Joost's Bay Area Basecamp

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I played a bit more with Google Earth and Google Maps, my digital camera and my GPS. The result is a nice overview of my backyard running loop, called "the dish".Download the file and open it in Google Earth (You will need to have Google Earth installed), or view it as a Google Map.

Download "the dish" in Google Earth	View "the dish" in Google Maps

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The last day of our stay in the Alps we did the classic and spectacular daytour from Verbier to Fionnay. I recorded the track with my GPS and created a Google KML file including location based pictures. First download Google Earth if you don't have it yet, and then download the kml file. Enjoy!

download the fionnay trip in Google Earth	View the Fionnay trip in Google Maps

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The last 2 weeks the ski8000 team was reunited in Meribel and Verbier.

Joost, Greg and Herman are back in the mountains

Continue reading "The Alps" »

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After a snowless November, the mountains around Lake Tahoe are now covered with a thin layer of snow.

Continue reading "Ski season has started" »

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Last year the ski season in Squaw opened on Oct 30, the earliest openening of the ski season ever. This year, it seems like we are having one of the latest season starts ever...

Continue reading "Snow?" »

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It's just 10 more days before we will (hopefully) be hitting the slopes in Lake Tahoe. To get in the mood, here is the Squaw Valley live webcam. Enjoy :)

Continue reading "Just a few more days" »

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