We’ve been firing on all cylinders recently at Backbone and alas The Verteblog has languished a bit. Last time we tuned in, Cory was waxing poetic about his virgin OR experience. Since then, we’ve been traveling a ton from SLC, to Boulder, Beaver Creek, Winter Park, Denver, Munich, Telluride and more. Here’s a taste of what a recent week looked like for some of our PR team.
We started in Vail on Friday at the inaugural Winter Teva Mountain Games, where we were representing both the event and presenting sponsor, Eddie Bauer. We hosted an awesome group of journalists at the event, and kicked off their trip with a day of ice climbing with Apex Mountain School.
Sarah Hubbard having another tough day at the office
Apparently there's a lot of ice in America's Hat. Canadian Elinor Fish made quick work of the pitch.
The stellar guides at Apex Mountain School took great care of our group. Look them up if you ever want to try out ice climbing near Vail.
After a morning of ice climbing, there's no better way to get warmed up than wearing a fashionable one-piece suit. That's one lucky guy sandwiched between Sarah Hubbard and freelancer Rachel Sturtz
Between writing event result press releases, I managed to squeeze in a race at the Winter Teva Mountain Games. This was shot just before I lost control completely and cased it into a stack of tower pads. Definitely the most fun I've had on a bike in a long time.
Just two days after the Winter Teva Mountain Games wrapped up, Penn, Elinor, Alison (ANP) and I headed to Cali to visit Backbone’s newest client, the Santa Catalina Island Company. It was the first time any of us had visited the island and we had an amazing time learning about one of the country’s first adventure travel destinations and all the excitement the island has to offer today. Of course, we had to sample the goods first-hand…
Not a bad break from winter in the mountains
Crossing gaurd training day, i.e. night zipping
Elinor eyes up the first zip - the zip line at Catalina is world-class
The zip line views are hard to beat
We also took a tour through the island's interior on a bio-diesel Hummer. Almost 90% of the island is protected by a conservancy. It's spectacular and almost completely untouched.