002 020 024 028 032 036 TIPS UP 098 100 102 104 106 110 CONTRIBUTORS Gamble of the Day MASTHEAD Creative Clique STRAIGHT LINE Take Me to Your Leaders CRUX Quebec’s Communal Backcountry STRAIGHT LINE Grandpa Energy YODEL Dapper Dan MEDIA REVIEW Barter Economy IZZYISMS The Ski Town Fairytale YODEL Four Seasons of Vasco Da Pow Pow YODEL Reset Through Ritual LAST FLAKE Sonoran Avalanche Center Spin the Wheel 040 Profile CHRISTINA LUSTENBERGER’S STRENGTH IN THE MOUNTAINS Words HEATHER HANSMAN 052 Adventure THE STUDENT AND THE TEACHER Words, Photos and Captions MATTHEW TUFTS DECISION-MAKING AND UNCERTAINTY IN KYRGYZSTAN’S TIEN SHAN 066 Culture IN THE VORTEX Words, Photos, Art and Captions COLIN CLANCY A SKI ADVENTURE IN SIN CITY 074 084 Profile LEIGHAN FALLEY’S GREAT HEIGHTS Words, Photos and Captions EMILY SULLIVAN Gallerie INNER CHILD Words NOAH LEDERMAN GEOFF MCFETRIDGE’S CREATIVE WAY