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Hello there

By Michael Coyle Posted on 22/04/2013 Posted in Blog Entry, Photo Tagged with helicopter, photo
Hello there
Well hello there.

Snowflakes that look like small, alien devices

By Michael Coyle Posted on 21/03/2013 Posted in Photo Tagged with photo, snow
Snowflakes that look like small, alien devices
Electron Microscope image of a snowflake

Snowflakes look like tiny machines made in factories under high magnification.

Harvey’s cloud

By Michael Coyle Posted on 26/11/2012 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with accident, HETS, olympics, photo, rescue, snow, video, weather

Harvey’s Cloud, a weather phenomenon I encountered at Whistler during the 2010 Olympics

The Missing Poster

By Michael Coyle Posted on 15/08/2012 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with image, management, missing, photo, poster, search, software
The Missing Poster
Landscape output on Letter sized paper

It’s not easy making poster for a missing person unless you’ve done some preparation. Two methods are presented for making the missing poster.

That’s just how I slide

By Michael Coyle Posted on 25/11/2009 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with backcountry, gear, photo, ski, snow

Looks like the 80’s, but it’s the 90’s; telemark skiing. Don’t emulate this photo for your own tele technique; I’m completely self taught and have a style that could be called unique if you’re feeling generous. For the geeks among …

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How to get up in deep powder

By Michael Coyle Posted on 22/11/2009 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with backcountry, how-to, photo, ski, snow

I’m a Telemark skier. I started in university because the gear was cheap, and I was poor. Also, being poor, I did not have enough money for a ski pass, so I learned to ski in the backcountry. For me it …

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Cloudburst: not yet

By Michael Coyle Posted on 21/02/2009 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with photo, ski, snow, trip

Hoping that a recent road report on Bivouac.com was corrrect (that you could drive to the Roe Creek turoff), Myself, Tom and the two dogs tried to get up Cloudburst via Chance Creek on Friday. This is my second attempt …

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