Why the Future of Telemark Skiing May Hinge on One Piece of Gear

As I make my way down a steep, corn snow-laden slope drenched in evening sun, using two skis to dance with gravity for just a moment in this short life, the ether seems to ask, What do you want out of all of this?

From turn to turn, I respond. It’s this! 

Indeed, it’s not the ether. It’s almost assuredly myself asking such questions. The wider movements of the universe surely care little of snowsports, especially this lowly take on them. When the topic at hand is something as trivial...