Montana State University - Sentinel Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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in defense of winter... Mimy i i lis inrt ' tid to get outdoar in iht v. jn[cr, bur riimet liti. In cxd remain ojohnoJ, gninj; imm one arfn sbt El to unmht-tr. IfwsS; iut and (rcad tht st-Ason. How kwlish ' . For «t htyojid dK- hutiL-d und t-lt:- viccJ liiH ' s of clwtrit ind as out btj ' on { rhe last pjLWfd mad is j land fj( wlqkc, trisp anrd Jcticirt cold. No iirdsc is capabk of tarvmg, rn jldin and rran toritiing water into a singk- sSiape [u p t;jllf l J fnjst iinttt fftv, tKiw dttfecd loroM wind bkH n ridgt or kt lined river bank. Then: h m miij;nifi- tenet to tomprt- wnh vtiiHur. i» singular. Winctr drivfs iis in, Ie h1 planned linn; of quitf. A time of fvfkxmm, rimt for indm r LTift, nd reading. One scastMi H. D. TlKJrcaii rcflttted, Win- Etf, with its inwar lnt-ss, is upun u i, A m.m is con- strained to m down iind rhinl: Wt- do well m hi low [1T5 isibm. And j ' tt at ihe same time don ' t be fooltsi into thinking th E nil of winter l uld be spent imla r!». arc threatened with a coutinLKHLS Jifc of tccli- aoloj-y. Wn as wc tr vtl into the country e taLt- it with ui. Part a! the reasqn w fear. learn early thai Eherv at t; toj nianj ' dangef s in the wild. Dangers of frt eJi- ing, betiii hut, iir brt-jifcfni! a bont in a fill, Un fottiinatt ' l}-. for many of usi thi- aUsvt: h irue. Vt have proj res®t?d into jt state oi dependence. DLpLnJ- ence upon technolo4?j ' . ft! few htiinans, even gjovtrn- mcnts. However; There wrncs a tirtii itt one ' s life, .li well as Jn the life man where lie muiit IirtZard lum a-lf to the elrnjent of naiurvs or els ; butMtje kast m ,1 Mtm permanent W3 . We nec«i rbest dani TS cuf the wild. X ' c tieecd to know firxihani) tlw: h r(,e of winiet. It is mtt-ssat} to Itiirn how, inaiiinEfitant vve an u a wtnter iiofni, ire n;on ' fragile than the inn dtlitatt jte LffSfal. In the niidsE of a winter furi.-r we are a single liny black dot. Niatbin irwrv In tribute to winter, on the fallowing pa gei have gathert i i|i;eibet kntJ ' w ktigt.iblt artirlesi 4 downhill skiitig snowshot fii;. $ki htkinj.;, and mr ter tampiti ;, Perhaps the iirtiifes will enonir.L.i:-: some at leaiit to intend to take of! into the u nm r wilderness. Oi course our mformfltiofi h not complete ' ; 1 onij ' intendecf as an intrcKluition. t.il raries and K. 3i sio res nire full of manusils trn leibnique. One we ' d espectally like to ttconimtnd is THE SIHUKA CH [i MAMLJAL OF SKi MOf JKTAIMFERING. Fnt 9= . jot! can ' t go wrong. Remember, w inter ni.vxl not b Jiwdtlcn plunt L If your outdoor wi$il!om is lirniteti, lust tratnpje.L litrlt beyond ctvi fixation Do not burty. A trek itsto thv high twntry i- n snow j-ou sydde nty. Montiio.i peaks freY|uentiy experience sudden antic condiiionN. In the suniniiT am makv many mistakes rt |x a edlJ Jn the winter you get but one. Do not be on unfrti ndly terms With winter. Treat it neither as a force to be conqucretl, nor as a phc jumien in to bt ridden thniugb in u math] tie, Taat and love w ' tnttr lor wliat ir is. glorinus, glorious winter! You wj|l iw;vtr master winter, Insiead lean to ma ter the art of stirvival under bb rd coiufi- tions Equip ynurself proptrly. Learn tite Jor and wisibn) of the mountain men, Eiach winter scjs jn y m will become enchanteil and drawn dei:per and deeper into winter wtldeTness. And slowly, not all at onu, w Enter will eomt .thve, with you, Ycrti will find yijur eff, free as the ind blows. tiod, bless wintcrl

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b y Don Schwennesen Musoub, Mootana, u on ittc vny rdgr of ii c kituwo w irlrf. a San Franciicu friend rrccoily wn tc roc bcfurc undertaking a trip here VC ' aich uui, f n it t ii fall off the niee. yMi end up in ( %hud kT » Karuda ' His coflj(ue-in-«:heck onljr half bmpcxins die way Mon- tana K typically viewed, if ytxi live »» i)f Omaha, wew of the SiefTai or K)cth f f the • 2f»d farallel. Ask a Chkagnan what winicT i» like in X ' e«crn Monuiu, and hell con- tsJe that tlkc pUte hibernate from Ociobcf to May. under hundreds of feet of lacul nc anil uiow, Phii miMkfn mythrikni;y— u}{ed by the opening and Lkninji; of Lr x« Pa»— fus kep« Montana skiing well out the limelight If )x u don t believe it. check the pt puUr ••ki nu inev Ijm year SHimn bn ke the pristine siIcikc while chcckin); out a rutiM r ahout Chef Huntley and a j lote called Big Sky The author hung an und long enough 111 coin a new gei graphical term. Bitter Root tno duubt fhinking of Pugo and Aunt dranny ' s Bitter Brmle Root). Sh nuga ine got pfetty iIomt. with a paragraph or two - bi»uf Ja4.kass. Idahct Ai HoliJ y not exactly a ski mag- mne i e en li«ed Big Mcnmuin among its ten brw in the WcM Of ciKiTK-. HoltJjy i always on the loobxii for un- usual, out-uf the way vacation spots The same issue pushed vacations in Baja, Mexico. Chn Huntley is trymg hard to shove Muniaiu skiing into crotCT stage — but fo tunatcly, popular myth does no die easily. One day very scxrti. the rest of America will wipe the smog from its cfvllcctive eyes and sec Monutu tor wtur it really iv In the meantime, we who are already iK-re have a good thing going Montana has some of the finest skiing in tfK- workl It is virtually unkn» wn. and (lie pcH ' es are incredibly cheap! MISSOULA AND ENVIRONS Talk skiing with the average Miswulun aivd you re likcl) ui hear enihusustK accounts of Big Mountain and Bridget, ititerruptrd by CKcasional wistful glances toward Banff, iin Valley and resom fanhct afield But in moments of LMTidity even the most cynical will admit tkit. after all, . fis« uU IS rahly endowed Few cities in the nation (or i ir that mancr. the world can U ast two respectable ski ircas within 12 miles of City Hall Those wf o arc Uteptical ought to try commuting from IVnver to Vail— or fr« m Munich to the Zugspitze, or tn m Sacramento to Tahoe. of from Geneva to tfie Valais. Lvcn Aha is a gooJ 0 miles from Sak Ijdce Ciry. and thcres a kx more tra fic. In MisKKila there is actually a fair amount of night life. iiHividcring the sue of the city. There ' s novice rock music at tf»c Monk ' s Cave, there ' s authcntK C crman fo«n l at the Hctdclhaus — right down to the fuuball table 1. 1 didn ' t say It was good food, unless yout taMc runs in that direction). i d there ' s Mario s, the kxal cause celebre, whose Greek ! Kxl IS as superb as his Italian is had. and who will achiese kHiius if lie eser geu a license to serve retsiiu Marshall ar»d Snow Bowl are fairly unabaslKd about the tict thit they iplit Misstnilas vki market somewhere near riic middle Begintsers and intcrmedutes head for Marshal], itavc ituermcdiates and experts take Snow BowL Howcser. .1 itx-kIcsi battle f jr the middle market may be shaping up this year The new packing machine at Snow Btjwl seems desjgtscd to nuke the descent from tlie top T-bar less des- jwiie for the average intermediate. There will still be j owder up on Griidy — but as every skier knows, a bt more pctiple talk about powder than ski in it At Marshall, a new snow-making machine will make tite ■x-ason a bit k nger and the conditions more dependable O iti lower-lying vite 1