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Want to take your family to Aspen for winter break for a relaxing and exciting vacation? Be ready to cough up $25,000, at least! Or, …
PROJECTS BY EMORY UNIVERSITY HISTORY STUDENTS
Want to take your family to Aspen for winter break for a relaxing and exciting vacation? Be ready to cough up $25,000, at least! Or, …
A Ticking Time Bomb
Our planet is reaching its tipping point, on the verge of irreparable environmental damage as you read this blog post. According to vocal …
In this podcast, my co-host and I explore the deep connection Finnish culture has with cross-country skiing. The roots of which started nearly eight thousand years ago with the Sami people. How did the …
Aspen went from a being a ghost, small mining town to a place where skiing, leisure, wealth and culture predominate. Friedl Pfeifer and Walter Paepcke were two crucial characters in envisioning Aspen as the place it is now and making …
It would be fair to ask why a university in Atlanta, Georgia has a website on the history of skiing and snowsports. It would be equally fair …
Patagonia is known as the sustainable company. From its inception in 1973 with the entrepreneurial spirit of expert climber Yvon Chouinard, to the numerous environmentally beneficial campaigns led by the company to this date, …
When most people think of Japan, they might think of Tokyo, sushi, or ramen. Most people would never guess that some of the best skiing in the …
The following video examines the history of the snowboard halfpipe. In the 1970’s, skateboarders and surfers were looking for another terrain where they could experience a thrill. They found their …
Zermatt, in Switzerland, is home …