http://kkholland.net Professional Freeskier Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:58:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Duke Chapel in the background I'm officially about seven weeks into my nursing studies at Duke...and it's great. North Carolina has been a major change, but I needed it. Besides, it's easier to focus without my usual distractions...but I do already miss the mountains, and I'm starting to get a ... http://kkholland.net/2008/10/13/duke-university/ I've done a horrible job of updating, but the last few weeks have been a complete whirl wind....including my final days in France, back to Utah for two days, a four-day road trip with my mom through America's southern states, and a new begining in Durham, North Carolina. I'm officially a ... http://kkholland.net/2008/08/23/im-backwierd/ After several days of bad weather in Courmayeur we were never able to climb. But on the bright side, we had a lot of fun at Parco adventuro, the Roman spa, and conquering the professional eating tour...it was great! After Courmayeur, Rach and I finished off our little side trip ... http://kkholland.net/2008/07/24/finished-up-the-alpsnow-back-at-blancardy/ After an hour of chaos and a flailing attempt to navigate the streets of Paris (including a serious bottoming out of the rental car....apparently the Pugeot doesn't hop the bus lane mediums so well after all) Rach and I survived and made it to the A6. Five hours later we ... http://kkholland.net/2008/07/10/italyand-canyoneering/ The summer in France only gets better and better by the day. Laure whips up a five-star gourmet meal every night in the time, and with the ease, that it takes me to nuke a frozen burrito, all while running her restaurant and caring for her two clueless Americans. A little ... http://kkholland.net/2008/07/08/tractors-motos-andparis/ Au revoir Utah summers. I somehow lucked out, once again, and have found myself in the South of France for the summer on a beautiful vineyard. Hum....yeah, I'm basically living the dream, and it rocks! The area is gorgeous and the wine is plenty. Not to mention that the people and family ... http://kkholland.net/2008/06/17/french-vinyardyes-please/ We did it, and we did it good! The Peak Performance Backcountry Tour for the Cure was awesome!!! Eleven of the coolest women around the Wasatch came together Saturday morning and headed into the backcountry...all in hopes of raising money and awareness for breast cancer. Okay, so we didn't exactly ... http://kkholland.net/2008/04/29/eleven-women-slayed-the-backcountry/ The weather looks promising, and I think we'll be able to navigate through the new snow and spring conditions, so we're set to charge. The Backcountry Tour for the Cure women will meet between 11:30 and noon tomorrow at the swamp lot on Wasatch. Bagels will be provided as a pre-tour ... http://kkholland.net/2008/04/25/think-pinkthe-tour-is-a-go/ I will be at the base of Alta on Saturday the 19th with a pledge table for The Backcountry Tour for the Cure. I plan to post up outside Goldminer's Daughter, on the patio if the weather is nice, and have information on The Backcountry Tour for the Cure with pledge ... http://kkholland.net/2008/04/18/alta-pledge-table/ Oops...I just realized that I originally  posted the tour dates as April 25th and 26th. In fact, the date of The Backcountry Tour for the Cure will be April 26th and 27th--Saturday and Sunday. I apologize for the mistake. I'm not sure how many conflicting postings I've made, so keep these ... http://kkholland.net/2008/04/12/oopstour-date-clarification/