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May 2005 Archive
Hey There! Welcome Back, Everybody
May 26, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town All we’ve been hearing lately is when is this going to open and when is that going to open. And we’re not just talking the passes (Sonoroa, Monitor open; Tioga still snowed...Skiing Is Still Wowing the Locals
May 26, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town Just ran into skier extraordinaire Joe Vasta down at the Stellar Brew coffee house, and we got to discussing how decent the skiing has been up on the hill lately. We were talking...Get Yer Firewood, Starting Today
May 21, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town All right, all you wooders, wannabe wooders and occasional woodies: Ready, set, go, go, go. The fuelwood season opens today in the Inyo National Forest. If the day continues...A New Earthquake Prediction Tool by USGS
May 19, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town A new earthquake probability tool that asseses potential follow-on temblors debuted on the Web yesterday, and the USGS gizmo caused quite a stir around California, judging by the mainline press. The San Jose...Spring (Visitor) Runoff
May 19, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town Everybody up here is talking up the spring runoff, but it ain't just about the snowmelt. With bouts of rain and the occasional snow shower, and with mountain hiking season still more...Here's the XC Ski Team for 2005-06
May 19, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town Can't tell the difference between the U.S. Nordic Team and the U.S. Cross Country Ski Team? We can't either, because they're mostly the same people. Still, because this is an Olympic...U.S. Nordic Team Named for 2005-06
May 18, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town The U.S. Nordic Team for the upcoming Olympic year has been named. As in keeping with the theme of the week—that is, naming names, straightening out the scorecard—here they are. And thanks...U.S. Freestyle Team Named
May 17, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town The mogul busters and high-flyers of the U.S. Freestyle Ski Team have been named for the 2005-06 season, and that's an Olympic Year, so heads up, everybody. Here they are, and thanks to...Here's the 2005-06 U.S. Alpine Ski Team
May 16, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town Like 'em or not, the 2005-06 U.S. Ski Team has been named by the United States Ski Association. As everyone knows, this is an Olympic Year, with World Cup champ Bode Miller saying...Ski and Snowboard Chief: "The Time is Now."
May 16, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town Yeah, it was a little corny and it had the feel of a college pep rally the night before the Notre Dame game, but what was Bill Marolt to do about it? ...PCT Hikers Beware
May 15, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town I gotta admit to being a leetle bit bummed about the reports from the High Country. The report from the L.A. Times' Leslie Carlson (a fine American) is sobering for the through-hikers on...A Prayer for R.J. Secor
May 14, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town I am writing this on a lovely spring evening in the Mammoth high country. From my window I can see Mammoth Mountain, and around the bend, the Sherwin Range, and I’m thinking...Hey! Who Turned Out the Lights?
May 13, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town It's not only that the tourists aren't here. Practically nobody else is, either. This isn't just a shoulder season; this is a full-fledged cold-shoulder season, ha ha. The locals, following a...“Magic Mountain” About To Do It Again
Blasting through snow at the Bike Park
May 13, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town For ages, the poohbahs at Mammoth Mountain configure the mountain in such trying circumstances that it kind of defies belief. Last month, for example, when the National Ski Championships were going on, Mammoth...A Fourple!
Ski, play golf, hike and bike in one day
May 12, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town The weirdly hedonistic idea of skiing, then playing a little golf, doing a little mountain biking and hiking at the same place on the same day isn’t so abstract any more, although doing the...FilmFest for Mammoth?
"The Method Fest" in June 2006. Maybe.
May 11, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town Hang around your inbox for a day that you otherwise should have been outside, and look what shows up. This is from Stephanie Summers over at Century 21, announcing a film festival for...Busting Through
Mammoth tops 600 inches
May 9, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town Remember about a month or so ago, when Rusty Gregory walked into a meeting of the Mono County Collaborative Planning team? Making small talk before things got going, the affable CEO of the Mammoth...This June: The Inner Lives of Plants
Valerie Cohen’s exhibit at Edisto Gallery
May 7, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town Edisto Gallery owner Mary Siceloff said this week that she is bringing the works of waterclorist Vallerie Cohen to Mammoth this June in what promises to be an exciting, five-week exhibit. Cohen,...We're Lonesome!
May 5, 2005
If you wanted, you could probably shoot a cannonball down Main Street this week and not hit anyone. Probably because it's snowing on the second weekend of the fishing season, and probably because there isn't any good...Corn Snow Season in Disarray
Too much friggin’ snow
May 5, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town What does it take to get a decent corn snow season around here, anyway? This past week or so, the spring skiers in Mammoth have been busy reassessing just what the heck...Rock ’n’ Roll Fly Fishing: Susie Greilich’s long, strange trip
May 4, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town Once you get past the idea that one of the best fishermen in Mammoth isn’t a fisherman at all, you come plumb up against the fact that one of the best fisherwomen in...Grand slamming on the San Joaquin
A brookie, rainbow, brown and golden, all in one day
May 2, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town David Moss, the longtime flyfisherman and guide from Mammoth, says it used to be a little easier to pull off fishing’s so-called “grand slam” along the San Joaquin River. And he ought to...Monkeys and Brass Balls
May 1, 2005
In the heyday of sailing ships, all war ships and many freighters carried iron cannons. Those cannons fired round iron cannon balls. It was necessary to keep a good supply near the cannon, but how to prevent them from rolling...
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