came up with the "fake" names for the canyons. It was great to meet you then and again now.

Eric.

Iceaxe · Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 7628 Location: Local Bordello

shaggy125 wrote: but for those that don't know, Stefan was one of the amazingly skilled canyoneers

I thought everyone on the forum was an amazing and highly skilled canyoneer. :ne_nau:

:haha:

stefan · Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 3837 Location: somewhere

i guess eric is meaning the "voodoo" or the chipmunk-on-crack type :lol8: maneuvers we seem to be capable of.
not sure what came over us in there...it was like we were possessed or something :eek2:

Eric...good times....it was great meeting you as well! Thanks for the TR enjoyed it! Let's do it again sometime....

stefan

Sombeech · Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 11253 Location: The Rubbish Bin

Welcome to the forum, and nice to meet you. Hope you make it out west again soon.