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		<title>summer&#8217;s end &amp; Thun</title>
		<link>http://simonwestgarth.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/summers-end-thun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The road South from Norway to Slovenia is very long, a day of driving passed Oslo and Southern Sweden, an overnight ferry across the Baltic and then another day south through Prussia, and Germany to the Alps beyond.  Its long, especially when you are on your own, regardless of your mp3 collection or podcast [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simonwestgarth.wordpress.com&blog=896917&post=392&subd=simonwestgarth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>8 weeks of Sjoa</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
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It has been another whirlwind Summer, no sooner than its time to head north, than the leaves start to turn and we&#8217;re heading back down again.  This year I was in the centrale for European whietwater paddling for the 14th Summer in a row, Norway has it all, and never disappoints.  
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		<title>steeper, deeper &amp; the Guil</title>
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And that is why you go to the French Alps, no not for the portage on the Durance Gorge, but for the days of near wall to wall blue bird sky.  The sun shines and its pleasant, the paddling can be good if you like alpine run away rock gardens, the fine food is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simonwestgarth.wordpress.com&blog=896917&post=365&subd=simonwestgarth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>rarity runs in piemonte &amp; Ticino</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Spring has been one of the red letter seasons, that you hear about from of the old guard, going on about big snow pack years, where the Piemonte paddling season lasted into June and even beyond.  In recent years there has been good to excellent snow conditions, yet all to often the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simonwestgarth.wordpress.com&blog=896917&post=358&subd=simonwestgarth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>in Spring</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
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Spring had barely sprung when we arrived in Valsesia, for what was and still is one of the best Steep Creeking Season&#8217;s in Piemonte and Ticino in living memory.  The snow pack was massive, the local ski resort stayed open until late May, unheard of in the last 10 years.  Hot days were [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simonwestgarth.wordpress.com&blog=896917&post=350&subd=simonwestgarth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>soča, genotype 2 dvd  &amp; England</title>
		<link>http://simonwestgarth.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/soca-genotype-2-dvd-england/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 14:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
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What a site, 50cm of snow on the Valley floor.  Trnovo ob Soči, is at 350m above sea level, in the middle of the Julian Alps, and occasionally there is considerable snow, and this year was no exception.  The ski season for the Eastern end of the Alps was one of the best [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simonwestgarth.wordpress.com&blog=896917&post=333&subd=simonwestgarth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>early spring Escape</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 10:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
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What can I say, the Winter in Devon was long and dry, the river days less than normal, the running trail crisp and fast, and the editing of Genotype 2 slow and difficult.  Yet by the last day of February, I was en route with all my worldly goods to Slovenia.  Finally I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simonwestgarth.wordpress.com&blog=896917&post=331&subd=simonwestgarth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>into winter &amp; Beyond</title>
		<link>http://simonwestgarth.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/into-winter-beyond/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What more is there to say, in the depths of Winter, as the cold bites, fresh snow falls, making chaos on the roads and some of the runs become too low or inaccessible, the moment in time is bleak, dark and uninviting, much like the state of the economy at present.

Yet, like any moment of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simonwestgarth.wordpress.com&blog=896917&post=314&subd=simonwestgarth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>dealing with the Past</title>
		<link>http://simonwestgarth.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/dealing-with-the-past/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, finally I will tell the tale of an epic day out for a Face Book Group.  10 years ago now, I was on the West Coast of the USA with Jason Smith, editor of CanoeKayak UK. We went to fire it up in Oregon and Washington, and after arriving into Seattle we hit [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simonwestgarth.wordpress.com&blog=896917&post=310&subd=simonwestgarth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>glorious Devon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
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The wilds of Lappland were left be hide on the flight to Bristol, and the temperature when I arrived was colder that the Sub-Arctic.  In fact the UK had been in the grips of a 4 week cold snap, dry and freezing.  My humble accommodations at the prefect Winter paddling Devonshire location on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simonwestgarth.wordpress.com&blog=896917&post=302&subd=simonwestgarth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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