I have continued passion for the outdoors and have spent decades hiking, mountain biking, rock climbing, ice climbing, kayaking, surfing and windsurfing. I telemark and downhill ski at the Crested Butte ski area. I back-country ski in the local mountains and cross-country ski with my wife on a regular basis. And I even kite ski on occasion. The down side of enjoying so many sports is that I have become kind of an outdoor generalist, a bit of a jack of all trades master of none, but I love the excitement of getting out the gear for each season and starting all over. Today when I go out to "play" with my buddies I can tell my wife that I'm doing research about the New Wild West. It does not get any better than that!