Stephen Koch

Water bladders are a wonderful invention and they work very well for many uses. There are times that I do not carry a bladder, yet still want water very accessible. My solution to this has been to make my own carrier using a few simple items and a used plastic water bottle. In this short [...]

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Grand Teton Climbing and Training Video Trailer Recommend on Facebook Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

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This video is of Jothy Rosenberg shredding Tower 3 Chute, one of the more difficult runs at Jackson Hole. I had the honor and pleasure to show Jothy around Jackson Hole recently. Jothy impressed me as a man and skier (one OR two legged). I was hard pressed to keep up with him on the [...]

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I have volunteered an evening of entertainment to the Jackson Hole Community School’s First Annual Jackson’s Unique Experiences Auction. Check it out here! Recommend on Facebook Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

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I love swimming, and going for dips in extremely cold water is great too…it is invigorating, a way to appreciate warm clothes, environments, the sun and to simply have an intense physical experience that is psychologically challenging too. This morning I went for a short run, which I rarely do, with my host in Chicago, [...]

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Stephen Koch was the right speaker with the right message for our sales meeting. We wanted a speaker with mountaineering or winter sport background to compliment our meeting location in Utah, but we wanted more than a cliché message that is common with this speaker type. We chose Stephen because his theme, One Step Further, [...]

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I thought it was Sherman Poppin and many incorrectly believe it was Jake Burton (due to some wicked good marketing done by Burton Snowboards), who invented the snowboard. No one may be completely sure who was first to stand up sideways and ride downhill on a sled over snow, but in the 1920′s Gunnar and [...]

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This is a follow up to yesterday’s post about skiing and swinging around Jackson Hole…a short video of Axl ripping through the woods at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Enjoy! Recommend on Facebook Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

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This past weekend my son, Axl, and I skied on Saturday evening at the King (Snow King Mountain). It was our first night runs together, at least of the skiing kind. We alternated skiing with swinging on the swing set at the base. I narrowly missed stepping in a dog dukie left by a woman [...]

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Ouray is a fantastic place and the Ice Festival held there every January is a great event that is an opportunity for folks interested in the sport of ice climbing to take clinics with sponsored climbers, demo the latest gear from top brands, see slideshows, win gear, be entertained, see the competition, eat good food, [...]

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