The news out of the Karakoram is shocking. An avalanche ripped through the section between Camps II and III of the Standard Line up the mountain at about 9:30 a.m. local time killing 10 climbers, including the legendary climber Nirmal Purja – a.k.a. Nims Dai – who was about to complete his third circuit of all 14 8000 meter peaks. Broad Peak, the 12th...
Small but mighty, on two different continents one global mission of sustainability is championed by the unlikeliest of mountains. Deep in the heart of the Andes, Cerro Chapelco has been at the vanguard of implementing a zero-carbon footprint since 2017. Meanwhile at home, western Massachusetts’s Jiminy Peak has carried on its pioneering green tradition since 2007...
Border War! Vermont vs. New Hampshire Skiing Part 15 – Black Mountain —by Jay Flemma Special to Slave to the Traffic Light Adventure Magazine— NORTH CONWAY, NH – There is a bit of black magic going down in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. With some timely, last-second prestidigitation, a once beloved mom and pop ski resort has been saved from being relegated to...
NORTH CONWAY, NH – There is a bit of black magic going down in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. With some timely, last-second prestidigitation, a once beloved mom and pop ski resort has been saved from being relegated to the “No Longer Exists” file. It’s another victory for the Indy Pass crowd, who have teamed up with developers and PR company Entabani Systems –...
Border War! Vermont vs. New Hampshire Skiing Part 13 – Sugarbush —by Jay Flemma Special to Slave to the Traffic Light Adventure Magazine— WARREN, VT – Any conversation of the greatest ski areas in North America must include Sugarbush. End of story. Sugarbush is too important historically – it is the cradle of extreme skiing in America. Sugarbush has too much gnar –...
Murdered by a llama, reborn as a Loon…Loon Mountain Resort! Enormous props to the venerable Skiing History magazine for running my sory on New Hampshire’s Sherman Adams. Here is the link. From the story: “The logging industry, previously the beating heart of the state’s economy, was suffocating under the combined stresses of new regulations and...
The dream is postponed indefinitely; it will be at least another two years before Americans will have a chance to vie for the FIDE World Chess Championship. Americans Fabi Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura, the number 2 and 3 players in the world respectively were upset by 20-year old Uzbeki wunderkind Javokor Sindarov, who raced out to an early lead and dominated the...
[Author’s Note: This is Part 2 of a three-part series on Sugarbush. Click here for A Sugarbush Love Story] MOUNTAIN GAZETTEER – SUGARBUSH RESORT With the exception of the gondola being eliminated and the Slide Brook Express added to connect Mt. Ellen to Lincoln Peak, Sugarbush remains much the same as it was in the glory days of “Sugarbush North,” the...
Doug Fish’s appearance on Jay Flemma Sports Report revealed the latest on Snowvana – the new Boston ski and snowboard show replacing Snowbound which moved to Connecticut. Click here for the full interview. Snowvana has had a terrific run in Portland, Seattle, and now Minnesota. Word from Fish is EXPANSION! And more than just Boston. Meanwhile, the Boston...
Free solo climbing wizard Alex Honnold has done it again. The man who was first to free solo El Capitan in Yosemite National Park has summited…err…climbed the tallest building in the world, Taipei 101, topping out at a dizzying 1,667 feet and 101 floors. Honnold made it look easy, topping out after 02 minutes. His post-climb interview seemed to confirm...
It’s here. Ski and snowboard season has started. Ropes are dropping, snowmaking is in full tilt, and many bog name resorts have already started spinning lifts. And right on cue there is big news from one of the apex predators of the American winter sports scene. Jackson Hole celebrates its 60th anniversary season this year, and opening day is slated for...
It was a nail-biter until the end of the final round, but Fabiano Caruana held off Wesley So 8/12 to 7.5/12 to win his fourth consecutive United states Championship and fifth title over all. He ties Bobby Fischer for second-most consecutive victories. Samuel Reshevsky won five consecutive titles. With two games left, both Caruana and So won thweir 10th round games...
Fabiano Caruana, the Italian-American wunderkind who famously took chess GOAT Magnus Carlsen to super-secret-quadruple blitz overtime before finally bowing to Carlsen in the 2016 FIDE World Chess Championship is poised to win his fourth consecutive United States Championship at the St. Louis Chess Club. With only two matches to play, Caruana has a 1/2 point lead...
[Editor’s Note: Besides being a member of NASJA, Jay is also the sitting vice president.] The North American Snowsports Journalists Association will be hosting both their annual meeting and a professional development webinar live in Boston, Massachusetts on Thursday, November 13 at 2:30 pm. The following day the Snowbound Expo will open. All members of NASJA...
He’s back – the single greatest feline sports prognosticator returns with his annual column and ascends his yearly throne. Torrey the Prediction Cat has a lifetime 59.4% accuracy rate using his soon-to-be patented and licensed across the globe teaser system Torrey picks two games, but has to win or tie both. Because it’s a teaser play, Vegas rules...