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As guitarist and vocalist Dan Rodriguez recalls, the two animals had lived in the same cage at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo for roughly 15 years. In the winter of 2005, a re-quest came from the Park City Zoo in Utah for one of the el-ephants, and it was shipped away. The displaced animal died in transit, followed soon after by its left-behind companion, Peaches, the country’s oldest elephant at 55 years old.

After hearing this story, the fledgling band had a name and a purpose. The original members (Bonnie Paine, washboard and vocals; and Sage Cook on banjo) now tour relentlessly, playing festivals in nearly every corner of the country. The group has garnered a passionate following with an eclectic blend of rootsy folk, naturalistic rhythms and powerful vo-cals, all lumped under the bizarre label of “transcendental folk.”

Elephant Revival comes to Avon with two performanc-es, beginning Thursday night at the Vilar Center in Beaver Creek. They take the main stage at Snowball Music Festival in Avon Friday at 4 p.m., wedged between such unlikely acts as Fort Collins reggae group DubSkin and rapper Big Boi.

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Sneak Peak: A distinguishing feature of Elephant Reviv-al is old-school instruments: fiddle, washboard and double bass. Why stick to strict acoustic when most bands trend to-ward remixes and some kind of electronic flair?

Daniel Rodriguez: I think it’s tough to say the exact rea-sons we’re drawn to those instruments. They’re part and parcel of who we are. You can take acoustic instruments anywhere with you – they’re always there, kind of an escape from the digital world. You can go out to a tree in the woods and start plucking away. Dynamically, we can work a lot with the acoustic instruments. There’s a lot of nuance there that can be captured.

SP: Even with all acoustic instruments, the band still sounds very modern – you aren’t just rehashing old covers or styles. Do you feel your music has a lasting quality?

DR: It does. We’re drawing from the roots of the music we’re playing, while also creating an evolution of it at the same time. The level of songwriting among all of us has cre-ativity that I hope will stand the test of time. I like the songs enough I’ll be singing them for years.

SP: Does everyone in the band share songwriting duties?DR: Yeah, we either write on our own and bring full

songs, or come up with bits and pieces and hash them out as a group. We each played in other groups or musical situ-ations before coming together: our bass player played with The Mammals, which had Pete Segeer’s grandson in it, and I played reggae out in Connecticut where I grew up.

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I t’s the mantra of athletes in nearly every high-octane

discipline: when you’re in the lead, don’t look back.

During the finals of a USA Snowboard Association (US-ASA) race last weekend in Winter Park, local ski cross up-and-comer Cristhian Ravelo gently brushed this advice aside – he couldn’t help himself. He had to look. His friend and training partner at Ski and Snowboard Club Vail, Zach Zi-olkowski, had been closing in on him.

“I thought he was right behind me because he had been there all day,” Ravelo says of the finals. “He came close to passing me once, but then I lost sight of him. I knew then something had gone wrong.”

Being in the coveted front position is nothing new for Ravelo. This neck-to-neck scenario has been repeated nu-merous times throughout the season: other racers come close to making moves on the 19-year-old Colombian native, but he almost always manages to snag a spot on the podium.

This was the case Saturday morning. Even in the qualify-ing round, Ziolkowski threatened to overtake Ravelo several times on the tight, choppy course. Ravelo held his friend at bay to qualify in the top spot, but only by the thinnest mar-gin.

Ravelo took a typically early lead and held it, with Zi-olkowski and another racer vying for second. Unlike tradi-tional alpine where the clock rules everyone, ski cross racers battle each other directly, often caroming off fellow racers while navigating gates and jumps. They’re the gladiators of the ski racing world and make passing moves at any moment – sometimes on the ground, more often in the air or after powering through a bank.

“We have a concept called ‘air sense,’ where you intuitive-

ly know where your body is when you’re off the ground,” says John Cole, SSCV’s Director of Human Performance. “It’s something most alpine racers aren’t used to – they want to get back on the ground. Ski cross forces you into the air at all times.”

As Ravelo glanced back, Ziolkowski tried to pass the sec-ond-place racer in the air. At upwards of 35 mph, the two crossed skis, catapulting Ziolkowski into a nearby net un-conscious. When patrollers arrived, he started convulsing – a dire sign of brain trauma. Ravelo watched nervously from the finish line as his friend drifted in and out of conscious-ness before being rushed to a Denver hospital. For the first time in his young career, he didn’t care about a first place finish.

“I’ve definitely seen some bad crashes and bad results, but this was the first time it happened with someone close to me,” says Ravelo, who followed the ambulance to Den-ver and waited there until Ziolkowski was released at 2 a.m. Sunday. “It really shocked me when they said things didn’t look good for Zach. You start thinking, ‘What if that hap-pened to me?’ But it’s a risk we take for what we love, for our sport.”

To hell and backDespite the physicality of the sport, most ski cross rac-

ers aren’t large or bulky, but incredibly strong and compact. Look at the Canadian-born Chris del Bosco, who trains in Vail and is considered one of the world’s best: he’s built for all-around strength to endure two-minute races with up-wards of 15 features. Cole, who trains del Bosco, calls him “an animal in the gym.” He expected the same kind of dedi-cation from Ravelo.

“I told Cristhian he would have to put himself through a certain amount of hell for this sport, and he went at it aggres-sively,” says Cole. “When he came to me, he had the back-

ground we look for. He was going to be a natural, I could tell.”

The road has been short and brutal, but Ravelo is now barely removed from del Bosco, his ski-cross idol. He has the lean frame of a converted slopestyle specialist, but started packing on mass this past summer thanks to Cole’s workouts. Ravelo joined SSCV when he was 13, just five years after his family came to Colorado from Colombia. He switched from freeskiing to racing in 2010, when he felt “burnt out” on booters and rails. It was the same year ski cross made its Olympic debut in Vancouver.

“I can’t really explain what happened when I was a ju-nior (in high school). I just lost interest in those events, but I didn’t lose a love for skiing,” Ravelo says. “I wanted to keep with it and was pumped by what I saw at the Olympics.”

Given Ravelo’s bloodline, the switch to racing – albeit a younger, more punk-inspired form – comes as little surprise. His father, Carlos, was a professional road cyclist in Colom-bia and trained often in the Rocky Mountains. (He currently works at Colorado Bike Service in Eagle-Vail.) When years of civil unrest made their hometown inescapably volatile, Carlos decided to escape the country and move to Eagle County with his wife and 8-year-old Cristhian.

“One year, they told me we were just going to Colorado for vacation. We never went back,” Ravelo says. “My family just wanted a better life for me, with more opportunities.”

With the unexpected move came a new, snow-filled land-scape, far removed from the hazy tropics of Colombia. If Ravelo had remained there, he believes he would’ve fol-lowed his father and become a professional cyclist – biking remains his favorite sport next to skiing.

“For some reason, I’ve always liked the discipline of train-ing,” Ravelo says. “Maybe it comes down to my dad being an athlete, but I’m drawn to that environment.

Colombian-born and Vail-trained, Cristhian Ravelo has been ripping up the ski cross circuit. By Phil Lindeman

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tive Sushi Chef Brendan McCue and his staff. In fact, Mc-Cue’s sushi chefs can construct a roll in 20 seconds.

While those of us who are better at consuming sushi than making it might only aspire for such skills, certainly making your own rolls is not out of reach. McCue gave SneakPEAK an expert tutorial on how to try your hand at homemade su-shi. Of course, practice makes perfect.

“We have ‘roll-offs’ with some of the new chefs. We take a look at why it looks like a sushi grenade just went off,” Mc-Cue says. “But when the fish is fresh and the knife is sharp, that’s the best day.”

1) The riceMake it sticky: This is the ingredient that will hold the

entire roll together, so making it just right is key. Any type of white rice will do, although Foxnut uses Japanese Nishiki rice. “Sticky rice” is a quality achieved by washing all the starch off the raw rice.

“At first the water will look milky. Wash and drain it sev-eral times until the water is clear,” McCue says. “It will help it get sticky. You can also soak it in water for a bit till the rice becomes an opaque white.”

Season it: Cook the rice according to the directions (in a rice cooker or on the stove), then put the rice on a cutting board or bowl for seasoning. Sprinkle with sushi rice vin-egar, sugar and salt.Carefully spread and fold the rice to coat it evenly and get out any lumps, without smashing or break-ing the grains. You want the seasoning to be just enough to give the rice a sheen, but not so much that it’s soggy.

“The trick is moisture,” says McCue. “Too much is bad, and too little and it will be like Styrofoam. It’s a science and might take a few times to get it right, but it’s not rocket sci-

ence.”When finished, let the rice cool to room temperature.

2) The fishLiving in the mountains, fresh fish can be hard to come

by. McCue ships his fish in every couple days straight from Hawaii, a luxury most of us don’t have. For sashimi-grade fish, McCue recommends Cut, an artisan meat and seafood store in Edwards. Albacore, salmon and tuna are the easiest to work with, he says.

“If you touch any fish and it’s sticky, or if it smells like fish, it’s not fresh,” he says.

Tell the store what you’re making and they’ll find the right cut. (The meat closer to the skin is good for the mashed-up

mixture that goes inside rolls.) Season the fish with spices and sauces for filling (see sidebar for Spicy Tuna Roll rec-ipe).

Vegetables: Have your vegetables cut and ready before you make the roll. Cut avocado into thin slices, and cut cu-cumber, carrots and any other vegetables into matchsticks. Rinse with water for crispiness.

3) Making the rollChoose your weapons: For cutting sushi, use a sharp,

single-beveled knife. Keep a moist rag handy to wipe off the knife after every cut.

“I dip the knife into water before starting and watch the water bead down the blade (to make sure it’s covered),” says McCue. “Make sure to wipe it after every cut, or else the rice just turns into concrete so fast, and then you’re just destroy-ing the roll.”

You’ll also need a bamboo mat (both found in Asian mar-kets or online) for rolling and sushi (seaweed) paper.

Roll away: Moisten your hands with a damp rag before handling the roll. Pat down the desired amount of rice on the sushi paper, leaving about an inch on the long ends to seal the roll. (photo 1)

Flip the sheet over so the rice is face-down on the mat. Leave 1 to 1 1/4- inch on either side of the mat. (photo 2)

Place the roll contents along the middle, starting with the avocado, then layer the cucumber and other vegetables. Last, place the fish along the center. (photo 3)

Using the mat, begin rolling both the mat and sushi into a roll. (photo 4) Use the mat to tuck and push firmly as you roll, creating a tight, neat roll with a slightly flattened bot-tom. (photo 5) Remove the mat and cut using the damp knife. (photo 6) Sprinkle with sesame seeds to serve.

Chef Brendan McCue of Foxnut shows how to make rolls like a pro. By Melanie Wong

Spicy Tuna Roll Filling -Scrape tuna meat off the skin with a spoon, or chop up the meat roughly to create a “tuna mash.” -Season the tuna to taste with Sambal or Sriracha sauce (a chili sauce in the Asian section of most markets). Mix in sesame oil, finely chopped green onion and a dash of mayonnaise.

kappa Maki rollNot a fan of fish? Try this vegetarian roll wrapped in cucumber.-Cut baked Portobello mushroom, aspara- gus, avocado and any other desired veg etables into thin slices or matchsticks.-Thinly skin a peeled cucumber to make the “sushi paper” for your roll.-Place rice and vegetables inside the peeled cucumber and roll. -Recipes courtesy of Brendan McCue

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The event will address the world’s energy challenges and solutions and showcases a wow-inducing lineup that includes: Tom Petrie, Vice Chairman of Bank of America; Jeffrey Ball, formerly The Wall Street Journal’s environ-ment editor; Ernest Moniz, Director of the Energy Initiative at MIT; and Burton Richter, Nobel Laureate in Physics and Senior Fellow at Stanford; and James Sweeney of Stanford

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The idea for the forum began as a series of breakfast con-versations almost two years ago at Vail’s West Side Café, when local notables like Jay Precourt – a Vail resident who has spent his career in energy development, founded the Precourt Energy Efficiency Center at Stanford University in 2006 and been instrumental in numerous nonprofit organi-zations in the area – and Carl Colby – an award-winning documentary filmmaker and part-time Vail resident. Colby, Precourt and a handful of some of Vail’s most influential residents, such as Harry Frampton, quickly recognized that

satisfying energy needs – now and in the long-term – might be the most pressing issue currently on the world stage, and set about bringing the pre-eminent voices of the issue to-gether for a nonpartisan exchange of ideas.

Vail the ideal spotIf tiny, out-of-the-way Vail – with its heavy focus on rec-

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Eagle County den-izens have always been known for

their love of athletic outdoor activities, but we’re not known for our love of the gym. Until recently, that is.

Several new training facilities have opened recently in the area, touting full-body work-outs that deviate from the traditional three-sets-of-bicep-curls routine.

SneakPEAK writers Melanie Wong and Larry Grossman checked out two of these new programs, Crossfit Venture in Avon and Manic Training in Edwards.

Both combine cardio, strength training, jumping drills and a group setting to create an hour-long killer of a workout meant to keep the entire body strong for both athletics and daily life.

Here’s the carnage that ensued.

Melanie Wong: Manic TrainingI wasn’t quite sure what to expect upon

entering my first Manic Training session. Boot camp? Aerobics on steroids? My fel-low classmates at the newly opened Edwards facility ranged in age from 25 to 50, from

endurance athletes to those just looking to stay in shape. Our trainer and owner of the Edwards branch, Andy Picking, was wearing a hoodie and shorts – easy-going and athlet-ic-looking, he also looked like he knew how to wield a timer.

The room was Spartan, devoid of most confusing-looking contraptions normally found in a gym, mostly lined with a lot of weights, dumbbells, medicine balls, TRX bands and a few exercise machines.

Oh, and the entire room was painted bright orange – it’s a color that says, “This is going to be intense… and it might hurt a little.”

After a warm up, we headed to the rowing machines and squared off in teams, trading out 150-meter sprints together for a total of 10 minutes. My lungs and glutes were burn-ing halfway in, but everyone was motivated to slog it out thanks to the competition.

Then came the meat of the workout – Pick-ing had set up a station for each person, with an exercise mat, a pair of weights, a medi-cine ball, and a set of steps. Six different full-body exercises were written up on the big whiteboard – they included dumbbell rows done in a push-up position, some oblique ab work using a dumbbell, and a lot of lifting and pounding down of a medicine ball. All were different, but followed the common theme of using multiple movements, balance and strength. In between each exercise, we did some fast step-ups onto the stairs and t a series of shuttle runs.

And there’s three sets of these, says Pick-

ing cheerily.After the first set, everyone’s dripping

sweat, but ready to go on, pounding out sets and sprints to Eminem. After the second, the break time was noticeably quieter, and there’s a lot more bending forward on the

knees and heavy breathing. Picking gently encourages everyone to keep at it and gives us a little prod when we start dragging our feet.

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The sets took about six or seven minutes apiece, but ev-eryone guesses about 10 minutes.

“It feels more like 20!” someone says.By the third and final set, things got considerably more

challenging. Sweat dripped off my nose as I tried to crank out another set of V-plank exercises, but my abs shook in protest. I swear someone replaced my medicine ball with a heavier one while I wasn’t looking.

Then it’s over. An hour went by way faster than I expected, and never once did I have a chance to check my watch. Ev-eryone was feeling strong and glowing from the endorphins.

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Larry Grossman: Crossfit VentureSomewhere between push up number 47 and 48 was I re-

alized that I was in the middle of the real deal. I was offered the opportunity to work out with Crossfit Venture in Avon, and coming into it, all I knew was that I was going to suffer.

I’m no gym rat, but have always pursued my personal fit-ness primarily on the bicycle during the months when the earth is dry in Eagle County. During the winters, my body enjoys time away from intense exercising and I get fat -- it helps me go downhill faster on my alpine skis. Hence, I knew this Crossfit workout would be a not only a challenge, but painful as well. I was not disappointed.

A full day after the workout, I’m convinced I tore as many muscle fibers as calories burned during the challenge, and the experience was rewarding and fantastic once completed.

When I walked through the door of the Crossfit gym in the Traer Creek Plaza in Avon, the first thing I noticed was the

simplicity of the interior. A few boxes, medicine balls, kettle bells, free weights and pull-up bars decorated the room, and the floor had been freshly cleaned. I assumed this meant large quantities of sweat had been left there prior to washing (a correct assumption.)

Melissa Matthews, co-owner of Crossfit Venture along with her husband Samuel, briefed me on what makes Cross-fit unique – each person does the same workout, working against the clock. Usually people come three times a week for an hour, and it creates some dedicated Crossfit buffs – there are even Crossfit competitions.

The vibe reminded me a great deal of what it is like to hang out at the local bike shop after a big group ride. I met some great people who like to suffer in their quest to get stronger and improve fitness. The positive vibe made for a very fun experience that could easily become addicting.

Having never participated in a group workout before, I was hoping to bring some twisted humor as well as hard work to the task at hand. Ends up I had chosen one of the more difficult sessions which required 100 pullups, pushups, situps and finally squats in 27 minutes. A “modified” version of each discipline was offered to me as a newbie.

The workout was a monster for me -- I had not done a pullup since high school, and about 40 modified pullups (I was allowed to jump off of an elevated platform) into the workout it was clear this was not going to be a disco party. The mercy flag was waved after a total of 80 pushups, when what I was doing no longer resembled a push up, but instead looked like a lake carp gasping for air.

Situps and squats were completed in a puddle of sweat that was the size of Nottingham Lake when I was done. I’m not sure my arms and shoulders have ever been more worked in my entire life as compared to this 27 minutes. The drive home to Eagle was an adventure in keeping my arms elevat-ed enough to hang onto the steering wheel and actually steer.

It was hard, really hard, and everyone completed their tasks. I left tattered, but strangely wanting to do it again. Up for the challenge? See www.crossfitventureavon.com.

SneakPEAK editor Melanie Wong and writer Larry Gross-man can be reached at Melanie@sneakpeakvail.com

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You also know that her protagonists will be independent, outdoorsy, and love-tormented characters (often delightfully defined by their pets), that many of us can identify with. But when Houston comes to The Bookworm in Edwards at 6 p.m. on March 1, you’ll see some of those recurring themes as well as a departure from her past work – quite a few “de-partures,” in fact.

“Contents May Have Shifted” is a mosaic of short, self-contained, yet interwoven memories that each correspond with a different worldly destination to which the narrator travels. The main character, Pam, is compelled by a simple motive: “When you get to a point where you think it’s all over, because some man, or some hope, or some life takes away instead of gives, get on an airplane, a small one if pos-sible, because it always works.”

In the process, she faces a crumbling relationship and the need to create a life on her own terms, and finds love and meaning in the most surprising place – in the child of one of her romantic interests. But – as with all the best books, including Houston’s – it’s the journey that’s the most fasci-nating part, as the main character crosses continents on free-spirited, far-flung adventures into both foreign cultures and the always-alien landscape of relationships.

A conversation with HoustonSneakPEAK caught up with Houston to talk about her

travels and writing.SneakPEAK: In “Contents May Have Shifted,” you de-

scribe adventurous experiences around the world -- travers-ing Alaska’s Wrangell Mountains on horseback, sipping Laotian rice-wine moonshine in Ban Xang, Hai, and out-smarting grizzly bears in Atigun Pass, Alaska. How much of this material is from actual experiences and how does reality influence your creative process?

Pam Houston: All of the places the narrator goes to, I have been to. Place is where all my writing starts. I wouldn’t set a story somewhere I haven’t been. I’ve been in crashes on commercial airlines even more times than the narrator has! I would say that for me a new landscape or a place I’ve never been before or something I’ve never tried before – an adventure of some kind, some kind of new experience in the

world – is what gets me excited about writing.SP: Your first book, the best-selling “Cowboys Are My

Weakness,” and your newest, “Contents May Have Shifted,” are very different. How has your work evolved?

PH: I think of the books similarly. “Contents May Have Shifted” is kind of a grown-up version of “Cowboys Are My Weakness.” I’m asking a different set of questions about the world, questions that don’t occur to a 25-year-old. At that point, I wanted to be outdoors, and I wanted an outdoorsy boyfriend.

“Cowboys Are My Weakness” was an experience of coming out west for the first time, trying to negotiate the landscape – both the physical landscape and emotional land-scape. This one is similar because it’s kind of following the same path, 20 years later, asking a lot of different questions but still trying to negotiate new emotional and physical land-scapes in a meaningful way.

SP: “Contents May Have Shifted” is about traveling and searching the world, but many of your books are more firmly grounded in a specific place – particularly America’s West. You make your home in Colorado part of the time (for the past 20 years at a ranch in Creede). What is your relationship

Through love and plane crashesColorado writer Pam Houston visits the Bookworm

By Kat Jahnigen

Colorado writer Pam Houston visits the Bookworm in Edwards on Thursday, March 1 to talk about her new novel, “Contents May Have Shifted.” Adam Karsten photo.

[See PAM HOUSTON, page 30]

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More than 20 teams of hors-es, riders and skiers com-

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“It went really well,” says organizer and rider Sherry Gra-ham. “I can’t believe the enthusiasm of the people who came out. It was incredible.”

The course, built near the Minturn downtown, was 820-feet long and featured three jumps, built by a crew of vol-unteers that included the racers. The race drew competitors from all over the state and even one out-of-state racer and included both first timers and experienced skijoring pros.

For those who didn’t see Minturn’s event, skijoring fea-tures teams made up of a skier pulled by a horse and rider. The team races down a snow track with a series of jumps. Skiers must complete the jumps while trying to grab sus-pended rings. The team with the fastest time and most num-ber of rings wins.

While the total amount raised for the cancer center hasn’t been tallied, Graham says she hopes the event will return next year.

“Everybody wants it again – Minturn, the contestants and the businesses were all stoked. Magusto’s (restaurant) even

sold out of beer.”Skijoring action continues this weekend with the Lead-

ville skijoring contest March 4 to March 5 in downtown Leadville. The contest has been going since 1949, making it one of the premiere events in the country.

Organizer, rider and skier Paul Copper says he expects at least 40 teams to participate.

“It’s a pretty unique event,” says the Leadville native. “The jumps in the pro category are 6 to 7 feet high, and when the skiers are hitting that at 60 mph, it’s pretty exciting to watch. No one really builds them like we do.”

Leadville’s event will be held on its main street, Harrison Ave. and has categories for children, sport, pro and legends. Copper says newcomers are welcome. Just bring your horse or skis and get in it, he says.

“Once you ski in skijoring, and feel that adrenaline pull of the horse and feel that power, there’s nothing like it, “ he says. “Some guys come from a high-caliber (ski) racing background, but that 15 seconds being pulled by the horse is the most adrenaline-pumping experience you’ll ever know.”

For more information or to register for a category, go to www.visitleadvilleco.com.

Skijoring resultsSport division winners

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Sunday: Will James and partner (not in

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First Minturn skijoring event a success, more coming to Leadville this weekend. Story by Melanie Wong. Photo by Zach Mahone.

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It’s winter, and let’s face it, it can be hard to keep as trim during the cold, snowy months as we are in the sum-mer – not to mention that work, family and life in gen-eral can take priority over

our fitness goals.Having goals is very important, whether you are training

for an IronMan or you just want to feel better in your day-to-day life. Goal setting and consistent action towards this goal is a recipe for success.

A common and practical goal is to lower your “body fat percentage,” (i.e. turn fat into lean muscle). The benefit of having less fat and more lean muscle mass is substantial and can be appreciated no matter what your level of athleticism. Often people want to decrease body fat for aesthetic reasons, but it’s also a valuable health goal and the benefits include decreased cardiovascular risk and lesser chance of chronic disease such as diabetes.

Here’s a look at how you can increase your metabolism, lean out and reach your fitness goals through high-intensity workouts.

What is metabolism?

Metabolism, simply put, is the chemical process of turning a fuel source (fat, carb, or protein) into energy for the body. It’s true -- as we get older, our metabolism begins to slow down. However, this can mostly be attributed to a general decrease in the amount of regular physical activity. When other parts of life take up our time, we quickly get into a situ-ation of having an excess of calories, which are then stored as fat.

In order to burn up this fat, the energy output for the day must exceed the energy input. To lean out, the amount of energy expended during the day should be greater than the amount of calories you have taken in, taking into consid-eration each individual’s basal metabolic rate (calories needed to sustain your body per day, excluding exercise.) There are ways to boost the metabolism, and continue to fuel the body’s energy needs with the fat stores for many hours throughout the day.

“I’m in my fat burning zone”Yes, there is such thing as a “fat burning zone,” which is

accessed at a lower respiratory rate. During an activity in this lower intensity zone, such as going for a brisk walk, fat is being burned at a higher percentage.

However, the often overlooked variable is the total amount of calories burned. During higher intensity exercise, the to-tal amount of calories expended increases dramatically. And even though the percentage of fat burned will be lower, the total calories burned will be effective in your fat loss goals.

Additionally, there is “excess post-exercise oxygen con-sumption” (EPOC). EPOC helps with recovery and has many responsibilities, but simply put, it is used to bring en-ergy systems back to a pre-exercise state. So after a chal-

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As this rate slowly returns to a resting level, the body con-tinues to consume oxygen at a higher rate and burns fat mol-ecules for fuel. This EPOC process doesn’t occur too much in lower intensity exercise, but in challenging bouts of exer-cise, it can last up to 16 hours. Effectively, this is a great way to raise your metabolism to reach your fitness goals.

HIIT it hard!What is a HIIT (high-intensity interval training) workout?

For novice athletes, this can be anything that gets you breath-ing hard and gets oxygen-rich blood pumping throughout your system. A higher intensity workout will result in more of an oxygen deficit and create the EPOC scenario stated above. This means that a greater number of calories will continue to be burned after the workout is over. Two or three HIIT workouts per week are enough to stoke the metabo-lism. The EPOC effect increases with the intensity and the duration of the exercise.

Resistance circuit training or cycling or treadmill intervals with limited recovery are great ways to do this. Combining these interval workouts with a consistent cardio program is an extremely effective way to boost metabolism.

Consistently starting your day with a high intensity work-out, and eating a healthy diet with an eye on total caloric in-take will result in a leaner body composition, something that is of tremendous benefit to overall health as well as athletic performance.

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No matter the sport, Ravelo always felt the pull to become an athlete. It’s a thirst Cole rec-ognized almost immediately when Ravelo asked to switch disciplines, which made it easier for Cole to mold a former freestyler the rigid structure of a race course.

“I had to do something which is totally backwards from what I normally do – I had to teach him to race,” Cole says. “He’s slowly getting better with race strategy, and he’s incred-ibly fast and comfortable with the unknowns.”

Destination: SochiAt a little over halfway through the season, Ravelo has amassed five podium finishes,

including the first place win last Saturday. Despite the unsettling effects of Ziolkowski’s near-disastrous crash, Ravelo is more dedicated than ever to ski cross. He’s passionate for the sport and has set a reachable goal: to represent Colombia at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

“I don’t want to just make it to the Olympics. I want to medal,” Ravelo says. “That’s what I want and need.”

If – or, more likely, when – Ravelo goes to Sochi, he will only be in his fourth season of racing. He competed for the first time in the U.S. Grand Prix this February, taking an admi-rable 24th-place finish against a field stacked with internationally ranked racers, including del Bosco. For Cole, Ravelo’s promising results this year are a welcome sign of a budding world-class racer, and far from a complete surprise.

“I’d never been presented with a situation like we had with Cristhian,” Cole says. “He’d already been marked as an incredible freeride athlete and has made the switch to racing effortlessly. Great athletes can adapt to any environment. I have no doubt he’ll succeed.”

SneakPEAK writer Phil Lindeman can be reached at philip@sneakpeakvail.com

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Isi Thompson is quick to tell you she’s far from artistic. Funny thing is, most people who know the longtime Gyp-sum resident would respectfully disagree, citing her feverish love of quilting. And make no mistake – she’s good.

“My husband and kids are very artsy, but I never was,” says Thompson, who made her first hobby quilt from a mail-order kit roughly four years ago and has crafted several dozen since. “I was shocked that I made something that first time. Now, I’m like the Energizer Bunny – I just keep going and going with it. I found my niche with quilting.”

After that first design – a blue and yellow throw-sized quilt she stills proudly uses – Thompson quickly upgraded to a quilting machine. When she wanted to take part in a 10-day mission trip to rural India last November, she worked her fingers nearly to the bone making quilts to cover travel expenses. She sold them to her fellow parishioners at Trinity Church in Edwards, which sponsored the annual trip, and quickly raised close to $1,500 – half of the amount needed for the mission.

“Some people can write a $3,000 check to go, but Isi couldn’t do that,” says Ethan Moore, pastor at Trinity Church. “She worked hard for the chance to go on this trip. She took the initiative.”

Moore has known Thompson the entire 16 years he’s lived in Eagle County. He cheerfully recalls their first meeting, when Thompson worked for Vail Resorts and Moore was a landscape architect. Thanks to their longstanding friendship, Moore was hardly surprised by Thompson’s dedication to the mission trip, which was the furthest abroad she had ever been.

“There are few people in the world I love more than Isi,” Moore says. “I’ve known her for so long, professionally and personally, and she’s just an exceptional person. She’s been through a lot and means the world to many people.”

The trip of a lifetime Thompson doesn’t brag about her panache for fundraising

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“I knew this was what I was supposed to be doing and where I was supposed to be going,” says Thompson, who knew if she wasn’t able to sell enough quilts, she wasn’t meant to make the trip. “It felt right to me. When you do something like that, it’s humbling. You feel incredible hav-ing something you did all for yourself.”

This quiet modesty is a trademark for Thompson, whose overall personality is anything but quiet. The Colorado na-tive was born in the Denver suburb of Arvada and moved to the valley more than three decades ago, bringing with her an easygoing demeanor and love for the Rocky Mountains. She’s quick with a smile and laugh – the kind of warm, full sound that immediately attracted Moore – and, perhaps a bit surprisingly, doesn’t consider herself very interesting. Men-tion that people around Gypsum vividly remember her self-lessness and quick wit, and that laugh comes out again in full force.

Behind it, though, is the ghost of a recent trauma. Her hus-band, Terry, died suddenly of a heart attack in 2008 while running the Gypsum Days footrace. It came as an utter sur-prise to Thompson and her two grown children, Eric and Nikki.

“That was his thing, to go running,” Thompson says with sadness of someone who has accepted a loss, yet still feels slighted. “It was just something he loved.”

The trip to India came at an important time for Thomp-son: she was far enough removed from her husband’s death to consider it a new, exciting experience. Her children con-vinced her to go, arguing it would be good for her to travel outside of the United States.

“I’m not a traveler. My kids said I needed to expand my boundaries when I thought going to California was a long way to travel and meet people,” Thompson says. Along with a handful of parishioners from a church in Louisiana, folks from Trinity Church travel annually to Linch, an agricultural village of 10,000 people in the Indian state of Gujarat. The people there are known as the Dalit, described by Moore as

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was little room for extra luggage, and she admits it wasn’t the point of the trip – but instead spent the bulk of her time at a local aid clinic. She stayed with the children before vol-unteer doctors gave them checkups. It wasn’t a far stretch for Thompson, who was involved with Boy Scouts when her son Eric was young, and quickly took over the Vacation Bible School program at the urging of her daughter, who runs the youth ministry at Trinity.

“It was a great experience,” Thompson says. “The people there are a beautiful, colorful people. You could spend all the time in the world over there and just want to help more.”

Planting the seedAlthough Thompson is still pained by her husband’s

death, she saw it as an opportunity to further serve others. Terry was an organ donor, and after he died, Thompson quickly signed up with the Donor Alliance. She hands out

information at local health fairs and other events, including last year’s Gypsum Days.

Despite this wealth of community activity, Thompson be-lieves she doesn’t volunteer as much as others. Not that her time is spent aimlessly wandering: she holds a full-time job as an administrative assistant with an Eagle-based CPA – “I don’t balance books, that’s for sure,” she laughs – and stays in regular contact with her children.

But the November mission trip gave her an itch for further travel. A lady from the Louisiana church founded a program in Honduras that teaches local women the basics of cosme-tology and sewing – just steps removed from quilting.

“I wouldn’t say I’m on fire to go to the same place, but it perked my interest in the Honduras opportunity,” Thompson says. “It was something that felt important to me. You could say I have the bug.”

SneakPEAK writer Phil Lindeman can be reached at philip@sneakpeakvail.com

Local Gypsum resident, Isi Thompson works with Indian children in the eyeglass clinic during a mission trip. Photo special to SneakPEAK.

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This weekend, 165 young athletes from the Rocky Mountain and Central divisions of the United States Ski Association (USSA) will arrive to compete at Vail’s Golden Peak from March 4 to March 10.

The J3 championships are the biggest race of the season for many 13-to-14 year-old skiers from 12 states, competing in downhill, Super-G, giant sla-lom and slalom.

“This championship event is the season’s culmi-nation of hard work and training for those partici-pating,” says Ski and Snowboard Club Vail (SSCV) spokesman Peter Alexander.

The racers all had to qualify throughout the sea-son to compete in the Vail event, and Alexander says that in regards to the number of skiers attend-ing, the race will be one of the biggest held on Vail Mountain throughout the season, behind the na-

tional-caliber NorAm races held last month.Of the competing athletes, 29 racers are from

SSCV.In the girls division are Megan McGrew, Rachael

Desrochers, Heidi Livran, Abigail Murer, Camilla Trapness, Katelin Hennum, Anna Martin, Skylar Chaney, Whitney Merriman, Sarah Tyree (quali-fied, but injured), Sasha Horn, Lauren Viola, Haily Norvell and Ruby Black.

SSCV boys include Logan Martin, Ryan Collins, Riley Kilgore, Tagert Mueller, Luke Vickerman, Ryan Schmidt, Colin Suszynski, River Radamus, Paul Cuthbertson, Colbey Derwin, Quintin Cook, Keenan Zopf, Jack Keane (qualified, but injured), Sands Simonton and Ryan Collins.

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By Melanie Wong

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Tune your skis and don your race suit: it’s Fuxi time.

The fifth annual FuxiTime Super Combi ski race arrives at Ski Cooper outside of Leadville this Sun-day, March 4, sponsored by Franz Fuchsberger and his Edwards-based race shop, Fuxi Racing USA.

The single-day race series begins at 9 a.m. with a Super-G, followed by slalom at 1 p.m. Racing is open to men and women over the age of 18, but just about anyone is invited to the swarm of mer-chant tents, awards ceremony and other activities.

“We’re about the community, and this race is our way of reaching out,” says Fuchsberger (Fuxi.) “It’s fun, but serious, and a great way to support the lo-cal club.”

All proceeds from the $30 entry fee go to Lead-

ville’s hometown alpine club, the Cloud City Ski Club Youth Racing Program. Along with the entry fee, skiers are required to purchase a $30 lift ticket, and can register the morning of at the Ski Cooper Lodge between 7:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m.

Fuxi doesn’t exaggerate when he calls the super combi a serious event. It takes the best combined times of both races, and the ski area’s Blackpowder Race Arena is not for the faint of heart. Organizers expect upwards of 100 racers to show on Sunday, including some of the valley’s leanest and meanest.

“I would love to win my own event, but there are much better racers than Fuxi,” Fuxi says. It’s the truth: in four years, he’s never had the honor of placing his name on the custom-made trophy.

In typically unpredictable Fuxi fashion, the race puts a few unexpected twists on the typical combi

format. After the morning Super-G, the top 15 racers are lumped together in an “Elite Class,” re-gardless of age. These speed demons race last in the slalom run. The combi also includes a team portion, where four racers can lump together their best times to challenge other teams.

After the racing ends at 3 p.m., the party begins at the Ski Cooper Lodge, where winners will re-ceive trophies and others are eligible to win prizes. And for anyone who knows Fuxi, there will be plenty of his signature goulash.

“Have a little goulash, have little beer, enjoy some oom-pah music and come to the races,” Fuxi says. “This really is a big highlight of the season for us.”

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By Phil Lindeman

SneakPEAK writer Phil Lindeman can be reached at philip@sneakpeakvail.com

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The word loyalty has nearly lost its meaning in today’s professional sports world.

Blame the millionaire players or blame the bil-lionaire owners, but the fans ultimately get the short end of the stick when

a team “rebuilds” or a player “takes his talents” elsewhere. Fans want the good times to never end and the bad times to be nonexistent. Of course that’s not how sports or life work.

During my less-than-spectacular Little League baseball days, my dad used to say, “Don’t worry, even Pete Rose strikes out every once in awhile.”

I would watch games on TV, but never really saw Char-lie Hustle get caught looking or swing and miss. Along those lines, Larry Bird never had bad games or couldn’t find his jump shot. Both players simply seemed to win and excel at all times. Obviously those players weren’t perfect, but to thousands of their loyal fans, they were.

It’s hard to think of most professional players glow-ingly when they blame coaches and teammates for losses, hold press conferences to hear themselves (and then oth-ers) talk, and bolt when the chips are down. Today when a player signs his rookie contract, both he and his agent

are already looking forward to the moment when they can begin negotiating a new deal. Whether the player re-signs with his current team or hits the open market in free agen-cy, the goal is always getting that next contract. That new deal might be in a bigger city with brighter lights, or it might come courtesy of the chance to play on a better team with your buddies.

But when it does come, you can bet the player is go-ing to be signing with the highest bidder. Loyalty to the organization that drafted you, the teammates who went to battle with you, and the coaches who spent countless hours working and thinking about you take a distant backseat to the bigger money some other place offers.

Owners and franchises are often just as lacking in loy-alty, and even more ruthless. Professional organizations want state taxpayers to foot much of the bill for multi-billion-dollar stadiums and arenas. When such initiatives fail, owners play to fans’ deepest fears by threatening to move to another city. NFL teams use running backs like Monopoly money.

They grind their rushers into the ground and then instead of signing them to a lucrative extension after the player far exceeds expectations, they place the franchise tag on them (so they can get one more year out of them on the cheap), draft a replacement and discard them.

Ask any Bears fan if they think Matt Forte deserves a new contract, and they’ll say “yes.” Ask the same fan if Chicago is going to give Forte what he’s looking for or franchise him while drafting his eventual replacement in late April -- and you will know the answer before they can even get that disgusted look on their face.

In the NBA, individual players are marketed more than the teams and organizations themselves. Once a player’s

popularity and jersey sales drop, they become expendable. Production on the court is great, but if that doesn’t coincide with increased ticket sales or nationally televised games, that player will be on his way out of town. The Lakers are going to trade Pau Gasol, one of the best offensive big men in the game and a major factor in their championship drive just two years ago, because it’s time for L.A. to make another media splash.

Despite the actions of players and owners, fans will al-ways show up on game day or tune in on television. India-napolis fans will miss Peyton Manning (and cheer for him wherever he finishes his career), but root for the Horse-shoe. St. Louis Cardinals fans will celebrate their 11th World Series title despite not having Albert Pujols playing first base. Packers and Vikings fans alike cringed at the first sight of Brett Favre in purple, but eventually got over it (almost). Eventually even Cleveland fans would wel-come back LeBron James. Too bad they won’t be able to unburn those thousands of #23 jerseys!

Fans love the game, but they love their teams even more. After all, the fans are the paying customers, the season ticket holders, and the dedicated enthusiasts who brave the elements and sport the team logo on a good portion of their wardrobe year round.

In the cut-throat business world of sports, does the final score and state-of-the-team matter more to the fans than it does to the actual players and organizations? It sure seems like it sometimes.

Sneak Peak columnist Patrick Whitehurst can be reached at info@sneakpeakvail.com

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“We’re vulnerable before we sleep to all kinds of distrac-tions,” says Jesse Neidt, an intuitive counselor at Mountain Living Body Spa in Eagle. “You see this with kids and mon-sters under the bed. When we’re grown ups, it changes, but the idea is the same: are you paying bills in bed or watching something on TV? These things have a similar effect.”

As an intuitive counselor, Neidt works with children, in-jured athletes and other local clients to identify haphazard energy – say, the out-of-sync feelings caused by Attention Deficit Disorder or a car wreck. This process of grounding energy, also called “connecting,” is described by Neidt as “getting in tune with yourself,” and can be a starting point to address a slew of sleep-related issues.

“Everything has energy: food, places, people. When someone has an issue, they are generally battling stuck en-ergy,” Neidt says. “Awareness is key. Sleep isn’t just a thing at night – it’s a pattern you get into. We want to incorporate it into life as a routine, just like exercise or eating habits. You can’t think of it as something you only have time for occasionally. ”

Neidt’s advice isn’t solely for followers of alternative, new-age type healing. Sleep is when the body shuts down and prepares for the next day – at the core, it’s nature’s way of making sure we ground our energy on a regular basis (nightmares not included). Neidt says finding a sleep “ritual” – brushing your teeth, taking a shower, putting on lotion – can prep the body for sleep, just as working out gets athletes ready for competition.

“These rituals are vital and prepare your body for relax-ation,” Neidt says, noting the routine can help people who only get rest in spurts, such as night workers and bartenders.

“It could even change from year to year. It’s about finding something that works for you.”

Calm your mindAs any life-long insomniac or red-eyed parent will attest,

finding time for the recommended eight hours of sleep every night is a tall order. Rituals can prepare the body for night-time, but what if you hit the pillow and still can’t drift away?

Stacy Horn, a mental health professional with Family Room Colorado in Edwards, recommends self-hypnosis to clients who have sleep woes. It’s a three-step process: first, breathe deeply through the nose until your lungs are full. Hold the breath for four to five seconds while counting slow-ly in your head. When finished, release the breath and empty your lungs fully. After years of using the method, Horn says she rarely makes it through 10 cycles before falling asleep.

“What I teach is to really concentrate on each breath,” Horn says. “Just focusing on the process is important.”

Tipe for a good night’s sleepBy Phil Lindeman

Better sleep through feet

Intuitive counselor Jesse Neidt says an enormous amount of energy is stored in our feet. “I do a lot of footwork with my clients who have trouble calming and rest-ing because this helps ground their energy,” Neidt says. “Grounding your energy is an effective way to prepare for a good night’s sleep.” Neidt shares a few foot-related tips for bedtime.Paint your nails: It melds a personal foot massage with a mental wind-down. Paint in your room without distractions like TV.Apply lotion: Another DIY foot massage that concentrates your attention on a single activity.Walk in sand: Vail is far from a beach, but sifting your toes through a small amount of sand in a bucket before bed is relaxing.

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Thursday, March 1Gypsum Creek Golf Course opening dayThe Gypsum Creek Golf Course anticipates opening for the spring season, weather depending. Opening day will feature several golfing specials -- $25 for Monday through Thurs-day, and $39 for Friday through Sunday. Rate includes green fees, golf cart and range balls.

Thursday, March 1Kids bowl free at the Back BowlEagle’s Back Bowl lets kids bowl free with a paying adult. See www.thebackbowl.com for more info.

Thursday, March 1Snowball kick-off partyAvon’s second annual SnowBall music fest kicks off with Trampled by Turtles, Elephant Revival and Bonfire Dub playing at the Vilar Center at Beaver Creek. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 and are available at www.vilarpac.org, by phone at 888-920-2787 or in person at the VPAC Box Office in Beaver Creek or Marketplace Box Office in Vail Village.

Thursday, March 1Unlimited Adventure: Stefani Jackenthal lectureAdventure and wine journalist, author and endurance racer Stefani Jackenthal presents “The Underbelly of Adventure Journalism” lecture as part of the Vail Symposium’s series. She’ll share stories from winning a six-day running race across the Kalahari Desert in South Africa and her part in mountaineering movie “Blindsight.” Lecture is free at 6:30 p.m. at the Donovan Pavilion in Vail.

Friday, March 2 to Sunday, March 4Snowball Music Festival in AvonThis eclectic music festival kicks off Friday with acts that include Snoop Dogg, Bassnectar, Big Boi, Rusko and The Head and the Art. Main events are at Avon’s Nottingham Park. For ticket and lineup info see www.snowballmusic-festival.com.

Friday, March 2Snowball after partiesThe party continues after the music stops in Nottingham Park, with performances from some Snowball artists. Locations include West Vail’s Sandbar with music from MartyParty, Ana Sia and J Wail, Agave in Avon featuring Diplo, Cassian and Pictureplane, Avon’s Loaded Joe’s featuring Helicopter Showdown, Cobraconda, Omega & T. Huxxtable, and Vail’s Samana featuring Wolf + Lamb vs. Soul Clap.

Friday, March 210th Mountain Division Veteran TalkCome out to the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Museum in Vail Village on Fridays from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. to hear from 10th Mountain division veterans. Suggested donation is $5. Please call ahead at 970-476-1876.

Friday, March 2Family Friday Afternoon Club at Beaver CreekAn après ski activity for families that teaches safety and promotes fun. Meet ski patrol, demos by the Beaver Creek avalanche dogs and tour a snow cat. Music, activities and other events start in the green space behind McCoy, left of Centennial Express 6 from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Friday, March 2Jim Carstensen at Alpine TavernLive music goes from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at East Vail’s Alpine Tavern.

Saturday, March 3 & Sunday, March 4Leadville SkijoringThis captivating winter sport is as much fun to watch as it

is to participate. Horse and rider pull a skier down snow-packed main street Leadville over jumps while spearing sus-pended rings. Skijoring events begin at 11 a.m. with other festivities including sledding and Nordic sprints throughout the day. For more info see www.visitleadvilleco.com.

Saturday, March 3 & Sunday, March 4High Tea at Last Course Dessert BarAfternoon tea with English tea and petite treats from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Last Course Dessert Bar in Edwards. Call 970-926-1979.

Saturday, March 3Pink Vail fundraiserJoin the world’s largest ski/snowboard fundraiser for breast cancer on Vail Mountain. Events include the Checkpoint Challenge with incredible prizes, the Celebration Ski Down and free Concert by Gomez in Vail Square at the Arrabelle in Lionshead. For more info see www.pinkvail.com.

Saturday, March 3Beaver Creek Talon’s ChallengeThis annual event challenges skiers and riders to complete 13 black and double-black diamond runs for a total of more than 24,000 vertical feet. Complete the challenge and earn your spot on the Talons list of fame. Sign up or get more info at www.talonschallenge.com.

Saturday, March 3Burton Snowball Party at AgaveDoors open at 9 p.m. at Avon’s Agave with music featur-ing DADA Life, Dillion Francis, and special guest Cherub. Event is for 21 and up only.

Saturday, March 3Snowball after partiesPerformance and party locations include West Vail’s Sand-bar featuring Gramatik, Super Vision, Paul Basic and Mo Rockin, West Vail’s Samana featuring Bag Raiders and Plas-tic Plates, and Avon’s Loaded Joe’s featuring Robotic Pirate Monkey, Crushendo and Mikey Thunder.

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Saturday, March 3Nick Steingart at Alpine TavernLive music goes from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at East Vail’s Alpine Tavern.

Saturday, March 3 & Sunday, March 4Global Energy Forum at the VilarThe Vail Global Energy Forum is dedicated to the search for sustainable solutions regarding how to produce enough clean, cost-efficient energy from reliable sources to power our global economy. Beaver Creek will host both local ex-perts and nationally recognized innovators in the field in this two-day conference. See www.vvf.org for ticket and sched-ule information.

Sunday, March 4International relations lecture: India and China -- “Frenemies?”The Vail Syposium hosts a lecture entitled “Frenemies? Are China and India Destined for Conflict?” Janie Metzl leads the discussion at Game Creek Club in Vail at 12:30 p.m.. Tickets: $65/$55 for symposium donors, price includes lunch. For more info see www.vailsymposium.org.

Sunday, March 4Kids’ Talons Challenge at Beaver CreekFor the first time, young rippers can test their skills with their

own new Kids’ Talons Challenge. For ages 5-12 with a mini-mum skill level of 4, this event is designed to allow young skiers and riders tackle terrain suited to their skill level on Beaver Creek’s runs. Event is limited to 500 participants. See www.talonschallenge.com

Sunday, March 4Snowball after partiesNight parties continue after the Snowball concerts. Loca-tions include Avon’s Loaded Joe’s featuring Break Science, Afroman, Smalltown DJ’s, Human Agency, Tatanka, Ape Tit & Guests, Avon’s Agave featuring BoomBox, Two Fresh, American Loyalty and West Vail’s Sandbar featuring Min-nesota, Griz and Satori.

Monday, March 5Boz Scaggs at the VilarGrammy Award winning artist, Boz Scaggs, and his band will hit the road in 2012, performing the best known songs of his career. Born in Texas and raised with an abiding re-spect for a wide spectrum of American roots music, Scaggs has combined rock, jazz, R&B and blues to create a trade-mark sound. Tickets are $115/$135 (based on seating) and are available at www.vilarpac.org, by phone at 888-920-2787 or in person at the VPAC Box Office in Beaver Creek or Marketplace Box Office in Vail Village.

Monday, March 5Open Mic Night at SandbarOpen Mic Night presented by Oskar Blues at Vail’s Sandbar is hosted by Steve Corr. Bring your insturment and the Sand-bar will provide everything else, including drink specials.

Monday, March 5Ski Tours with KittyMeet at 9:45 a.m. at the Golden Peak Riva Bahn on Vail Mountain for a ski tour with a local. Must have ski pass or lift ticket. Suggested donation is $10.

Monday, March 5Ski with a ranger at Beaver CreekAt 1:30 p.m., meet at the Beaver Creek Ski Patrol Headquar-ters to ski with a Forest Service Ranger as your guide. The free 45-minute ski tour goes on beginner and intermediate trails.

Tuesday, March 6The Yale SpizzwinksCome listen to America’s first and oldest underclassman a cappella group at Beaver Creek. Since 1914, they have en-tertained audiences around the world with a unique blend of harmony and humor. They perform at 3:30 p.m. at Beaver Creek Plaza.

Wednesday, March 7“Miss Representation” film at the VilarWritten and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, this film exposes how mainstream media contribute to the under-rep-resentation of women in positions of power and influence in America. Film includes stories from teenage girls and pro-vocative interviews with politicians, journalists, entertain-ers, activists and academics. Proceeds benefit GirlPowHER, a project of the Youth Foundation. Show starts at 6:30 p.m. and tickets are $20 in advance; $25 at the door or $45 (Pre-miere/VIP) and are available at www.vilarpac.org, by phone at 888-920-2787 or in person at the VPAC Box Office in Beaver Creek or Marketplace Box Office in Vail Village.

group, which lends it a certain uniqueness you don’t find elsewhere.

SP: Reggae is an interesting place to start for a folk musi-cian. How’d you get into that?

DR: I played rhythm guitar and bass backing up a guy from Suriname, and it was the origins of my interest in being in a band. I still love reggae and am really drawn to it. There was something about that real rootsy island stuff I enjoy, the thick reggae bass lines with good vocal harmonies. I’m not a fan of the homogenized reggae.

SP: Elephant Revival hits the touring and festival circuit pretty hard. Can you credit this dedication for the band’s rapid success?

DR: I would certainly say the touring and hard work has paid off, but it does that in any field. If you dedicate your days and hours to what you do, it’s going to pay off some-how. Us getting out there and driving to small town across the country made people familiar with who we are and our vibe. Back in the ‘50s and ‘60s, you didn’t have to do that because your album was in every store. Now, you have to basically show up on people’s doorsteps.

SneakPEAK writer Phil Lindeman can be reached at philip@sneakpeakvail.com

Snowball music highlights

Three days, four stages and 80 acts: Snowball Music Festival is a beast of epic

proportions. Here are highlights from the weekend.

For a full schedule, see snowballmusicfestival.com

Friday, March 21 p.m. – Bonfire Dub and Avon Elementary “School of Rock,” Main Stage2:30 p.m. – The Acidophiles, Heat Hut4 p.m. – Elephant Revival, Main Stage5:30 p.m. – Hollogramz, Heat Hut7:45 p.m. – MiMOSA, Groove Tent8:45 p.m. – Rusko, Main Stage9 p.m. – Deer Tick, Ballroom

Saturday, March 3Noon – Sun Squabi, Ballroom1:45 p.m. – Figure, Groove Tent3 p.m. – Break Science ft. Chali 2na (of Jurassic 5), Groove Tent4:15 p.m. – My Goodness, Ballroom5:30 p.m. – The Kooks, Main stage6:15 p.m. – Dada Life, Groove Tent7 p.m. – TV on the Radio, Main Stage8 p.m. – Ghostland Observatory, Groove Tent8:45 p.m. – Snoop Dogg, Main Stage

Sunday, March 412:45 p.m. – Stephan Jacobs, Groove Tent1:15 p.m. – Tribes, Main Stage2:15 p.m. – Two Fresh, Groove Tent2:30 p.m. – Gosteffects, Heat Hut3:15 p.m. – Minnesota, Groove Tent3:45 p.m. – Secret guest (announced that after-noon), Main Stage4:15 p.m. – Boombox, Groove Tent5:30 p.m. – The Motet, Ballroom6:30 p.m. – Bassnectar, Main Stage

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A good chunk of Horn’s clients have battled alcohol ad-diction for many years and fell into the habit of using booze to sleep. Horn says this not only unwise, but doesn’t actually work – knocking the brain out isn’t the same as natural sleep and can have long-lasting consequences.

“That constant use of alcohol not only leads to depen-dence and abuse, but possibly depression over time,” Horn says. “One of the biggest things I hear is simply, ‘I don’t sleep.’ Any addiction can disrupt regular patterns and leave you drained or anxious.”

Unlike substances, hypnosis almost immediately settles electrical activity in the brain down to alpha waves – one of the most calmed states we can be in before sleep. Alpha waves are the final stage before light sleep of theta waves and the all-important delta waves, which only appear with several hours of uninterrupted sleep.

“Sleep deprivation can lead to anxiety, irritability, depres-

sion and alcohol and drug abuse,” Horn says. “It’s never too late to develop healthy new sleep habits, particularly ones that you have complete control over.”

Revamp your sleep spaceIf you feel grounded but still have issues falling asleep,

Neidt recommends taking a look at your bedroom. This doesn’t require an expensive renovation, but it may require a few sacrifices, especially for screen lovers.

“Often times, when we are over-stimulated during the day we have trouble ‘shutting down’ when it’s time to sleep,” Neidt says. “Clearing the following things out of your rest-ing space will help – computer, TV, work-related materials and exercise equipment. All these things have active and stimulating energy, and would be better placed in a room outside of your resting place.”

Once your bedroom is free of distracting objects, replace

them with more appropriate ones. Neidt recommends live plants and warm colors. For those who insist on keeping a TV in the bedroom, placing it inside an armoire or closing TV stand helps.

As Neidt and Horn point out, sleep is an integral part of overall health. Just as it’s easy to choose fast food over a homemade meal, it’s easy to push sleep aside. But once the effort has been made and a routine is set, both believe well-being will follow.

“This should be an easy, stress-free process,” Neidt says. “We’ve heard simple solutions before, but we put them aside or say it’s not possible to remove all the distractions. It takes conscious effort, but it’s worth it in the end.”

SneakPEAK writer Phil Lindeman can be reached at philip@sneakpeakvail.com

green project, directed by local builder, R.A. Nelson, has already received countless awards and environmental certifications, including the Governor’s Energy Office High Performance Building Design Grant, and is currently a candidate for Platinum LEED certification, a pres-tigious designation that demonstrates “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.” At the campus, 35 percent of electricity comes from on-site solar photovoltaic panels and 20 percent of heating from geothermal systems.

Markian Feduschak, Executive Director of Walking Mountains, will be attending part of the forum, along with about seven others from the nonprofit.

“One of the topics of the forum is the transition from carbon-based energy to more sus-tainable technologies,” says Feduschak. “One of our objectives at the science center is to use as many sustainable technologies as possible, so this is very interesting to us.”

Locals take partFeduschak adds that Precourt - whose generous support of Walking Mountains led to the

dedication of one the campus’s primary buildings as “Precourt Mountain Discovery Center” – not only helped spearhead the creation of the forum but is making it possible for a number of local individuals and organizations, like Walking Mountains, to participate.

Feduschak is excited about opportunities to improve work in the Vail Valley as a result of attending the conference this weekend.

“Part of our curriculum is a renewable energy resource curriculum. The most knowledge-

able people in the field will be coming (to Vail) to speak about this (energy) transition,” he says. “Our teachers are able to attend, and anything they learn will directly improve their curriculum. Our youth program director sits on the Eagle County Schools Science Curricu-lum Committee, so this information can help inform the work they’re doing as well.”

The forum is not just for scientists, educators and energy developers, however. One of the primary goals of the conference is to offer all attendees practical ideas for decreasing energy consumption in homes and offices and to lower monthly bills.

“Vail has a very vibrant community, a population with a lot of curiosity, people with – at least one foot – if not both feet in the real world,” says Colby. “They are problem solvers, looking for solutions.”

The Vail Global Energy Forum will take place from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 3 and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 4 at the Vilar Center in Beaver Creek. Tickets are $100. For additional information, call 970-845-8497 or visit www.vailglobalenergyfo-rum.com.

SneakPEAK writer Kat Jahnigen can be reached at info@sneakpeakvail.com

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Young writers’ cornerPoems from Homesteak Peak local middle school students

Diamond

A diamond is a Teardrop of a

Beautiful maidenWho’s given up,

And now only naps in herTower, waiting for Mr. Charming.

A diamond is The perfectness of aBeautiful lie, withAll its shininess

We cover up for truthsWe don’t want to live.

A diamond Is the star you

Catch in your eyeWhen a baby laughsAnd you feel warm,Like hot chocolate

Next to the fireplace.

A diamondIs a raindropThat makes a

Flower blossom,To bring back

Beautiful smilesThat go onFor miles.

-Karen Marquez, Homestake Peak School

The Outdoors

The outdoors is an adventure you choose,There are so many things you can do.

The outdoors is a box of Legos.You can build something you never noticed.

The outdoors is a wonderful book.You’re so anticipated to take a look.The outdoors is a magic eight ball.

You can or can’t predict when you’ll take a fall.The outdoors is a Rubik’s Cube.

It’s a puzzle that you never knew.The outdoors is a never-ending movie.

You never know what you will see.The outdoors is a magical door.

That will show you everything and more.

-Eliot Hutchinson, Homestake Peak School

Advice from a Waterfall

Dear Strangers,Always allow yourself to flow freely,Work your way to the ending point,

See amazing sites on the way.Make the biggest splash, whoosh, swish

That you can.Achieve your goals.

Go with the flow.There may be rough water on the way

But,If you keep trying, you will achieve your

goals.Many majestic, marvelous, magical colors

Will come near you,

Let them.Never let some rock get in your way.

Achieve your goals.Don’t fear the fall,

Just let the water take youWhere you belong.

Sincerely,Waterfalls

-Lindsay Foley, Homestake Peak School

The DogIn Memory of Dewey Mayer

A dog is all of your love.When you take care of him,

He will be as sweet as a dove.A dog is your ball.

The ball he plays with all day.The ball you got when you were little,

The ball you will take with you all the way.A dog is your trust.

He is the trust you have with your friends,The trust that he won’t mess up your relationship.

He is the trust that mends.A dog is your patience.

When you are sitting for the perfect picture.The picture that will stay with you forever.The picture that your dog will sit still for.

-August Mayer, Homestake Peak School

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Introducing the Banana Belt Cafe located in the Gypsum Rec Center. Open seven days a week featuring whole berry smoothies, homemade soups, paninis and wraps! John is looking forward to seeing you soon!!!

Grand opening weekend of Montana’s After Dark! Largest dance floor in the valley spinning tunes all night long! Dance, dance, dance! Pictured- Kath-leen, Jake, Nick & Bobby!

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Merv Lapin and Valerie Wegert, board members of the Eagle Valley Community Fund Rummage Sale, flank Eric Eves, who is accepting a check from last summer’s sale proceeds for Vail Inter-national Hockey.

Eagle Liquor Mart’s Kim and pup Jack always carry the best selection and best prices on wine, beer, and spirits. Eagle Liquor Mart is located across from the City Market in Eagle.

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Agave | 1060 West Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.748.8666

Avon Bakery & Deli | 25 Hurd Lane | 970.949.3354

Avondale Restaurant | 116 Riverfront Lane | 970.790.5500

Blue Plate | 48 East Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.845.2252

Bob’s Place | 100 West Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.845.8566

Carniceria Tepic | 240 Chapel Place | 970.949.6033

China Garden | 100 West Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.949.4986

Columbine Bakery | 51 Beaver Creek Place | 970.949.1400

Domino’s Pizza | 51 Beaver Creek Place | 970.949.3230

Fiesta Jalisco | 240 Chapel Place | 970.845.8088

Geno’s Sandwiches | 100 West Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.949.0529

Gondola Pizza | 240 Chapel Place | 970.845.6000

Loaded Joe’s | 82 East Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.748.1480

Montanas Cantina and Grill | 82 East Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.949.7019

Nozawa Sushi | 240 Chapel Place | 970.949.0330

Northside Coffee and Kitchen | 20 Notingham Rd. | 970.949.1423

Pazzo’s Pizzeria | 82 East Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.949.6093

Swiss Hot Dog Company | 101 Fawcett Rd. | 970.467.2013

Subway Avon | 47 E. Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.949.1312

Ticino | 100 West Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.748-6792

Taqueria No Se Hagan Bolas | 91 Beaver Creek Place | 970.845.7959

Vin 48 | 48 East Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.748.9463

8100 Mountainside Bar & Grill | Park Hyatt Beaver Creek | 970.949.1234

Beano’s Cabin | 210 Plaza Way | 970.754.3463

Beaver Creek Chophouse | Beaver Creek Lodge | 970.845.0555

Blue Moose Pizza | 76 Avondale Ln. | 970.845.8666

Black Diamond Bistro | 120 Offerson Road | 970.949.1251

Coyote Cafe | 210 The Plaza | 970.845.9030

Dusty Boot Saloon | 210 Offerson Rd. | 970.748.1146

Flying Pig Sandwich Shop | 76 Avondale Ln. | 970.845.0333

Foxnut Asian Fusion and Sushi | 15 W. Thomas Place | 970.845.0700

Golden Eagle Inn | 118 Beaver Creek Plaza | 970.949.1940

Grouse Mountain Grill | 141 Scott Hill Rd. | 970.949.0600

Mirabelle Restaurant | 55 Village Rd. | 970.949.7728

Osprey Lounge | 10 Elk Track Ln. | 970.754.7400

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Dish | 56 Edwards Village Blvd. | 970.926.3433

Cafe 163 | 105 Edwards Village Blvd. | 970.926.1163

Belmont Deli | 105 Edwards Village Blvd. | 970.926.1796

E town | 295 Main St. | 970.926.4080

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Fiesta’s Cantina | 57 Edwards Access Rd. | 970.926.2121

French Press | 34295 US Highway #6 | 970.926.4740

Gashouse | 34185 US Highway #6 | 970.926.2896

Gore Range Brewery | 105 Edwards Village Blvd. | 970.926.2739

Henry’s Chinese Cafe | 175 Main St. | 970.926.3050

Grouse on the Green | 100 Kensington Dr., Cordillera Divide | 970.926.5788

Ristorante Ti Amo | 40982 US Highway #6 | 970.845.8153

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Alpenrose | 100 E. Meadow Dr. | 970.476.8899

Kirby Cosmos | 474 Main St. | 970.827.9027

Alpine Tavern | Vail Racquet Club, East Vail | 970.476.7888

Magusto’s | 101 Main St. | 970.827.5450

Atwater on Gore Creek | Vail Cascade Resort | 970.476.7014

Minturn Country Club | 131 Main St. | 970.827.4114

Bart & Yeti’s | Lionshead, North of Arrabelle | 970.476.2754

Sticky Fingers | 132 Main St. | 970.827.5353

Billy’s Island Grill | Lionshead | 970.476.8811

Turntable | 160 Railroad Ave. | 970.827.4164

Bearfi sh | West Vail Mall | 970.476.7596

Minturn Saloon | 146 N. Main St. | 970.827.5954

Bistro 14 | Eagle’s Nest, Top of Eagle Bahn Gondola | 970.445.4530

Block 16 | The Sebastian Vail, 16 Vail Rd. | 970.477.8000

Blu’s | Downstairs from Children’s Fountain | 970.476.3113

bol | Solaris, 141 E. Meadow Dr. | 970.476.5300

Bully Ranch | Sonnenalp Resort | 970.479.5460

Campo de Fiori | 100 E. Meadow Dr. | 970.476.8994

Centre V | The Arrabelle at Vail Square, Lionshead | 970.754.7700

Chicago Pizza | 1031 S. Frontage Rd. | 970.476.7000

CinéBistro | Solaris, 141 E. Meadow Dr. | 970.476.3344

Flame | Four Seasons, Vail | 970.477.8600

Elway’s Steakhouse | 174 East Gore Creek Dr. | 970.754.7818

Frost | The Sebastian Vail, 16 Vail Rd. | 970.477.8050

Game Creek Restaurant | Vail Mountain | 970.754.4275

Garfi nkel’s | Next to Lionshead Gondola | 970.476.3789

Gohan Ya | West Vail Mall | 970.476.7570

Joe’s Famous Deli | 288 Bridge St. | 970.479.7580

Kelly Liken | Gateway Building, 12 Vail Rd. | 970.479.0175

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Smiling Moose Deli | 1170 Edwards Village Blvd. | 970.926.2400

Vista At Arrowhead | 676 Sawatch Dr. | 970.926.2111

Subway Edwards | 439 Edwards Access Rd. | 970.926.7010

Woody’s Kitchen & Pub | 27 Main St. | 970.926.2756

Zino Ristorante | 27 Main St. | 970.926.0777

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Marko’s Pizzeria | 57 Edwards Access Rd. | 970.926.7003 Pizza & Pasta L D $ • • • •Main St. Grill | 97 Main St. | 970.926.2729 American Grill L D $$ • • • • • •

Local Joe’s Pizza | 280 Main St. | 970.926.4444

Log Cabin Sports Bar and Grill | 34500 Highway 6, #B1 | 970.926.9726

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Kirby Cosmo’s BBQ | 56 Edwards Village Blvd. | 970.766.4227

Larkburger | 105 Edwards Village Blvd. | 970.926.9336

Last Course Dessert Bar & Pastries | 275 Main Street C-106 | 970.926-1979

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Nozawa | Holiday Inn, West Vail | 970.476.9355

Ocotillo | Vail Mountain Marriott Resort & Spa, Lionshead | 970.477.5675

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Red Lion | Top of Bridge St. | 970.476.7676

Qdoba | 2161 N. Frontage Rd. | 970.476.7539

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Sweet Basil | 193 E. Gore Creek Dr. | 970.476.0125

Subway West Vail | 2161 N. Frontage Rd. | 970.476.3827

Sushi Oka Hibachi | 100 East Meadow Drive. Suite #4 | 970-476-1588

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The George | 292 Meadow Dr. | 970.476.2656

Up The Creek Bar & Grill | 223 Gore Creek Dr. | 970.476.8141

Vendetta’s | 291 Bridge St. | 970.476.5070

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Westside Cafe & Market | 2211 N. Frontage Rd. | 970.476.7890

Wendy’s Alpine Coffee Shop | 4695 Racquet Club Dr.

Yama Sushi | 168 Gore Creek Dr. | 970.476.7332

Yeti’s Grind | Located in the Solaris | 970.476.1515

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Montauk Seafood Grill | Lionshead Village | 970.476.3601 Creative Seafood/Meat L D $$ • •Moe’s Original BBQ | Upstairs from the General Store, Lionshead | 970.479.7888 Barbecue L D $ • • •Mezzaluna | Lion Square Lodge, next to Eagle Bahn Gondola | 970.477.4410 Modern Italian l d $$ • • •Matsuhisa | Located in the Solaris | 970.476.6682 Japanese/Peruvian D $$ • •May Palace | Next to City Market, West Vail | 970.476.1657 Chinese L D $ • •Market Café | The Sebastian Vail, 16 Vail Rd. | 970.477.8000 International Café B L D $ • •The Marketplace | One Willow Bridge Rd. | 970.477.4370 Family/American/European B L D $ • • • •

Lord Gore & the Fitz Lounge | Manor Vail at the base of Golden Peak | 970.476.4959 Contemporary American D $$ • •Los Amigos | Top of Bridge St. | 970.476.5847 Mexican L D $ • • • •Ludwig’s | Sonnenalp Resort | 970.479.5429 Contemporary American B D $ • •

Old Forge Co. | 2161 N Frontage Rd | 970.476.5555 Pizza, Paninis & Salads L D $ • • •Old Forge Co. | 521 East Lionshead Cir. | 970.476.5232 Pizza, Paninis & Salads L D $ • • •

La Tour | 122 E. Meadow Dr. | 970.476.4403

Left Bank | Sitzmark Lodge in Vail Village | 970.476.3696

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with Colorado?PH: I do consider Colorado my home. It’s the only home

I have. I teach in California, I travel a lot, I’m from New Jersey. But I love Colorado. I wish I could be there all the time. It’s where I do my best writing, where I feel the best in my skin. It’s the color of the sky, the feeling of the plane touching down in Denver… it’s my place. There aren’t any others. It’s kind of all-important to me. When I go back home (to Colorado), people get me! Depending on where I

am in the world, I come back to Colorado and people laugh at my jokes. There’s a lot of similarities, especially living in a mountain town, in the way of thinking.

SP: Are you going to have time for anything fun while in Vail?

PH: It’s fun just to be there, to be back in the mountains, but I’ll probably only be there for the afternoon. Maybe I’ll go for a hike. I like a book tour. A lot of my friends hate it, but I’m really having a good time. I got to go to a con-

cert in Seattle, did a cool call-and-response presentation in Bend, Oregon, have gotten to visit my dogs… I love these independent book stores – I’m exclusively at independent book stores (like Bookworm) – so I love catching up with the people, finding out about the books they’re reading.

SneakPEAK writer Kat Jahnigen can be reached at info@sneakpeakvail.com

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