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mitts wouldn't have been a bad idea today. somehow the squeaky snow offered more traction. the hill wasn't too bad, i'll be sad to say goodbye to the studded tire in a few weeks but it held me up just fine today. i think the niner wheels are going to be almost as good as the sixer with studs. i guess it'll be like cross, be a student of tire pressure, too much and you slip, too little and you flat. made it across without too much hassle, the balaclava did wonders but it still wasn't enough, i needed one of timmy and bacon's new hannibal masks. pretty cool stuff. i don't have half the ride they do, mine is just cold for shorter, not the downhill ice skating they deal with. blue water yesterday made my day. little things are the joy of life. the boy is feeling better, still a gnarly cough that makes me cringe at the sound but to little people with the pain threshold of small creatures in the forest it's nothing.