This episode contains an awesome interview with Aric Manning from local, and now, world famous, running group the Happy Utah Mountain Runners, or HUMRs.

News items include:

• Snowboarder Crashes Into Child, Get’s Smacked
• $25 Lift Tickets at Beaver Mt.
• The Earth Sets a Record Cold Temp
• Man Found Frozen to Death In SLC
• Bobcat in Backyards
• Avy Survival Victim Speaks
• Aspen’s Power of Four SkiMo Race Scheduled for March 1
• Toboggan Championships
• Swatch Sponsors Freeride World Tour
• Santa Day at Whistler
• Skiers Happier Than Snowboarders?
• Lonnie Dupre to Attempt Solo Winter Denali Summit
• Shamans to Pray for Olympic Snow
• Canada Claims North Pole
• Mountain Goats Survive Avalanche

Chamois VS Avalanche * Alta Hosts 95 Year Old Skier * “Sketchy” Andy Lewis Crosses Highline With Genital Tether * Mountain Lion Kills Wolf * Aaron Ralston Charged with Domestic Dispute * Yellowstone Grizzly Bears Recovered

Events: * 12.17-20 – WSU Outdoor Program Cooperative Ouray Ice Climbing Trip * 1.7. – Bruce Tremper Talk at GEAR:30, sponsored by Slackwater & Utah Avalanche Center * 1.7 – Utah SkiMo Series Race #4 at Brighton Resort * 1.17-20 – WSU Outdoor Program MLK Backcountry Yurt Trip * 2.1 – Weber State University Snowbasin Ski Day * 2.14-17 – WSU Backcountry Yurt Trip

Skillz Session: 5 Things you Need Before Heading into the Backcountry Worlds Worst Belayer, Crazy Crevasse Falling The World's Worst Belayer [EN] Bad belaying techniques from Petzl-sport on Vimeo.

Quote of the Week: “Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow