So once more, a big thank you to the National Council of Ski Federations. They are running my Border War series about skiing and golf in New Hampshire vs. Vermont, and I’m really excited with the feedback and new readers. Thanks so much. The latest in the series that they’ve posted is the Smuggler’s Notch piece. You can check out the link here, and...
The National Ski Council Federation has run the second article in my VT vs. NH skiing series – Magic Mountain. The link to a shortened version of the article is here. So glad to see tiny, but feisty little Magic battling so successfully against much bigger mega-resorts. They already added a new Green Chair this winter and look to add another upgraded chair...
ExplorersWeb.com has a terrific two-part interview with Alex Txikon, the expert climber and expert rescuer who was sent to try to find Tom Ballard and Daniele Nardi after they went missing on Nanga Parbat two months ago. From the interview: “At first, I didn’t worry too much: I thought their lack of contact was some communication issue. Nardi had an old...
So just like we started a career as a golf writer with a blog and a dream, so too has my foray into writing about skiing borne its first fruit. The National Ski Council Federation has begun to run and syndicate my skiing columns. They’ll be running excerpts of each article in the Border War: Vermont vs. New Hampshire series. Their link to my first article in...
LAKE PLACID, NY – It’s a perfect night in the Adirondacks. The scent of burning fragrant hardwoods in the wood stove wafts to us as we sit on wooden chairs on the back porch, biting our nostrils. The snow is still lightly falling as it has each of the three days I’ve visited my beloved North Country this year. There’s tall timber all around...
The mountaineering world is presently holding its collective breath as British climber Tom Ballard is missing on Pakistan’s formidable and forbiddng Nanga Parbat, along with fellow climber Daniele Nardi. Attempting a winter summit of the ninth highest mountain in the world, their last ditch effort to summit may have met with bitter tragedy as they have not been...
It was a a tale of two cities this weekend, the best of times and the worst of times. At Magic Mountain, the new Green Chair purred like a kitten brought up on cream, opening up the east side of the mountain even more easily and easing lines for the Red Chair. While at Attitash, just four days after we published our story for the Border War: NH vs. VT series, the...
Border War! Vermont vs. New Hampshire Skiing Part 4 – Attitash —by Jay Flemma Special to Slave to the Traffic Light Adventure Magazine— BARTLETT, NH – Oh sweet, sweet justice! For once this east coaster was in the right place at the right time; for once, I caught the sick powder where and when it happened. Hallelujah! It could not...
Another year, another Super Bowl that Ernesto the Prediction Ignana gets wrong. This is now three misses in a row at the Supe for our intrepid animal kingdom prognosticator. Still, it was a solid season, if milquetoast playoffs. Ernesto and Company went 55-25 for the regular season, (23-17 in teasers), but only 9-5, (3-4), in the playoffs, including missing with Rams...
Ernesto the Prediction Iguana went 3-1 last week, 1-1 in teasers. This week it’s the Rams and the OVER. The Rams are getting nine, but may win outright. Even if the Cheatriots pull it out, it’ll be so close that the Rams will cover. Moreover, the line is a mere 51, low enough that even if it’s a blowout one way, they still should hit the OVER. RAMS...
Torrey the Prediction Cat went 3-1 last week, 1-1 in teasers, bringing his playoff record to 6-2, 2-2 in teasers. This week Ernesto the Prediction Iguana returns from his sabbatical. Torrey did an admirable job in relief, but now it’s time to let the Big Dog eat his dinner. So here’s this week’s winners before they happen, courtesy of the rookie! As...
Torrey the Prediction Cat went 3-1, 1-1 last week in the Wild Card round. He won with the Cowboys, the Chargers and one OVER/UNDER. Sadly, the Bears came up short on that field goal and he missed the OVER against the Eagles. His totals thus far are a respectable 8-2, 3-2 in teasers. We’ll give him one more week before switching back to Ernesto the Prediction...
So Torrey the Prediction Cat went 5-1 in his debut at NFL prognostication, 2-1 in teasers. He won with the Eagles, Patriots, Bears, Cowboys, and one OVER/UNDER. It was such a solid opening performance, Torrey can take the Wild Card round as well. So here’s this week’s winners before they happen, courtesy of the rookie! As always, we do 2-team teasers...
We interrupt this golf season for a skiing update. Remember how we found 23″ of fresh powder at Magic Mountain three weeks ago? Well Geoff Hatheway, one of the SKI MAGIC, LLC folks responsible for the resport’s remarkable resurgence joins up on the Jay’s Plays show to talk skiing, golf, and he even won the trivia contest. Click here for the show...
was an up-and-down week for Faith the Prediction Cat subbing in for Ernesto the Prediction Iguana. She went 5-3 on the week, 1-3 in teasers, winning with the Chiefs (6-1 for us this year), the Ravens (3-0 for us), and the Saints (6-1). She lost with the Patriots (7-3 for us this season) and the Dolphins (0-1). She was 2-1 in OVER/UNDERS. The season totals drop to 50...