NASTC NEWS 5/1/20

02 May 2020, Posted by Ski NASTC in Latest News

ROCK CLIMBING CLASSES THIS SUMMER?

Dear Climbers, we don’t know yet when we federal, state, and town guidelines will allow us to resume offering guided rock climbing on Donner Pass, but when we do, plan to join us! We hope to offer private and small group lessons with our certified guides by July. Maybe climb with the people you’re sheltering in place with. We will keep you posted, and thank you for checking in with us anytime, and booking in advance (ski@skinastc.com).

10 Rock Climbing Home Workouts
When You Can’t Go to the Gym:
1. Dumbbell Shoulder Presses
2. Tricep Dips
3. Pull-Ups
4. Push-Ups
5. Bicep Curls
6. Plank
7. Side Planks
8. Crunches
9. Bicycle Kicks
10. Flutter Kicks

This is a very helpful set of recommendations from the American Alpine Club. With the easing of shelter-in-place policies across the country, restrictions on access to crags are beginning to change. Deciding whether it’s appropriate to head back out to your local crag will be an important and localized decision. To help, The AAC offers the following Guiding Principles on when and how to re-rack for the next pitch.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES:

Be respectful of rural gateway communities, and avoid traveling to these areas.
Follow federal, state, county, and city health emergency guidelines and recommendations.
Recreate close to home, don’t travel to climb. Climb with people from your home, or just one partner.
Take cues from your local land managers and climbing organizations.
Keep your outdoor objectives conservative. Climbing accidents will place further stress on first responders, search and rescue teams, and hospital staff.
Be kind, respectful, and patient with one another during this time. We all want to feel safe spending time outside; let’s work together to create an environment that allows this.

CHAIRLIFT TRIVIA: WHERE IN THE WORLD?

Fun flashback to 2006 and the famous slingshot lift, The Roca Jack at Portillo Chile. It goes 30mph up a 40 degree slope for about 45 seconds, comes to a jarring stop and then you peel off from the outside in (middle person holds it steady and gets off last)…it’s exhilarating. And if you’re lucky you’ll be riding next to a racer from one of the national teams, and she or he will likely peel off while the things still flying uphill! photo: Cath Howard

We don’t know if our Portillo Trip will go this August, everything depends of course on Covid-19. But all reservations will be refunded in full by us in the event Portillo cannot open, or if you decide you simply don’t want to travel.

PLEASE DON’T SHAME PEOPLE
FOR GOING OUTSIDE

The risks are generally low,
and the benefits are endless.

When communities issued shelter-in-place orders, people reasonably interpreted it literally, even though the fine print almost always said people could, and even should, go outside to exercise. And when staying home became a point of pride, some mental-health professionals said people were missing the point: Mother Earth is home too. “Our research has found that nature is not an amenity — it’s a necessity,” Marc Berman, a psychologist at the University of Chicago…”We need to take it seriously.”

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

SHEPARD FAIREY GIVES HOPE TO RHODE ISLAND

LET’S DREAM ABOUT SKIING AGAIN

Grand Targhee sits in a beautiful setting in the Tetons mountain range. It is filled with western charm and hospitality and known for it’s abundance of fresh light powder snow (over 500 inches annually). There’s over 600 acres of pristine powder reserved just for cat-skiing. The cat takes you up to powder-filled tree glades, open faces, and exhilarating gullies. We are going Feb 21-24, 2021 and hope you’ll join us. This is ideal for skiers looking to raise their adventure level up a notch and to ski more fluidly in off-piste terrain. We will spend two days working on developing skills and tactics among the resort’s lift accessed terrain followed by two days of cat-skiing where newfound skills will be applied on the off-piste terrain of Peaked Mountain.

GRAND TARGHEE CAMP FEB 21-24 INFO

SHELTERING IN PLACE ACTIVITY:
TOP 10 SKI FILMS

TOP 10 SKI MOVIES:
1. Hot Dog
2. Race The Face
3. Warren Miller’s Higher Ground
4. MSP’s Attack of La Nina
5. The Thin Line
6. The Crash Reel
7. G.N.A.R.
8. MSP’s Claim
9. Downhill Racer
10. The Streif

NASTC Nation Challenge! Be the first to correctly match these names to their movie and get a free insulated NASTC coffee travel mug! Aksel Lund Svindal, Shane McConkey, Ingrid Backstrom, Glen Plake, and Robert Redford. Email your answers to ski@skinastc.com!

LINK TO “RACE THE FACE” DARON RAHLVES

WAYS TO HELP TRUCKEE-TAHOE

Here is a wonderful way to help! Sierra Relief Kitchen is a collaborative effort to use available resources to provide for the Truckee community during these unprecedented times. Your donation will help cover the cost of feeding those in need within the North Tahoe area. SRK is providing wholesome meals for individuals and families in need twice a week from the Truckee Station.

SIERRA RELIEF KITCHEN ONE CLICK DONATION

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