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	<title>Alpine Guide Verbier</title>
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		<title>Mont Dolent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We climbed this pretty summit on the Swiss, French and Italian border under a perfect blue sky. Though not technically difficult, fantastic views abound. We spent the night at the Fiorio bivouac to break the climb into a couple small chunks. It is a cute little hut, reminding me of what most of these alpine [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.swissguides.com/2010/08/mont-dolent/</link>
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		<title>Rock Climbing near Verbier and Chamonix</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Summer is over and I have not published a thing! Too much time to do too many things! The weather is back to summer-time temps, reflecting again the in and out weather in the Alps this season. Most recently, we did a couple of real fine climbs on perfect granite. One, up the Val d&#8217;Arpette, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.swissguides.com/2010/08/rock-climbing-near-verbier-and-chamonix/</link>
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		<title>Verbier Rock Climbing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The weather is just starting to resemble summer-time in Verbier. At 1500 meters above sea level, the cold temperatures and clouds tend to linger longer in Verbier in Spring&#8230; like two months longer! But the alpine rock is coming quickly into shape now. We climbed Eureka, one of the 5 pitch climbs on the north [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.swissguides.com/2010/06/verbier-rock-climbing/</link>
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		<title>Greenland Again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are back in  Maniitsoq, Greenland again to heliski. It has so far turned out to be some of the best, classic, corn snow conditions ever. Yesterday was just so wonderful and my 4 clients seem to be quite blown away by the quality of every run. They are a group of 4 men that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.swissguides.com/2010/04/greenland-again-2/</link>
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		<title>The Magic of Skiing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is it about skiing that unites, so intensely, such a large group of skiers from all walks of life? At least for me, I feel connected to people in a way that bonds us all so closely together. The PDG was one example of that. Sure, many folks don&#8217;t like the crowds and media [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.swissguides.com/2010/04/the-magic-of-skiing/</link>
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		<title>Easter Friday&#8217;s Deep Powder Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was one of those perfect, blue bird days again. I felt like putting on my Sheriff&#8217;s badge and being a real goof ball. First lift up, standing at the top of Mt.Fort, surrounded by a bunch of local skiers and guides, no one appeared to listen to my commands of &#8220;Wait for me. I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.swissguides.com/2010/04/easter-fridays-deep-powder-day/</link>
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		<title>Winter-Spring Alps Perspective</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What a cold winter it has been! Our wood stove hase consumed twice as much wood as last year. We certainly can&#8217;t complain about conditions though. There has been enough snow. But the cold temps have not been good for the stability. The deep, buried facets have not gone away. This means that on every [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.swissguides.com/2010/03/winter-spring-alps-perspective/</link>
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		<title>Supreme Powder on Mount Lillytop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We had a Gulmarg like experience today. It has not really snowed in these Alps since well before I left to India one month ago. So things have gotten realy tracked up. Plus, there has been lots of wind high up, and the persistent cold temperatures for well over a month have realy done some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.swissguides.com/2010/02/supreme-powder-on-mount-lillytop/</link>
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		<title>India- Kashmiri Curry Powder in Gulmarg</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m back from incredible India. Though traveling to Gulmarg to ski deep powder amongst the ancient pines is the reason to go to India, one realizes immediately that just going to India is the real reason. Living with these people for even a few days makes one marvel at our obsession with material things and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.swissguides.com/2010/02/gulmarg/</link>
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		<title>Early winter roundup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh my! How time flies! December and January have flown by. It&#8217;s time again for Kashmir Curry Powder- and I have not even written about the 40 days skiing I have done since my last update. The 3 rain events we had early winter have played a major role in route decision this early winter. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.swissguides.com/2010/01/early-winter-roundup/</link>
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