-- XC SKI CAMP --

I needed a quick little break from my boat so last week I took a 4-day trip to New Hampshire and joined my good friend Graham Cobb for some skinny ski action! We had a wicked time, it was awesome to get back on my cross-country skis after a few months of just kayak paddling. It was probably the last time I'll get more than 48 hours out of my skinny boat between now and the big O-show in August. Good thing I like my skinny boat! More on my boat shortly...

So that's Mt. Washington in the background up there, and I would be remiss if I didn't thank the rad little squirrel who took the photo and ran next to me reminding to shift my weight properly and keep my poles straight and everything. New Hampshire squirrels have their ski technique nailed, it's really impressive.

Here I am skiing in front of a famous place called the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods. It's where the Bretton Woods system was developed in 1944 (thanks Morty). 730 delegates from the 44 allied nations gathered here during WWII to develop a unified international monetary policy which ensures that each country maintains the exchange rate of its currency within a fixed value in terms of gold. I bet they had a ripper of a party afterwards too, cause all those meetings must have gotten boring, and it's a really sweet hotel.

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