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What’s a Powder Days Worth? Mammoth Mountain, California [Jan 19th, 2006].

What’s a Powder Days Worth? Mammoth Mountain, California [Jan 19th, 2006].

Today was one of the most magical snow days in my years of boarding. As I was going up the lift at 8.30am – when the mountain actually opened – at about 20F (-7 Celsius) I wondered how many of my friends that do not regularly come to the snow, would understand what a day [...]


Garbage and the throw-away economy…

[by: Martin Herrera - Tinchohs@hotmail.com] The planet is running out of space, and we are running out of time. In March 2001 New York closed for good its land garbage dump – it turns out it was full. This is, or is to become the reality in many places in the world. As a society [...]


[Oct. 1, 2005] Ready for Nepal and India…

Dear friends and family, here is a quick update before we depart to Nepal and India. I am forwarding a mail that Clara prepared so you have a sense of where we are headed… at least to the best of our understanding. Only God knows where we will really end-up and what will do. I [...]


Did Martin really do this? The tale of a trip to Paris…

Did Martin really do this?The tale of a trip to Paris… September 17th was my mom’s 60th birthday. After two years on the planning and many hours of French classes, she managed to spend a month in Paris to celebrate this special and certainly unique event. Clara and I returned late on Monday after traveling [...]


Apple iPod… what’s the deal? The tale of a design frustrated PC user

I recently spent a few days in Boston and New York, and there was where it struck me… these guys are back. After giving it some thought, I have come to the conclusion that they are sneaking back into success. What first caught my attention was the incredible number of people that walked around using [...]