Simplicity 108: Your Own Two Feet

"Trust thyself. Every heart vibrates to that iron string." (Emerson.) A cornerstone of simplicity is self-reliance, and simplicity is the practical antidote to the suffocating complexity fueled by modern, communications technology.
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Eric T.'s iconic "Hello Skiers and Riders!" has greeted Lake Tahoe and Truckee locals and visitors and listeners from around the world every winter for over seventeen years as part of the Lake Tahoe Snow Report, heard online, on TV, on the radio, on mobile apps, and beyond.

Devon Allman - Commons Beach Concert

Devon Allman Returns To Commons Beach Sunday

Sunday afternoon Commons Beach concert-goers are in for a treat this weekend with the return of Devon Allman who, with a brand new album due out in September titled 'Ride Or Die', promises to bring "pleasure, pain, and energy to soothe your troubled soul” to the popular lakefront free concert.
Rahlves' Banzai Tour Chilly Award Winners

VIDEO: 2015 Banzai Tour Roars To A Close at Sugar Bowl

The 2015 Rahlves' Banzai Tour came to a roaring finish Sunday, March 15th at Sugar Bowl Resort in a high-speed, bumpy, action-packed visit to the home of the original Silver Belt Banzai with the most high-spirited, all-in, raw racing action seen on snow. Watch the Tahoe TV video...
Tahoe Time Lapse: Strong Storm Leaves Snow At Sugar Bowl

Tahoe Time Lapse: Strong Storm Leaves Snow At Sugar Bowl

Donner Summit got pounded with wind, rain, and ultimately snow over the weekend of October 15-17th. The Sugar Bowl "Ubercam", sitting in a well-exposed summit location with a view of Sugar Bowl's entire mountain, captured this storm time lapse in the early hours of Monday, October 17th.

IRONMAN - Course Guide & Maps

The 2014 Ironman Lake Tahoe event consists of three sections - swim, bike and run - all taking place throughout the North Lake Tahoe area, including Kings Beach, Tahoe City, Palisades Tahoe, Truckee and Northstar. Descriptions and course maps from each section are available for viewing and download here.

Simplicity 104: Persons

The reverse is also true. The fewer nouns we live with, the simpler our lives. So, to exert more control during 2007 and beyond, lower your noun count. It works.

Places and things are two of the three major forms of nouns that can be lowered. The third one is persons.

Sierra Watch Launches' The Movie To Keep Squaw True'

At a raucous and spirited party in Truckee on February 7th, Sierra Watch officially launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund “The Movie to Keep Squaw True,” billed as a new film "to tell the epic tale of Tahoe conservationalists battling private equity developers.
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Discover The Science of 'Flow'

What if you could literally quintuple your productivity and take your motivation, creativity and learning to stratospheric levels? Author and human performance expert Steven Kotler will discuss the science of 'Flow' on Feb. 20th.

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