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Go: Avalanche Advisory for MICHAELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282669968888930262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893514891508215554.post-18667845630385672402010-07-03T21:00:00.004-04:002010-07-04T11:04:36.895-04:00KASHMIR: PAINT IT WHITEPresenting Paint it White, a video filmed in 2009 by Russian snowboarder Konstantin Galat.Kashmir. Paint It White from Konstantin Galat on Vimeo.MICHAELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282669968888930262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893514891508215554.post-56257579694132207652009-04-26T22:17:00.003-04:002009-07-25T22:20:14.612-04:00JACK MCCOWAN ON GULMARG 2009From the Adventure Project:In Gulmarg, India the NZ Ski Club of Kashmir ran a program to teach local kids skiing & snowboarding. 8 Instructors from all over the world volunteered to spend 2 months living, teaching and riding in the Indian Himalaya - Jack McCowan, describing the first of his videos below:Gulmarg 2009 from Jack McCowan on Vimeo.Henry Cobb Skiing Gulmarg 2009 from Jack McCowan MICHAELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282669968888930262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893514891508215554.post-6377465647334671512009-04-10T15:21:00.006-04:002009-06-30T18:40:29.796-04:00TRIP REPORTS: GULMARG '08/09TR: GULMARG '08/09 - THE GULMARG GONDOLATR: GULMARG '08/09 - TERRAIN, PT. ONETR: GULMARG '08/09 - TERRAIN, PT. TWOTR: GULMARG '08/09 - SHARKS FINTR: GULMARG '08/09 - COMMUTING TO GULMARGTR: GULMARG '08/09 - 23 MARCH: 1 GONDOLA, 2 RIDERSTR: GULMARG '08/09 - KASHMIR HUMORMICHAELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282669968888930262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893514891508215554.post-55164614404061046772009-03-23T17:00:00.002-04:002009-05-19T09:30:32.167-04:00TR: GULMARG '08/09 - RIDING WITH KIWI TIMTR: GULMARG '08/09 - 23 MARCH: 1 GONDOLA, 1 DAY, 2 RIDERSMICHAELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282669968888930262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893514891508215554.post-86879663292324024392009-03-22T17:51:00.002-04:002009-06-30T18:37:22.441-04:00COMMUTING TO GULMARGLeaving Gulmarg was proving difficult as conditions were getting better through March, but by the 15th hardly anyone was left in town. Punished by nine straight days of riding I moved downhill to Srinagar with an eye on the forecast. As long as freezing levels remained low enough it was pretty certain that 18 inches of snow would be falling at G4 on Affarwat by the weekend. With spring bursting MICHAELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282669968888930262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893514891508215554.post-53221324911090078222009-03-22T15:11:00.004-04:002009-05-21T08:58:43.520-04:00TR: GULMARG '08/09 - A DAY WITH BILLATR: GULMARG '08/09 - COMMUTING TO GULMARGMICHAELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282669968888930262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893514891508215554.post-53532921635761662602009-03-13T14:45:00.001-04:002009-05-21T09:00:02.138-04:00TR: GULMARG '08/09 - SHARK'S FINTR: GULMARG '08/09 - SHARKS FINMICHAELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282669968888930262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893514891508215554.post-30609201638814698502009-03-13T08:43:00.003-04:002009-05-21T08:58:59.990-04:00TR: GULMARG '08/09 - SHARK'S FIN, PT. TWOTR: GULMARG '08/09 - SHARKS FINMICHAELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282669968888930262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893514891508215554.post-40891671202416138692009-02-26T22:24:00.003-05:002009-07-26T16:07:49.760-04:00Rider: Jordan DaleyPhoto: Henry CobbMICHAELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282669968888930262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893514891508215554.post-31747477557831182892009-02-15T10:08:00.001-05:002009-05-21T09:04:10.533-04:00EPIC DAY AT GULMARG, PT. TWOMICHAELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282669968888930262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893514891508215554.post-39148390874986810932009-02-14T14:41:00.000-05:002009-04-23T15:16:05.317-04:00AVALANCHE AT GULMARGMICHAELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282669968888930262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893514891508215554.post-80084643444590081542009-02-13T15:22:00.000-05:002009-07-18T19:39:07.281-04:00GULMARG MOUNTAIN SPORTSMICHAELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282669968888930262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893514891508215554.post-89175955906523287812009-02-08T10:09:00.001-05:002009-05-21T09:04:41.664-04:00EPIC DAY AT GULMARG, PT. ONEMICHAELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282669968888930262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893514891508215554.post-73650943186388841202009-02-08T00:30:00.003-05:002009-05-21T09:15:31.829-04:00SHAUN KRATZER (1976-2007)This post is dedicated to the friends and family of Shaun Kratzer, a man lost in an avalanche two years ago today, at Gulmarg. An account of this sad event by someone who was there can be found at The Avy in Gulmarg. There is also a discussion of this particular avalanche with photographs of the crown and deposition located at this forum thread at Teton Gravity Research. (The area of that slide MICHAELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282669968888930262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893514891508215554.post-12504497894651289512009-02-07T10:11:00.002-05:002009-04-23T19:33:22.971-04:00MAN UPSETS ENTIRE VALLEYTEXT HERESwedish Skier Beaten in Gulmarg on Holy Words - KO, 7 February 2009.Verse on ski angers Valley - Telegraph, 7 February 2009.Foreigner detained for using slider with Quranic verses - Indopia, 7 February 2009.MICHAELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282669968888930262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893514891508215554.post-9751715366094387462009-01-30T00:30:00.001-05:002009-01-30T00:30:01.299-05:00MOHANDAS KARAMCHAND GANDHI (1869-1948)Mahatma Gandhi, Father of the Nation of India. Assassinated 61 years ago today."As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be religious. There is no such thing as religion over-riding morality. Man, for instance, cannot be untruthful, cruel or incontinent and claim to have God on his side.""What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction MICHAELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282669968888930262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893514891508215554.post-16412582266939778022009-01-27T10:11:00.001-05:002009-05-21T09:01:13.353-04:00FIRE IN THE BEDMICHAELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282669968888930262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893514891508215554.post-48489555883285954232009-01-27T01:44:00.000-05:002009-01-31T01:48:35.629-05:00PEACEFUL REPUBLIC DAY IN KASHMIRSrinagar and the surrounding areas of Kashmir remained peaceful and calm during the annual observation of Republic Day, 26 January 2009. The Kashmir Valley area did not experience the violence that has marred the national holiday in previous years.The run-up to Republic Day is generally marked by increasing tensions in Srinagar as government forces step up planned search and surveillance MICHAELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282669968888930262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893514891508215554.post-58041355487111366532009-01-21T05:01:00.006-05:002009-05-21T09:02:02.640-04:00BARACK OBAMA INAUGURATEDBarack Obama is inaugurated and the world rejoices. Here at Gulmarg no one is disappointed to see Mr. Bush leave office.MICHAELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282669968888930262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893514891508215554.post-51367054998155468252009-01-21T04:08:00.002-05:002009-01-23T04:12:27.177-05:00OBAMA'S KASHMIR CONUNDRUMObama's Kashmir conundrum - BBC, 21 January 2009.MICHAELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282669968888930262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893514891508215554.post-17118146388220124672009-01-20T00:30:00.004-05:002009-01-20T00:30:01.611-05:00CRAIG KELLY (1966-2003)Craig Kelly, a legend in the winter sports industry, champion freestyler, pioneer freerider, and inspiration to a generation of snowboarders, lost in an avalanche six years ago today. R.I.P.MICHAELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282669968888930262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893514891508215554.post-5466219484252955542009-01-19T00:30:00.001-05:002009-01-19T10:23:55.871-05:00MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. (1929-1968)Our world is rife with division and struggle, intolerance, misunderstanding and hatred, war and oppression. Our civilization depends on the courage of men and women resisting these tyrannies to lead mankind into a future of cooperation and peace.Although Martin Luther King Jr., is mainly identified with the civil rights movement in the US his message of peace is universal, and it speaks to peopleMICHAELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282669968888930262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893514891508215554.post-51142304056201583352009-01-18T10:03:00.003-05:002009-01-19T10:16:52.536-05:00CHILAI KALAN WAKES UPChilai Kalan wakes up; Snow, rains cut off Kashmir - RK, 18 January 2009.From the Rising Kashmir article: The 296-kms long Srinagar-Jammu highway, the only road link connecting Kashmir with rest of the world was closed for vehicular traffic on Sunday after heavy snowfall and rains lashed the State. The army personnel in the upper reaches have been warned about possible snow avalanches and MICHAELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282669968888930262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893514891508215554.post-34131729339854466602009-01-13T22:53:00.002-05:002009-01-13T23:01:00.874-05:00AVALANCHE AWARENESS, PT. ONE: GULMARGBrian Newman, leader of the Snow Safety team for Gulmarg 07/08, with Nanga Parbat in the background (photo right).Mr. Newman is a no-nonsense individual who takes his job very seriously, and each Tuesday night he and his Snow Safety team hosted a (spellbinding) presentation on the subject of avalanche danger at the Pine Palace. This was always a very well attended, SRO event that never failed to MICHAELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282669968888930262noreply@blogger.com0