Backcountry Magazine October 2013 - The New Ski Bum Alpinist 61 Think last winter was lame

Think last winter was lame

the worst of times—winter in the Northeast embodies all that Charles Dickens wrote about in his iconic Tale of Two Cities opening line

Jim Bridwell called it a "work of genius" in his Yosemite free climbing manifesto

a New Hampshire guide established one of the East Coast's most difficult boltless mixed lines—wearing homemade fruitboots

Backcountry Magazine October 2013 - The New Ski Bum Alpinist 61 Think last winter was lameFEATURES How Backcountry Changed the Ski Bum Forever If you put any stock in popular media, the ski bum has been dying for just as long as he's been alive. In fact, ski film legend Dick Barrymore proclaimed The Last of the Ski Bums way back in 1967, meaning we're in the middle of the longest death throe on record. But ski bums aren't a dying breed. Not even close. To make the case, Dick Dorworth, Peter Kray and Drew Pogge investigate the evolution of