markbillie

WARNING: Long, mostly words, about a nordic/skimo race. Read at your own risk of boredom, irritation and displeasure. ------------------------------- At the beginning of the 17/18 season I had mentioned < the Grand Traverse >  to my long-time friend and occasional ski partner living in Boulder. We both kinda chuckled at the idea, then got a little serious and considered it. But he had a work trip conflict, and at the time there was nobody else I would've felt comfortable asking to partner up with me on something I wasn't sure I would be physically capable of doing. Then winter began in earnest, and I forgot all about the GT until this past October, when my friend brought it up more seriously: did I want to partner up and take a real crack at this? I said "yes" right away; it had already snowed in the Wasatch, and I was on day 2 of my human-powered season, the first time I had ever skied in October in fact. We were both pretty excited, but signup wasn'