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trueIngrid Backstrom2006-04-21T18:04:00-07:002006-04-26T09:33:56Z2006-04-22T01:37:54Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331951.post-114566987462671024Springtime, and hot powYou'd think that after 23 years or something of skiing, that I'd get used to how quickly winter flies by, but once again, here it is almost the end of April and I'm totally shocked that winter is probably already over! (I say probably because you never know what the weather will do these days, especially because it seems like winter is just picking up momentum here in Tahoe! Also, I'm trying tofalseIngrid Backstrom2006-04-05T15:12:00-07:002006-04-18T17:25:17Z2006-04-05T22:26:44Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331951.post-114427600447999761What on earth is going on?What is up with this time of the year? I swear, more shit goes down around the first week of April amongst the mountain community--it's heartbreaking. Three years ago yesterday, MC Constantinescu, a beloved Tahoe ripper and all-around enjoyer of life and making others smile, passed away skiing Squaw. This year seems particularly hard, though, with Doug Coombs' and Chad Vanderham's unthinkablefalseIngrid Backstrom2006-03-16T07:48:00-08:002006-03-16T16:18:48Z2006-03-16T16:18:48Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331951.post-114252592846329210Home, sore, and happy!Whoa, am I sore! After a great last week or so in Norway and six days in Switzerland, I'm back home in Squaw Valley, and it's been an epic two days of skiing powder. My legs, however, can't keep up--the amount of skiing you can squeeze in while spinning laps on KT-22 is like nothing else in the world, and after being away from it for a month, I'm feeling the burn. Heh, heh. But I like thefalse