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April was wetter than normal this year, with over two inches of precipitation, but May is historically the wettest month of the year in Jackson, averaging 1.80 inches of precipitation. The wettest May ever was in 1980 when the Town of Jackson received 6.02 inches of water. That is the second highest monthly precipitation total ever recorded here. September of 1927 still holds the all-time record with 6.04 inches. Does anyone remember that?

Earlier last week we had some well below average low temperatures, down into the teens in town. This week the average low temperature is just shy of 30-degrees. The coldest temperature ever recorded during this week is 5-degrees, which happened on May 2nd, 1988. That is as late into the spring that we have ever seen single digit low temps. Oddly enough, the summer of 1988 went on to be one of the hottest and driest on record. Remember the big Yellowstone fires?

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Average high temperatures this week are up to around 60-degrees. Last Saturday, April 28th, we had our first official day in 2018 that made it to 70-degrees in town. The earliest in the year that we have ever hit 80-degrees is May 4th, but that was back in 1947. The hottest temperature ever recorded in town during this first week of May is 82-degrees. However, very few of you were around to enjoy that, as it happened back on May 7th, 1934.

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THIS MONTH AVERAGE PRECIPITATION: 1.8 inches RECORD PRECIPITATION: 6.02 inches (1980) AVERAGE SNOWFALL: 1 inches RECORD SNOWFALL: 14.5 inches (1942)

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JOAN JOAN MARCUS

“I

s there somethin’ going on tonight?” our Lyft driver asked, eyeing our outfits.

Seated in the back of a Chevy Silverado lined with camouflage seat covers, our suits and floor-length dresses likely made an impression. We were dressed in our Broadway finest, on our way to see Hamilton at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City.

Seated in the front, Spenser explained we were seeing a critically-acclaimed musical with Broadway origins.

“It’s like a re-telling of the history of our founding fathers through hip-hop,” he said, then looked at me for validation.

“Right?”

“I didn’t know something like that even existed,” our driver said.

That’s exactly why Hamilton has come so far. Hip-hop on Broadway? Who could ever imagine such a thing?

Playwright and star Lin ManuelMiranda could.

But the show is more than just a genre-defying historical narrative. It is a celebration of diversity, of progress, and of immigrants (they “get the job done”). It doesn’t only recount history, it rewrites it.

Hamilton cast members are almost exclusively people of color, even as the play outlines America’s racist history.

(Hamilton’s closest friend, John Laurens, wants to be part of the country’s first allblack battalion, and Hamilton himself is a slave abolitionist).

And that’s exactly the point. The play’s final song gets to the heart of the show’s message: History is more than just a series of events. After (spoiler alert) Hamilton is killed in a duel with mentor/frenemy Aaron Burr, his wife and colleagues wonder how his legacy will live on.

“Who lives, who dies, who tells your

Lin Manuel Miranda expanded Salt Lake City’s historical perspective on April 28.

Can’t Fool History Lessons on resistance and being present during ‘Hamilton’s’ Salt Lake City performance

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story?” the song asks. In other words, the narrator is at least as important as the narrative—perhaps more so.

Yes, I was hooked the whole time.

King George’s “You’ll Be Back” still rings through my head. Tears welled in my eyes when (another spoiler) Hamilton’s son, Phillip, is killed defending his father’s name, and again when Hamilton’s wife Eliza bears her soul in the heartbroken ballad “Burn.” I fist-bumped at just the title of the song “History Has its Eyes On You.” But the show’s finale really cemented my wonder.

As the cast questions “Who tells your story,” the spotlight shifts, literally, to Eliza Hamilton. It celebrates her life and her accomplishments—opening New

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York’s first private orphanage to honor her orphaned late husband, writing his words down so they would never be forgotten. The spotlight stays on her through the final recitation of “who lives, who dies, who tells your story,” and in that moment, at the very end of the show, she suddenly becomes the play’s protagonist. Because she was the one to tell Hamilton’s story, as well as her own.

The play’s finale suggests that the narrative acted out on stage wouldn’t have been possible without Eliza’s work.

It is, like the rest of the show, meta and self-aware, and I loved it.

The message wasn’t lost on the Salt Lake City audience, either. The crowd erupted into applause as soon as the finale was over, and wasted no time

standing up to offer ovation.

Apparently, I was part of a particularly well-behaved audience. Actor Joseph Morales, who plays Hamilton, called out the Salt Lake audience who saw the earlier performance of the evening for being on their phones too much.

“Seriously, SLC, you’re killing me,” Morales tweeted. “Put your phones away. We can see you. This isn’t a movie.

What’s up with you guys?”

According to PJH’s sister paper Salt Lake City Weekly, plenty of viewers were quick to point out that Saturday night was also the Utah Jazz’s playoff game, so people were probably checking the score—because local sports are more important than a Broadway musical that sold out in a matter of minutes, apparently. Rude.

Whoever handles Utah Jazz’s Twitter clapped back at their uncultured following: “You can check the score after you get out of the theater,” they tweeted. “We’re not throwing away our shot.”

The last line was a direct reference to Hamilton’s most repeated line in the play. Well played, Utah Jazz.

It was powerful to see a show about the U.S’s original revolution in a city that’s in the middle of its own mini-revolution. As the federal government has stripped away federal protections on huge chunks of Utah’s public lands, and Utah state government applauds, many Salt Lake residents are pushing back.

“Protect Bears Ears” signs adorned almost every yard in the neighborhood in which I stayed. Meanwhile, the Utah capitol has been filled with protests and rallies in support of public lands and gun control. Perhaps that was partially behind the crowd’s enthusiasm—we were watching history, but we’re also making it, every day. And history still has its eyes on us. PJH

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umors of U.S. Interior Finley and the late Bob Barbee) Secretary Ryan has defended the country’s Zinke’s brazen medmother park in accordance with dling with senior managethe 1916 National Park Service ment of the National Park Organic Act which mandates Service have been brewing that resources be safeguarded. for a year. Since early 2017, “It is difficult to comment on other higher-profile things someone’s exact motives and have happened.

I don’t know who and what is Amid carefully choreobehind them,” Phil Francis, execgraphed photo-ops—porutive director of the Coalition to traying him gallantly on Protect America’s National Parks horseback, wearing a cowand Park Service veteran, said boy hat, donning white of Zinke. “At the end of the day U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke dons a backwards NPS hat. gloves like a dandy to ride the end result [of Zinke’s poliin a parade, and holding cies related to the Park Service phony “listening sessions” and public lands] have not been on national monuments in good.”

Utah—Zinke has become a Francis noted how Zinke master of bait and switch. re-tooled the National Park His claims he is the modService’s citizen advisory board ern incarnate of Theodore so it’s now comprised almost Roosevelt—the most con- Ryan Zinke’s meddling with parks reveals his entirely of people who view parks servation-minded president not as national treasures but venunsavory character in U.S. history—Zinke has ues for commercial exploitation.

BY TODD WILKINSON | @BigArtNature demonstrated an unsophisNotable is that Denis Galvin, ticated grasp of the value of a widely-respected retired Park One only does such things if he believes America’s public lands, and a profound Service careerist was passed over by American citizens are too daft to be paylack of intelligence when it comes to honZinke because Galvin is considered too ing attention. oring the near-sacred institutions and resource-protection oriented.

This week in another expression of bait laws he is tearing apart.

Meanwhile, Zinke has proposed and switch, news leaked that Zinke and You don’t achieve Rooseveltian notchpumping billions into addressing the his Interior lieutenants are proposing a es in the conservation “win” column by Park Service’s crumbling infrastructure massive shake-up of leadership in the conducting a “review” of national mon(in order to pack more people into parks) National Park Service, allegedly to make uments and then, if you don’t gut them but he seems completely aloof in underthe agency better. a la Bears Ears and Grand Staircasestanding how budget cuts, sequestration, Among the reported casualEscalante, get to call yourself a land crackdowns on free speech, and his overt ties, if Zinke’s plans are carried out, is protector. anti-science agenda have decimated Yellowstone Superintendent Dan Wenk, You don’t propose doing something employee morale, Francis said. who would be transferred from overseebad and then, when you come to your When the federal government creating America’s first national park to the senses or suffer a severe public backlash, ed the Senior Executive Service ranks, Washington D.C. capital region in the get credit for not doing it. part of the motivation was to prevent the heart of the political swamp.

It’s not heroic when Zinke proposed heavy-handed political meddling Zinke is Wenk previously served as deputy opening up America’s coastlines to now demonstrating with Wenk and other director of the entire Park Service and expanded offshore oil and gas drilling and senior-management colleagues. acting national director. then reversed course when Republican One thing Zinke could do to redeem There is no other way to describe it friends in Congress, in a tourist-driven himself is halt these ill-advised moves than a punitive end-of-career demostate like Florida, reminded him how and keep Wenk in Yellowstone where he tion for Wenk, which demonstrates just dumb it is. belongs. how clueless President Donald Trump’s In his home state of Montana, there’s Another is having the courage to meet Interior Department is. nothing noble about claiming the Upper with Francis. Cumulatively, he and his Zinke’s shameful tactics of micromanMissouri Breaks National Monument viocoalition colleagues have more than agement (and his overt anti-conservation lated private property rights and result30,000 years of hard-earned experience agenda) have attracted rebuke even from ed in onerous federal regulation even managing America’s crown jewel and government investigators. though it’s an utter myth propagated by publicly-beloved national parks.

Truth be told, Wenk should be, if anySagebrush Rebels.

Regardless, Zinke needs to recognize: thing, the new National Park Service Zinke weakened environmental laws if he messes with Yellowstone, he’s playdirector though as he mentioned to by fiat, made a mockery of the public’s ing with hellfire. PJH me once in a story I wrote for National ability to comment on his poor judgGeographic: “To be the superintendent of ment, and proposed opening millions of Todd Wilkinson, founder of Mountain Yellowstone—how could there be a more acres of public land to intensive oil, gas Journal, is author of Grizzlies of Pilgrim honorable post in government working on and expanded coal mining. Then, with a Creek, about famous Greater Yellowstone behalf of the American people?” straight face, he claimed he is sincerely grizzly bear 399 featuring 150 photographs Far from being a controversial figure, concerned about the interests of hunters,

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Support Groups Teton Parkies (For those affected by Parkinson’s Disease)

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One year ago in Cheyenne, protesters marched on May Day, an international day honoring workers.

They delivered a letter to Gov. Matt Mead asking him to protect immigrants in Wyoming.

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The recent arrests are some of the first since October 1, when ICE started targeting people based solely on immigration status. Previously, they claimed to focus only on high level criminals.

That claim is dubious.

In April 2017, Planet Jackson Hole reported that between 2002 and 2015, 40 percent of ICE arrestees in Teton County had no criminal conviction. Of those with convictions, 72 percent were misdemeanors.

Still, the change in policy sets a new precedent. ICE’s declaration triggered a change in local law enforcement protocol.

Teton County Sheriff Jim Whalen previously worked with ICE, holding arrestees on 48-hour detainer holds, at Teton

County taxpayers’ expense, with the understanding that those being held were high-level criminals.

After October 1, Whalen joined authorities across the country in calling the detainers unconstitutional. He said he would no longer cooperate with those detainers issued in Teton County.

However, according to Trefonas, that does not mean that ICE can’t use the jail.

It’s a confusing distinction.

“They’re being held in the facility by ICE, but not held on behalf of ICE,” she explained. “The sheriff wasn’t holding them, ICE was.”

The feds essentially rent the space for the night, without cooperation or oversight from local authorities and theoretically, without taxpayer money.

This is ICE’s second visit since the policy change, and Trefonas has already noticed shifts. Previously, “it seemed like there was a good working relationship between the sheriff and ICE. That’s what both sides were reporting. Gradually, that seems to have changed.”

In the past, ICE would typically alert local law enforcement to their activities, if not to their specific location or targets, so that officers were prepared for questions from community members.

But during last week’s visit, for instance, Whalen was out of town for a training, along with much of the sheriff’s office and

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mmigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials rolled into town in unmarked cars on April 25 and 26 and arrested two Teton Heritage Landscaping workers in Wilson. According to immigration attorney Elisabeth Trefonas, those arrestees were taken to a Rexburg, Idaho, facility. Teton County Jail Sgt. Troy Sutton said that four other individuals spent the night in Jackson’s jail.

However, ICE’s murky protocol means there is no way to know how many people may have been detained that were not processed through the jail.

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the Jackson Hole Police Department.

Sgt. Chett Hooper was the patrol officer when ICE arrived. He had no idea they were in town until their second day, after they’d arrested people, and a concerned community member called. “I don’t know if they held them in our jail,” Hooper said, “or if we were involved in the jail at all. I have no idea. I haven’t seen the charges on any of [the arrestees] … I don’t know what the warrants were for.”

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The recent arrests highlight the unique and vulnerable position of immigrants in Teton County.

ICE travels from Casper, and takes detainees to Aurora, Colorado. Their operations in Jackson happen quickly, without notification, and when they leave, they cross state lines. “The lack of notice feels so drastic because of how rural we are and the amount of space the feds are trying to cover,” Trefonas said.

Technically, immigration arrests are administrative rather than criminal, but it doesn’t feel that way “when you’re the person in handcuffs getting dragged across the state” faced with appearing before immigration court in another state.

The rapidity of arrests and the distance they travel also makes it difficult for advocates and family members to help.

When an arrestee leaves Teton County, it becomes virtually impossible for a non-attorney to track them.

For example, Trac Immigration, a nonpartisan tool out of Syracuse University that logs every detainer, arrest, and deportation issued by ICE, does not have information on deportations from Wyoming since those arrestees are actually deported from Colorado. Their statistics on deportations out of Colorado do not differentiate between Coloradan residents or those from other states.

Trac Immigration does have information about detainers issued in Wyoming, but ICE has made it difficult to track those, too. When PJH reported about immigration last April, Trac Immigration had information about the criminal charges of each Teton County arrestee. Now, the data shows that 27 detainer requests were issued in the fiscal year 2017, but ICE is “now withholding” the charges against these individuals.

Now that the sheriff will not cooperate with detainer requests, it is unclear whether Trac Immigration will have data about ICE’s operations in Teton County.

In addition, now that they have to pay for space, ICE may be less likely to use Teton County Jail, which means that arrestees will not appear on the inmate list. The list is one of the ways that the immigrant community is alerted to ICE’s presence in town.

As ICE expands its reach and becomes less trackable, Trefonas and her team are working to ensure that immigrants are prepared for the inevitable next visit.

Every time ICE comes to town, Trefonas is bombarded with calls and emails. She’s arrived at work to find people waiting in the office because they can’t be detained there. “Immigration doesn’t have a search warrant for our office,” she explained.

Trefonas emphasized that immigrants do not have to speak to ICE. She tells people to say “no.” Recently, ICE was waiting outside of the courthouse at a time when they knew an individual would be walking out. A young man was walking to his father’s car when ICE stopped him and asked him for his name. He gave it to them.

He was then arrested on immigration charges.

ICE officers approached the father’s car and asked him to roll down his window.

He refused. They said they would smash the window and drag him out if he didn’t.

He rolled it down a crack, but did not give his name or answer their relentless questions. Finally, ICE officers told him to “just get out of here.”

But for many, it is difficult to keep composure in the face of tactics that are legal but coercive—ICE officials are permitted to intimidate, bluff, and lie.

Ali, a Jackson resident who did not provide her real name due to her proximity to a pending immigration case, says she’s heard of ICE using fake warrants in town. She is American-born, but is related by marriage to an immigrant family that has been here for three decades. Two of her family members are currently facing deportation. They have American-born children in the school system. Ali said that “until it impacted me, hit so close to home,” she didn’t realize how bad it was.

“Our people are just disappearing,” she said, and the rest “are living here in fear.”

She’s heard that people feel they have to be in hiding, they’ve stopped going to the doctor, are afraid to claim workers compensation, afraid to get help. People are being “plucked” from the community with no follow up.

It’s difficult, she said, because these stories need to be “blown up” in order to raise awareness, but it’s too dangerous right now. Trefonas confirmed this fear.

“ICE is very much reading the paper,” she said. They’re checking Facebook, they’re tracking targets online. She encouraged immigrants to be careful.

If your employer wants to put your picture in the paper, maybe tell them you don’t want them to, she said.

“We don’t want to scare people,” Ali said. “But we also need to be fair and say it may not be safe here right now. We need to make our community a less easy target.” PJH

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n January 2017, Connor Nolan was caught in an avalanche while traversing from Gothic Couloir on Cody Peak back to Teton Village. Nolan, 23, had accomplished a goal that tops many Jackson athletes’ lists. He skied the 20-foot cliff that is part of Jackson’s iconic “Trifecta,” along with Central and Breakneck Couloirs.

The 2016-17 winter was the valley’s biggest in decades. The avalanche danger was high, the conditions questionable. It had been snowing nonstop for a week. The run didn’t go as planned—he crashed, hard. But he made it to the bottom of the couloir, he’d done it. Relieved and exhilarated, he began the traverse out. His ski partners followed.

“It was totally unexpected,” Nolan said. “We knew the snow was bad, we had been so concerned about getting to Gothic and getting the objective done.”

The last thing Nolan said to his friend and roommate, Jim Ryan, was “keep an eye on me here.” Ryan did, and watched as the entire face broke. The avalanche started in a split second, and Nolan was caught. In Backcountry Zero’s “The Fine Line” podcast, Ryan recalled yelling, “Ski!” There was no skiing out of this slide.

Nolan pulled the airbag from his avalanche pack as he tumbled, trying to swim toward air. For a long minute, he plummeted down the face, eventually hitting a tree with his entire right side and amassing significant body and brain injuries.

“At that moment, I was certain I was going to die,” he said.

When the snow settled, Ryan couldn’t see anything. He began skiing down, and was surprised to find Nolan alive.

Ryan and the others delayed calling Teton County Search and Rescue (SAR), debating the money and pride that might be lost in making the call.

Meanwhile, it became increasingly clear that Nolan was in serious danger. It was near dark by the time they called for a rescue and Nolan was hypothermic and coughing blood. For two and a half hours, they waited on the exposed face, knowing the rest could slide any second.

Nolan was in a shock loop, repeating the same sentences in his mind every 10 minutes, not sure where he was, shaking uncontrollably.

When the helicopter arrived, with only minutes of flying time left in the day, there was no way for pilot Nicole Ludwig to land it on the first attempt.

Nola n rememb er s watching the helicopter fly away with “sink ing d read,” wondering i f

he’d die on the mountainside.

Eventually, Ludwig landed the chopper.

SAR team members AJ Wheeler and Cody Lockhart got to work—Nolan remembers them putting things up his nose and in his throat, putting him in a stuff bag.

“Everybody was in danger at that point,” Nolan said.

They quickly extricated Nolan and the ot hers were left to ski down.

After safely flying Nolan to a waiting ambulance, Ludwig flew to SAR’s headquarters, racing against the setting sun.

Once in the ambulance, Nolan was still hypothermic, still “concerned about continuing to live.” He was freezing cold, and someone placed a warm blanket on him.

It felt amazing.

He remembers nurses asking to cut his clothes off, he remembers not wanting to call his parents, he

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remembers texting his boss to say he wouldn’t be making it to work.

Nolan’s parents flew from New Hampshire to be with him as he transitioned from the intensive care unit to the progressive care unit to St. John’s Hitching Post. A few weeks later, Nolan and his parents got on a flight back to New Hampshire where he would recover. Nolan left town with a shattered right pelvis, a punctured lung, 11 broken ribs, a brain injury and significant trauma.

The avalanche may have lasted less than a minute, but the event is emblematic of the unseen forces at work in Jackson. Nolan’s experience typifies the town’s risk-taking culture, one he says he now has much less tolerance for. It also brings to light other questions—what is the ripple effect of one person’s decision? Who, beyond the victim, is impacted? How do we heal from trauma as individuals and as a community?

Fearless Wagers

January 12 was the day everything changed for Nolan, but it wasn’t the first time he’d been in a high-risk situation. In fact, he’d spent three years in Jackson pushing the boundaries. That’s what everyone seemed to be doing.

“I’d seen a lot of avalanches,” Nolan said.

He and his friends had made many questionable decisions over their winters in the valley. The day of the avalanche alone, “We’d done 20 or 30 things wrong.”

Surviving near-misses didn’t make them more tentative.

They felt unstoppable.

Nolan and his friends moved to Jackson to ski the biggest, best lines and “everything was working. Even if I couldn’t stomp what I wanted to, I would still be OK. I grew this sense of indestructibility.

There was no fear.”

His group of friends were strong skiers and informed backcountry users.

They constantly communicated about snowpack and routes.

However, their focus was “mission, mission, mission.” Each mission built on the last. The week before

One of Nolan’s rescuers, who was also interviewed in “The Fine Line” podcast, knows what Nolan went through.

He understands the drive to push farther and faster, and he knows what it feels like to get a serious wakeup call, or a few.

Cody Lockhart grew up in Jackson and has been skiing his entire life. One of SAR’s 37 volunteers, he joined the team in 2009 when he was 23 because it seemed cool, another way to spend more time in the mountains.

It changed his perspective.

Lockhart spent his early 20s skiing everything he could.

“It was my extremely young and dumb phase,” he said. Like Nolan, he idealized the great skiers who had come before him: “We have this Viking culture where you go die in the mountains and it’s a noble death.” His icons died not with their sword but their skis. “We have normalized it,” he said.

Unlike Nolan, it took multiple major wrecks and ava-

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lanches to wake Lockhart up. “Life flights were involved, intensive care. It just made me a different person.”

It was his last big mountain wreck that changed him: “As it was happening, I remember thinking about what I owed my mom and my dad. I was thinking ‘Why are you doing this?’”

“I thought it was about me, but it was about my family.”

Years of risk-taking caught up with Lockhart. He lived scared, was on edge. “I was dealing with some type of PTSD, just not being normal.”

An athlete’s drive to ski the next best thing is a valid one, Lockhart said. He still wants to go on big adventures, believes that humans are, at their core, ambitious creatures. But eventually there are consequences. “There is an end. The great struggle is if you keep trying to do the next big thing at some point that catches up with you.”

Either you’re lucky or you aren’t. Either you wake up or you don’t. “The tuition to understand this is really high. You have to be part of a disaster.”

As a SAR volunteer, Lockhart has seen plenty of disasters.

The first avalanche fatality he witnessed stuck with him.

“Doing CPR on someone you dug out of a hole who you know is dead makes avalanches a lot realer. I think about how I spent a lot of time skiing in those same conditions.”

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Being a first responder takes a tremendous mental toll.

According to the National Center for PTSD, rescue workers of all kinds often suffer from mental health issues. A 2018 study found that depression affects up to 53 percent of first responders. About 34 percent suffer from PTSD. Until recently, this was not widely acknowledged in Jackson. As Lockhart put it, “Ten years ago, you would never go to see a shrink, and you definitely didn’t talk about it. Now, we talk about it.”

Just this month, PTSD expert Tania Glenn visited from Austin, Texas, to talk to first responders, including SAR volunteers, about mental health.

One of the biggest obstacles first responders face, Glenn told PJH, is that they worry about being pulled off the job if they ask for help. But asking for help is necessary, especially because trauma can accumulate in unanticipated ways, and responders need to be able to realize when they’ve reached a breaking point.

“There’s a psychological wear and tear from calls over time,” Glenn said, “And then usually, there’s one incident that blows the top off of their coping … it’s not even necessarily a bad call, they’ll just say it’s one event that flipped everything. They can’t get past it, they can’t recover, it changes how they feel. They’re not sleeping, they’re having increased anxiety, stress, and irritability … their coping mechanisms no longer work.”

As Sparks put it, “You wouldn’t join the team if you didn’t have a resilient personality, but there’s a point where your resilience stops.”

If someone is still experiencing flashbacks or stress from a call 14 days out, Glenn said that’s a sign to reach out for help. The key, she said, is to not drink it off or suck it up, that doesn’t work. “The more quickly they get help the better, but it’s never too late.”

The area’s rugged individualistic culture may explain why it’s been traditionally difficult for first responders to ask for help.

“There is an old school Wyoming cowboy mentality of being a tough guy,” Lockhart said, “and I embrace that in a lot of ways. But we have to able to admit that we’ve lost sleep over these things to be mentally healthy as a team.”

Lockhart’s involvement in SAR has made him more cautious, more cognizant of risk in the mountains. But it has also made him happier, kinder. He emphasized that being a SAR volunteer is an honor, and the the majority of the time it is positive. Being involved with rescues like Nolan’s, he said, are fulfilling and highlight SAR’s ability to work well as a team, “a very tight tribe of volunteers.”

Though it is often rewarding and exciting, it is in the difficult moments that the importance of being tight-knit becomes evident. They have to check in with and take care of one another, to get through the traumatic events they see.

Lockhart said that is “the single most important thing.”

Sparks, who has been on the team since 1998, says that though there is more training now, the team has always debriefed traumatic rescues and leaned on fellow volunteers for support. It’s always been that way, “but in the last five years the culture of helping each other out has grown. I’ve never felt like I couldn’t go to somebody, get help.”

Trauma is an unavoidable part of their job, even when rescues go well. It is one of the unseen side-effects of Jackson’s extreme culture. It is not just victims of avalanches who are impacted, but their families, their rescuers, and their rescuers’ families. One disaster has invisible ripples through the entire community.

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Gothic, Nolan had skied S&S, one of the most technical and consequential couloirs in the area. The drop can be up to 40 feet, missing the landing means slamming into a wall.

But he’d done it. There was no going back, only forward. “I was always building. If I ski this, it means I can ski that, and keep going up the ladder of pro-skiing,” Nolan said.

The day of the avalanche, one of Nolan’s roommates had expressed concern. “We were always talking about what didn’t seem right, the danger. But we always found a way to talk ourselves into it rather than out of it.”

For Nolan, there was the internal athletic drive, the pressure of being a young man proving himself in an extreme town, and the ubiquity of social media.“There’s always pressure to be posting cool photos and videos of skiing,” he said.

In Backcountry Zero’s podcast, Ryan said it was their goal to ski the best lines better than others had before them, and to film it all.

Documenting their experiences in the mountains encouraged more high-risk, high-reward runs. When Nolan’s roommate expressed concern about the snow stability, for example, it was too late: “We’d already gotten everyone together, got the film equipment, got the drones. Everything was so much effort that it was easier to convince ourselves to do it than not to do it.”

It seemed that there was only one way to be a high-level skier in Jackson. “The bucket list theory is so evident in our community,” Nolan said. “If you ask any young kid here that’s a big skier their top five runs, they’ll know them all. Horseshoe, Triple A, Gothic, Granite … something some skier did 25 years ago.”

Jenn Sparks, a veteran SAR volunteer and Jackson resident, agreed that what is considered “normal” has changed drastically in the nearly 30 years since she’s been here. She took her fair share of young, naive risk—rowing the river in a duckie without a life jacket—but back then, a day of skiing that ended with a hamburger was considered a full day.

“What is the bar now, and why does everybody need to get there?” she asked.

When she first arrived in Jackson, something like the “Teton Picnic” would have been inconceivable. The triathlon includes biking from the Town Square to Jenny Lake, swimming across the lake, summiting the Grand Teton, and then doing it all in reverse. “What’s the top?” she asked. “Climbing the Grand in an hour? It’s changed the level of what you need to achieve in a day.”

Now, that level is incredibly high. Everyone feels they have to do The Trifecta, for example, but these runs aren’t static—they’re different every year due to changes in snowfall, temperature, wind and moisture.

“Just because these things have been skied doesn’t mean they’re skiable,” Nolan said.

The people who pioneered the lines that Nolan and his friends aspired to, those who shifted what was considered possible, are valorized.

And some are now dead.

When he was new to Jackson, Nolan heard people speak their names with awe. Their deaths, he noticed, were also glorified. “People say things like, ‘He went out doing what he wanted.’ And then he’s just out,” Nolan said. “But that guy had a family.”

This was Nolan’s biggest lesson from the avalanche: “It’s not worth skiing to lose your life,” or to risk other people’s.

He has recovered after many months at home with physical therapy. His life has changed, though. He has a different relationship with skiing, the thing he loves the most in the world. Last year, he was in the backcountry every day. This year, he went out three times.

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DIRK COLLINS

Jenn Sparks and daughter Beatrix SAR volunteers average 70 to 100 rescues a year, and respond to an average of three to four fatalities. They are always on call. The impact of a disaster starts before it even happens. Every time the phone rings, volunteers’ blood pressure rises, their hearts beat faster. “We go from zero to 100,” Lockhart said. “You pick up from wherever you are in your life and go into an intense scene.” Then they have to come back down, return to work, go home to their families.

Glenn confirms that there are psychological and physiological realities to what Lockhart described. As she put it, “Flight or fight is really great for survival and really bad for your health. Chronic launches into fight or flight are really bad for you.”

First responders experience the stress response most of the time, which elevates into full blown survival mode during every call: “It’s very taxing for the brain and body,” Glenn said. “And then they have the adrenaline dump after, the body is trying to recover,” but they don’t always have time to recalibrate before the next rescue.

All of this ages a person and has a widespread effect: “The ripple effect is quite large … When a first responder is exposed to trauma, the stress and their reaction to it goes straight to their house. It’s very common for loved ones of first responders to have vicarious trauma. They’ll take on a lot of the same symptoms,” Glenn said.

In a small town, that tendency may be exaggerated: “Jackson Hole being a small community, everyone is affected, everybody is connected to an incident. There’s a community grieving process.”

It’s important to talk about that grieving process, and to acknowledge the impact of trauma, even the low-grade wear and tear. In places where extreme risk-taking is normalized and glamorized, Glenn said, people don’t always realize that “they’re hooked into a very dangerous cycle.”

Scott Guenther, the Jenny Lake District Ranger, has plenty of experience with the flight and fight cycle. He coordinates Grand Teton National Park’s 70 average rescues per year, sometimes with the help of SAR volunteers.

“There’s a cumulative stress,” he said. “Rescues are fun and exciting but the stress ramps up, your adrenaline jumps in. It’s stressful to stay fully focused for hours on end and then come down to some normal level. You never come all the way back down.”

He is most impacted by winter rescues. When the phone rings in the winter, he can be relatively sure of two things: the

Cody Lockhart person in trouble is a local, and he knows them or knows of them. After 27 years of working in the park, and his own fair share of risky adventures, he knows the valley’s skiers, and where they’re likely to get in trouble.

Winter rescues are technical, and first responders are as vulnerable to avalanches, cold, and waning daylight as their patients. After saving a life or bringing home a body, the work continues.

They have to get back to base, clean blood off the equipment, restock bags, eat and hydrate. “You never know when the next call is coming. Every time your phone rings, your mind says This is the one,’” Guenther said. “You wonder who it is now.”

Loved ones also feel the stress. When the weather is bad in the mountains and a rescuer gets a call, family members know their son, daughter, wife, husband, mother, or father will be risking their own lives to save another.

Guenther has responded to friends’ fatal accidents. He’s had to tell wives and brothers that their loved one is dead. It adds up. There are the memories, like “that smell is stuck in my nose, this sight is stuck in my head,” and then the enduring, difficult work of being there for victims’ families.

“I talk to friends, wives, or children in the months, weeks, and years following the event,” Guenther said. “They’ll call and say they couldn’t bear to hear the story at the time, but they’re ready now.”

After a tragedy, Jackson tends to move on quickly. “At the community level, it seems like we process tragic events quickly and we’re back out there. I think that’s a cultural thing, maybe even nationally. We tend to pick up the pieces and move on.”

There is no moving on for Guenther and his team. The names of the dead “are stuck in our minds forever. I can name them all. That’s how personal it is for us. It’s not just some guy who died, I got to know his wife, his parents. I had to tell his kid his dad just died, or watch a parent see their kid’s body.”

Because he’s seen how much one death can influence so many people, he wishes that people would have more honest conversations about risk. “We have a lot of really hard-driving, really adventurous and athletic people using equipment that allows them to get really far into the mountains in really remote areas. We can go on grand adventures, but we should think about what level of risk we’re exposing ourselves to, our families to. Think about the rescuers, their exposure and their families.

We’ll make every effort to go get you, or get your body out.”

Jake Urban

The cost of such relentless effort and dedication can be high. In 2012, SAR “paid the ultimate price,” Guenther said, when veteran volunteer Ray Shriver died in a helicopter crash during a rescue. Shriver was a beloved community member.

His death rattled a lot of people. As SAR pilot Ludwig told PJH in 2016, “After Ray, people didn’t want to fly anymore. For a long time, like the rest of the season.”

The team struggled to cope with the grief that still impacts them. Many SAR volunteers and Jenny Lake rangers have been with their organizations for years, and the trauma of loss, within their ranks and without, can accumulate.

Because of this slow accumulation, Guenther said staying vigilant is critical. That means monitoring personnel very closely. “It’s insidious how trauma can affect you and your professional life and your judgement, how it affects your home life.” Guenther pointed to at least one Jenny Lake ranger who left his post because of traumatic experiences on the job.

But Guenther has noticed a shift away from stigma. The National Park Service offers a free employee assistance program. He said the culture among rangers is one that encourages people to use their resources. “We aren’t tough guys anymore,” he said. “We’re willing to address it and say, ‘I’m messed up right now.’ That’s how you take care of it and heal it. It’s the only way you last.”

A Cracked Bucket

Jake Urban, president and owner of the Jackson Hole Leadership Institute, has also been a SAR volunteer since 2010. For the first time, he is taking a break, partially because of the cumulative stress and trauma.

Urban said outdoor leadership training and education is his calling. All of his work, he said, brought him to this day.

Indeed, being outside, teaching people to be safe outside, and rescuing those in trouble is his entire life.

“It’s a career that’s also a lifestyle … the two are blurred horribly. It’s difficult to delineate between personal and professional time. Every facet of my life revolves around it.”

The strain of his entire life revolving around one thing has affected Urban.

Behind every rescue is an enormous amount of work and investment. “We normalize the capabilities of the [SAR] team.

The tactics we use in our local environment are not everyday, normal procedures. We sensationalize it to rockstar status.”

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Jenny Lake District Ranger Scott Guenther on a short-haul helicopter rescue.

acknowledging the loss and beginning the process of learning.”

Responsibility Culture

PJH The helicopter that made Connor Nolan’s rescue possible has become critical to SAR rescues, especially as an increasing number of athletes venture into more extreme terrain during more months of the year. SAR has access to a helicopter six months of the year, but it is trying to up its access to seven months. SAR’s “Heli-yes” campaign is attempting to raise $60,000 by May 19 to cover the cost of the extra month. The helicopter, even when not used, costs a minimum of $32,000 per year. Eventually, SAR hopes to have access all year long.

Those interested in donating should visit tetoncountysar. org/heli

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Unlike many others who have found themselves in similar situations, Nolan is both alive to tell his story and willing to acknowledge the mistakes he and his friends made.

“This incident was the lightbulb I needed,” Nolan said.

For much of his life, skiing was what made him truly happy.

But it was the accident that “made me really understand how fragile and important my life is, to really understand how many people are impacted by me.”

He saw how the accident impacted his family. He learned that friends and co-workers had heard rumours that he had died and saw their pain at the thought of his loss. He was also humbled by his rescuers, Lockhart and AJ Wheeler: “AJ has two kids and a wife he needs to go home to at the end of the night. He is a human, he isn’t just James Bond.”

Nolan is indeed still grappling with the emotional and physical fallout of the avalanche. For many months, he slept in a recliner at his parents’ house. He felt isolated, and no one understood what he’d been through. He made up a story that he repeated over and over to make everyone else feel better about it. But he felt terrible: “I didn’t want to be a part of my own life.”

Now, he is back in Jackson, which he worried would be difficult. After all, folks in Jackson tend to demean people who have been in avalanches: “There’s definitely a shame culture here. People are always saying, ‘Oh yeah, XYZ got caught in a slide. What an idiot.’”

A light was shone on this culture on April 22, when a 24-year-old man died when his snowmobile was caught in an avalanche. Some media outlets reported neither he nor anyone in his party had any avalanche gear.

Sparks, who was on the rescue, said that that information was both false and unhelpful. It shames a group of people who’ve just experienced traumatic loss, judges something that could happen to the most experienced and prepared people: “A lot of our rescues are of locals, who know the terrain and who know the consequences.”

In addition, there are plenty of locals who go out in the backcountry not fully understanding how their transceiver works, Sparks said. Shaming or judging will not increase their responsibility or accountability. What will change is if people start to come forward and say what they should have

done differently. That’s what SAR does after each rescue, and it’s what every outdoor athlete should do, Sparks said.

Nolan did not experience any shaming. He’s felt supported, people are simply happy he is all right. Today, he has completely changed his relationship to skiing and taken leave of bucket list culture. “I’m getting back to the basics,” he said.

For the past three years while pushing himself into increasing danger, “I had anxiety and stress because I always felt like I wasn’t doing enough, should be doing more, skiing something else. I just wanted to get back to why I love skiing in the first place, and that’s because it makes me feel the best out of everything in my whole life.”

In the race to be extreme, Nolan says people forget to have fun. Now, his goals are to have fun, to push himself while skiing—mostly inbounds, for now—and to take responsibility for his actions.

Urban said that as a community, we need to do more to prevent unnecessary loss, and shift from shaming culture to responsibility culture. And, “we need to support people better.”

Although Urban commends SAR’s efforts to destigmatize the effects of trauma, he said there needs to be space for this work in the community, too. “The organization can’t always be responsible for healing the trauma that occurs within it.”

“Strong,” Urban said, “ means knowing when you’re not.”

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Lockhart also referred to this normalization of extreme techniques and abilities. He pointed to a rescue in early April for a snowmobile wreck, when the conditions were poor for flying a helicopter and the situation did not warrant it. The patient on the ground was saying that SAR needed to do a short-haul evacuation. “They’re calling for the most dangerous and advanced rescue we can do. The public knows that these heroic rescues can be done, that’s what they’re asking for and expecting.”

People don’t always know what they’re asking for. As Urban puts it, many tend to focus on the remarkable skills of the SAR team. This emphasis means that the real consequences of the work are lost: “At the end of the day, it’s people, not a thing … When we recognize the team, individuals get lost. We forget that there are peoples’ lives behind that team.

Those stories are important, the stories of how people make time to go and rescue.”

Making the time requires sacrifice. “There is always a loss that is not seen … the individual is lost, the individual’s feelings, the fact that they’ve made sacrifices. They never get that time back, time with their families. And there’s dealing with the loss that occurs on the rescue.”

There are two ways that first responders tend to start feeling the effects of this loss, Urban said. Generally, incidents accumulate over time in one of two ways. Think of it like a bucket: “The bucket is made up of the support system. Either, the bucket fills up—there’s too much pain or fear” (the bucket gets filled up even on the good days) “or what the bucket is made of can break. A piece of the support system falls apart.

That might trigger what’s inside of the bucket.”

Therefore, the entire community has a part in holding buckets together. “As a community, we’re all interconnected.” If a volunteer is struggling at work, with their family, or friends, they may start to feel the impact of rescues more.

Right now, the entire community may not be doing their part to maintain the integrity of others’ buckets. “We’ve normalized an upmanship,” Urban said.“We sensationalize skiing … we’ve made risking your life so sexy, we don’t show what it takes in order for that to really happen, what’s behind the scenes, all the preparation and practice.”

Urban sees people unwilling to be honest. He has been in many debriefs where individuals have been seriously injured or there has been a fatality. “The reality is that a bad decision was made … but I often find individuals are more concerned with talking about what they’ve done right rather than

Sparks and her SAR teammates

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CULTURE KLASH THIS WEEK: May 2-10

WEDNESDAY, MAY 2

n Toddler Gym 10 a.m. Teton Recreation Center, n Story Time 10 a.m. Valley of the Tetons Library, n Baby Time - Youth Auditorium 10:05 a.m. Teton County Library, n Read to Rover 3 p.m. Valley of the Tetons Library, n VITA 2018 Free Tax Prep 3 p.m. Teton County Library, n After School at the Library 3:30 p.m. Teton County Library, Free, n Emotional Life of Girls 6 p.m. Teton County Library, Free, 307-690-8043 n Open Gym - Adult Basketball 6:30 p.m. Teton Recreation Center,

THURSDAY, MAY 3

n Latin Fusion Dance Week with Tika Morgan Dance 9 a.m. Dancers’ Workshop, $25.00 - $135.00, 307-733-6398 n Books & Babies Story Time 10 a.m. Valley of the Tetons Library, n Storytime - Youth Auditorium 10:30 a.m. Teton County Library, n Story Time, Victor

10:30 a.m. Valley of the Tetons Library, n After School at the Library 3:30 p.m. Teton County Library, Free, n Theater Thursday, Victor 3:30 p.m. Valley of the Tetons Library, n Bike Maintenance Clinic 5 p.m. Peaked Sports, n Open Build 5:30 p.m. Valley of the Tetons Library, n Open Gym - Adult Soccer 6:30 p.m. Teton Recreation Center, n App Time - Computer Lab 7 p.m. Teton County Library, n Derrik and the Dynamos 7:30 p.m. Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307-732-3939 n Rapture, Blister, Burn 7:30 p.m. Elks Lodge, $15.00 $20.00,

FRIDAY, MAY 4

n Red-Hot Social Media Trends for Summer!

9 a.m. Center for the Arts, $40.00, (307) 733-7425 n Free Food Friday 10:30 a.m. Jackson Cupboard, Free, 3076992163 n All Ages Story Time 11 a.m. Valley of the Tetons Library, n Sneak Peek 12 p.m. National Museum of Wildlife Art, Free,

n Fun Friday - Youth Auditorium 3:30 p.m. Teton County Library, n Game Night 4 p.m. Valley of the Tetons Library, n Grand Fiesta (Bailazo) 7 p.m. Pink Garter Theatre, $10.00, n 2018 Spring Festival Gala Concert and Reception 7 p.m. Walk Festival Hall, Free, 307-413-1551 n Boondocks 7:30 p.m. Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307-732-3939 n Cinco de Mayo (celebrated on the 4th of May) - 21+ 9:30 p.m. Pink Garter Theatre, $10.00, n Hi Fri DJ Night 10 p.m. Pink Garter Theatre, Free,

SATURDAY, MAY 5

n Library Saturdays - Youth Auditorium 10:15 a.m. Teton County Library, n 6th Annual Swan Valley Square Scoot 5K Fun Run 10:30 a.m. Swan Valley Elementary School, n Open Hockey - Weekend Mornings 12:30 p.m. Snow King Sports & Event Center, $10.00, (307) 201-1633

How to Become Cultured...

AF This is not your parents’ trivia night

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ndrew Munz turned on the speaker system at The Rose for a question during Cultured AF, Jackson’s newest trivia game. An orchestra erupted in the room, sounds that conjured images of a clashing battlefield.

The song has been playing on trailers everywhere for a new movie, Munz, a Planet Jackson Hole columnist, said.

What is it?

Four-person teams huddled, some people immediately grabbed a pencil and jotted down an answer while others discussed in a hushed voice.

As Munz called out the answer, Avengers: Infinity War, a few teams asked if just “Avengers” would suffice.

Just this time he’ll be nice, he said with sass, it’s the first installment of the trivia night, after all.

“But be more specific next time, you’re cultured.”

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This isn’t your parents’ Trivial Pursuit. It’s a game for millenials, or those with an extensive knowledge of modern pop culture. Think Netflix originals, eccentric icons like Ru Paul and Jim Carey, Harry Potter plot lines and HBO soundtracks.

“It’s a bit more modern, a bit more fresh,” Munz said. “Your parents aren’t paying attention to this kind of stuff.”

Cultured AF Trivia follows a format similar to trivia nights of the past at Local: six rounds, six questions per round with varying point values and six categories. There’s a super-secret bonus round in the middle in honor of Greg Hahnel and a final jeopardy question at the end where you can risk it all.

“It’s not like writing things on a piece of paper and running it up as fast as you can,” Munz said.

While there will never be a sports category or question, Munz said,

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“Knowledge should always be rewarded.

Here you can be knowledgeable about the most mundane things that other people say are dumb and finally someone has acknowledged your weird obsession.”

Cultured AF begins 6 p.m., May 15 and 29 at The Rose. Winners receive a $100 gift card to The Rose. It’s free, but participants must be 21 or older.

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this is a really creative way for me to express all of the things I’m interested in, while at the same time entertaining audiences.”

He looks for answers that not only he recognizes, but that other people in Jackson could too.

“I never want to have questions that really feel like left field answers,” he said. “I like to mislead people with the way I ask the question, but I don’t want it to ever feel like ‘Well, I don’t know what the hell that is.’”

You’ll never hear a question like, “What is the longest snake?” in Cultured AF. “We can’t even discuss that,” he said. “I don’t know, an anaconda, a boa constrictor? You’re just kind of reaching for knowledge.”

But you may hear one like “Who is the voice actress of Kaa in the 2016 remake of The Jungle Book?”

Spoiler alert: Kaa is the snake and is voiced by Scarlett Johansson.

Cultured AF is a celebration of the random bits of knowledge people possess, whether they are gained from a series binge of Friends or a childhood tuned in to MTV. “We shouldn’t be punished for the things we don’t know,” he said.

“Knowledge should always be rewarded. It doesn’t matter if it’s knowledge of VH1’s Charm School hosted by Monique or not.

“Here you can be knowledgeable about the most mundane things that other people say are dumb and finally someone has acknowledged your weird obsession.” PJH

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Cultured AF trivia is a team sport of up to four people. He said it is smart to utilize people for their unique areas of knowledge.

“It’s good to have a power team of culture savvy individuals,” he said.

The only way to prepare for it is to consume, Munz said. Listen to all the music you can, watch all the TV and movies you can, read all the books you can. Be that tech savvy millennial you know you can be.

“It’s trivia for people who are non-committal with their culture taste,” Munz said. “It’s an appetizer platter of culture rather than a bunch of entrees.”

When Munz first pitched the idea for a trivia night at The Rose, it had a very different hook.

He wanted to do drag queen trivia. But after what he called a “less than personally successful” night on the town in drag, which he documented for PJH, he had a change of heart.

“I panicked slightly,” he said.

He racked his brain trying to come up with alternatives to a regular old trivia event or one hosted by a drag queen, but with Munz in charge, it was bound to be anything but ordinary.

“I’m too ambitious for something like that,” he said.

Cultured AF was born. And people showed up. The first night of trivia on April 3 packed The Rose on a normally quiet Tuesday.

The questions and answers were unique and fun, with each player knowing the answer or having that “oh yeah” moment after the answer was read.

“I didn’t want to Google some cookie cutter trivia questions,” he said.

Instead, each question and answer are a reflection of Munz and what he’s interested in—and what he thinks you might know about.

“Coming up with questions for trivia accesses a really different part of my brain that I don’t normally utilize,” he said. “I love recommending things to people: books, movies, songs, and

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Caught in the Rapture Riot Act show weaves together feminism, life questions

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hen Kathleen Godines first read Gina Gionfriddo’s Rapture, Blister, Burn she didn’t see the humor. “The second time I read it, I chuckled a little,” she said. “The third time, I cracked up and thought ‘Oh, I get it, I’ll do it.’”

Godines, who is co-directing the show produced by Riot Act Inc. with BJ Hanford, is always looking for the humor. And while she didn’t see it at first, Rapture, Blister, Burn is “amazingly cycnical,” she said. “It’s got some great humor and some very intense scenes.”

The play features the stories of Catherine and Gwen who traveled opposite paths in life. Catherine went into academics, while Gwen became a homemaker. Decades later, both women find themselves unfulfilled in opposite ways, coveting the other’s situation.

The Dramatist Play Service describes the show as a comedy with “an unflinching look at gender politics in the wake of the 20th-century feminist ideals. It’s really about relationships and what that means for the modern world. It really questions if you can ‘have it all.’”

The story spans across three generations and asks questions about what it means to be a woman and the idea of equal rights, Godines said.

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what they expect from their lives, what they can get from their lives and what they settle for in their lives,” Godines said. “It’s really interesting and sometimes hysterical.”

The play is almost a crash course in women’s studies, Godines said. It tackles everything from equal rights to pornography, as well as all the labels pinned on women.

“It’s not just about women’s movements, but also the perception of what women should be,” she said.

It looks at how things have changed, but also how they have stayed the same.

Godines and Hanford let the play develop organically to give it a natural feel, Godines said.

The intimate venue of the Elks Lodge is perfect for the show which features a five-person cast, she said. There are no big action scenes or musical numbers. It’s all about the dialogue. It has a minimal set, simple costumes and the audience is seated close to the actors.

“I want them to hear the script and see the actors’ faces—that’s where it’s all played out,” Godines said.

The show’s feminist themes fit with Riot Act’s season theme, “Women,” Macey Mott, a founder of the theater company and cast member in the show said in an email.

Mott, who runs Riot Act, plays Catherine. It’s the first major role she’s had in a show since 2015. Catherine’s

character just clicked with her.

“She has incredible drive and has built this wonderful career, but she feels lonely in her personal life,” Mott said.

It’s a show that will likely leave people thinking about their own lives and relationships, Mott said. It also will have them thinking deeply about feminism—what it is and how it fits into everyday life.

“The play does a good job of showing how people who are pigeon-holed into certain life jobs actually are very dynamic and may want something different,” Mott said. “Gwen is so much more than just a housewife. Catherine wants a relationship even though she had a ‘superstar’ career.”

The other characters are also focused on how they want to live their lives. The show is an intellectual comedy, Mott said. People should expect to laugh as well as think about important issues. Profanity and sexual references make it unsuitable for young children, although teens likely will get something out of it, Mott said.

Mott will share the stage with Angel Dillon, Delia Compton, Chris Eichelberger, Linda Rode and Jessica Schiers. PJH Rapture, Blister, Burn is 7:30 p.m. this Thursday through Saturday and May 10 through 12 at the Elks Lodge. $15; $12 students and seniors in advance at riotactinc.org or at the door.

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more they’re going to get out of it.”

She said the most successful mixers that she’s seen have included indoor/ outdoor elements, live music, passed apps, and a prime location. The more town-centric Jackson business often see more attendees than those outside of town.

This year is now completely booked to host a mixer, and the waitlist is around 15 names deep. So what’s the big deal? Why are these local businesses so eager to spend upwards of $10 to $20 per attendee on catering and marketing in order to host a simple networking event?

I chatted with a few Chamber Mixer hosts and many of them said the same thing: it’s a great opportunity to get people through the door who normally may not have done so. That made me wonder if hosting mixers is a bit like setting a saucer of milk outside on the stoop for the neighborhood strays.

Hopefully the effort will pay off and the business or organization will grow as a result.

Or some raccoon will come around and drink the milk instead.

The next Mixer will take place at the Children’s Learning Museum on May 3.

As always, refreshments will be provided to all attendees. However, this time around due to the setting, no alcohol will be served. PJH

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Unsurprisingly, an event with free food and booze attracts raccoonish moochers more interested in networking with the cheese platter.

“Oh, of course there’s freeloaders,” Murphy said with a laugh. “And we know who they are. Anyone who hosts a Mixer knows who they are.”

While they are perfect opportunities for members to link up with one another, the Chamber Mixers are jokingly called the best happy hour in town.

Among myself and my friends, I’ll confess that we have used them as launching points to pre-game before a dinner reservation or movie venture. I’ve networked in the past, but admittedly, it often feels like once you’ve been to one Chamber Mixer, the others appear a bit like the same party inside different walls.

But Murphy said the crowd has changed a bit. There’s the crew that comes to everything, the older locals and all those people, but recently there’s been a younger demographic. Lots of young business owners and young professionals who want to break into another world of business, she said.

The crowd size varies from 150 to 300 attendees per mixer, and Murphy mentioned that the success of a single mixer is measured by how much effort the hosting business is willing to put into the event.

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h, the beloved Chamber Mixer.

We’ve all been to at least one, and we’ll all go again. The locations shift, the catering varies, but the premise remains the same: one local business or nonprofit member of the Chamber of Commerce hosts a networking event complete with food, libations and a gaggle of valley residents.

As described by the Chamber website: “Each Chamber Mixer is a unique experience that showcases the hosts and partners while helping attendees easily make conversation with new connection [sic] and old friends.”

But one has to wonder, in a town as small as Jackson, how much more connecting with one another can we do? Are Chamber Mixers so crucial to community building that they must be held once a week? Or do they get a bit, dare I say, redundant?

“I’d say I’ve been to over 250 mixers,” Director of Special Events Maureen Murphy said. “Ten years of Mixers.”

The cost is $300 for a member of the Chamber to host a mixer, which includes marketing as well as personnel at the event. The host is responsible for any form of food, drinks or entertainment they would like to provide for attendees. The events usually begin at 5 p.m. on a Thursday and last a couple hours, during which time people can come and go as they please, eat a little, drink a little, and, ideally, network with one another.

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acos have been the biggest sellers since the day Streetfood at the Stagecoach opened.

Its carne asada, al pastor, chicken tinga and fish tacos continually best its delicious street food inspired from other corners of the world like burgers, gyros, Cuban sandwiches and fish and chips.

“There was one day where we made 1,000 tacos,” owner Marcos Hernandez said.

Hernandez grew up in Leon, Mexico, where tacos are the quintessential street food. Taquerias and street food vendors line the cities of Mexico, where you can find a taco every two blocks.

Most taco vendors have simply a counter with no seats or utensils.

“You don’t get napkins and you don’t get forks,” he said. “That’s what the tortilla is for.”

The simple dish is also a favorite for Hernandez, who said he could eat tacos

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every day for the rest of his life. His personal record was more than a dozen tacos in one sitting.

“I felt sick,” he said. “But it was a happiness kind of sick.”

Amelia Hatchard, co-owner of Streetfood and Hernandez’s wife, said it was a no brainer to put tacos on the menu. Their popularity has grown so much that the restaurant bought a taco cart complete with a comal for chorizo and tortillas and a spit for al pastor.

Once the weather warms—hopefully on Cinco de Mayo this Saturday— the cart will hit the deck. Although Hernandez says nothing stops a taco cart in Mexico.

“It’s pouring rain in Mexico and people are standing at the taco stand,” he said.

At its core, a taco is a simple, quick and easy food: a warmed corn tortilla, meat, cilantro, onion, lime and salsa.

Traditionally, tacos were made with

lesser-desired and cheaper meat products like beef tripe and tongue, doused with spicy salsa to enhance flavor.

“That’s not what we’re doing now, but that’s what brought us to today,” Hatchard said.

Indeed, tacos have evolved and most Mexican restaurants in America, or restaurants like Streetfood that serve authentic Mexican tacos, offer higher-quality cuts of meat.

In Jackson, you can find tacos that sit on almost every part of the spectrum: authentic street style, seafood-based, gourmet, Tex-Mex and Americanized.

If you’re looking for an authentic taco experience, try a hole-in-the-wall restaurant like Fiesta, which is nestled between a Mexican market and music store on Alpine Lane, the newly expanded San Juan Restaurant on the corner of Pearl and Glenwood Street, or the strip mall joints of El Metate and Tijuana Mexican Restaurant.

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Pica’s baja shrimp tacos marry Mexican and American flavors.

Local is a modern American steakhouse and bar located on Jackson’s historic town square.

Serving locally raised beef and, regional game, fresh seafood and seasonally inspired food, Local offers the perfect setting for lunch, drinks or dinner.

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a variety of Mexican dishes with an Americanized take, makes tacos and taco salads with guacamole, sour cream and cheese.

Hatch Taqueria and Tequilas prides itself on its offering of modern tacos.

“We wanted to have this eclectic taco scene,” co-owner Andy Ward said.

Sure, they wanted to include traditional chicken tinga and carne asada, but also options that you wouldn’t see anywhere else.

“We wanted some flair,” Ward said.

That flair shows in the smoked brisket tacos, the seared yellowfin tuna and the grilled portobello. Hatch also takes toppings beyond the traditional cilantro and onion. The salmon taco is topped with alfalfa sprouts and the seared yellowfin tuna has a jalapeno lime wasabi sauce and jicama slaw.

The tortillas are just as important as the fillings. At Hatch, the chefs make GMO-free corn tortillas in house, making the masa, stamping them out and cooking them on the flat top.

“We wanted to keep them as healthy as possible,” Ward said.

Hatch almost steered clear of tacos, hoping to focus more on entrees. But eaters wouldn’t have it. “We tried a bunch of different things,” Ward said.

“But we learned that people want tacos.

Why would we fight that battle?” PJH

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At these eateries, you’ll taste authenticity. You can try traditional tacos with some of the meat options that seem foreign to most Americans. Hernandez said it’s common in Mexico to have brain, stomach, intestines, tongue or even eyeball tacos. Even the most undesirable cut can taste good with the right amount of cooking and time, he said.

“You can eat a bite of tongue and it’s soft and basically melts in your mouth,” he said. It’s one of the best cuts, though Americans are leery of it.

But for the adventurous, it’s still possible to try the authentic experience: Fiesta has lengua, tongue, tacos and El Metate has buche, pork stomach, tacos.

In the coastal cities of Mexico, tacos are served primarily with seafood and the central regional toppings of cilantro and onions are swapped for slaws.

Pica’s Taqueria’s baja style tacos are the prime example of coastal fare with an Americanized twist. Shrimp and fish offerings are fried in beer batter to a light crispy golden brown, then layered in a warm corn tortilla with fresh tomatoes, chipotle salsa, cilantro and a creamy lime cabbage slaw.

Queso lovers might also appreciate Americanized tacos. They often come with cheese.

Merry Piglets, the Tex-Mex restaurant in town, serves up ground beef tacos with iceberg lettuce and shredded cheese. El Abuelito, which serves

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TETON THAI Serving the world’s most exciting cuisine. Teton Thai offers a splendid array of flavors: sweet, hot, sour, salt and bitter. All balanced and blended perfectly, satisfying the most discriminating palate. Open daily. Located at 7432 Granite Loop Road in Teton Village, (307) 733-0022 and in Driggs, (208) 787-8424, tetonthai.com.

THAI ME UP Home of Melvin Brewing Co. Freshly remodeled offering modern Thai cuisine in a relaxed setting. New tap system with 20 craft beers. New $8 wine list and extensive bottled beer menu. View our tap list at thaijh.com/brews. Open daily for dinner at 5 p.m. Located downtown at 75 East Pearl Street, (307) 733-0005, melvinbrewing.com.

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FAMILY FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT PIZZAS, PASTAS & MORE HOUSEMADE BREAD & DESSERTS FRESH, LOCALLY SOURCED OFFERINGS TAKE OUT AVAILABLE Dining room and bar open nightly at 5:00pm (307) 733-2460 • 2560 Moose Wilson Road • Wilson, WY

A Jackson Hole favorite since 1965

ALPENHOF

Serving authentic Swiss cuisine, the Alpenhof features European style breakfast entrées and alpine lunch fare. Dine in the Bistro for a casual meal or join us in the Alpenrose dining room for a relaxed dinner experience. Breakfast 7:30 a.m.-10 a.m. Coffee & pastry 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

Lunch 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Aprés 3 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Dinner 6 p.m.-9 p.m. For reservations at the Bistro or Alpenrose, call (307) 733-3242.

THE BLUE LION A Jackson Hole favorite for 39 years. Join us in the charming atmosphere of a historic home. Serving fresh fish, elk, poultry, steaks, and vegetarian entrées. Ask a local about our rack of lamb. Live acoustic guitar music most nights. Open nightly at 5:30 p.m. Reservations recommended, walk-ins welcome. 160 N. Millward, (307) 733-3912, bluelionrestaurant.com

PICNIC Our mission is simple: offer good food, made fresh, all day, every day. We know everyone’s busy, so we cater to on-the-go lifestyles with quick, tasty options for breakfast and lunch, including pastries and treats from our sister restaurant Persephone. Also offering coffee and espresso drinks plus wine and cocktails. Open 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 7 a.m.-3 p.m. on weekends. Located at 1110 Maple Way in West Jackson, (307) 264-2956, picnicjh.com

ELEANOR’S Enjoy all the perks of fine dining, minus the dress code at Eleanor’s, serving rich, saucy dishes in a warm and friendly setting. Its bar alone is an attraction, thanks to reasonably priced drinks and a loyal crowd. Come get a belly-full of our two-time gold medal wings. Open at 11 a.m. daily. 832 W. Broadway, (307) 733-7901.

LOCAL Local, a modern American steakhouse and bar, is located on Jackson’s historic town square. Our menu features both classic and specialty cuts of locally-ranched meats and wild game alongside fresh seafood, shellfish, house-ground burgers, and seasonallyinspired food. We offer an extensive wine list and an abundance of locally-sourced products. Offering a casual and vibrant bar atmosphere with 12 beers on tap as well as a relaxed dining room, Local is the perfect spot to grab a burger for lunch or to have drinks and dinner with friends. Lunch MonSat 11:30am. Dinner Nightly 5:30pm. 55 North Cache, (307) 201-1717, localjh.com.

LOTUS ORGANIC RESTAURANT Serving organic, freshly-made world cuisine while catering to all eating styles. Endless organic and natural meat, vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free choices. Offering super smoothies, fresh extracted juices, espresso and tea. Full bar and house-infused botanical spirits. Serving breakfast, lunch & dinner starting at 8am daily. Located at 140 N. Cache, (307) 734-0882, theorganiclotus.com.

MANGY MOOSE Mangy Moose Restaurant, with locally sourced, seasonally fresh food at reasonable prices, is a always a fun place to go with family or friends for a unique dining experience. The personable staff will make you feel right at home and the funky western decor will keep you entertained throughout your entire visit. Teton Village, (307) 733-4913, mangymoose.com.

MOE’S BBQ Opened in Jackson Hole by Tom Fay and David Fogg, Moe’s Original Bar B Que features a Southern Soul Food Revival through its award-winning Alabama-style pulled pork, ribs, wings, turkey and chicken smoked over hardwood served with two unique sauces in addition to Catfish and a Shrimp MoeBoy sandwich. A daily rotation of traditional Southern sides and tasty desserts are served fresh daily. Moe’s BBQ stays open late and features a menu for any budget. While the setting is family-friendly, a full premium bar offers a lively scene with HDTVs for sports fans, music, shuffle board and other games upstairs. Large party takeout orders and full service catering with delivery is also available.

VIRGINIAN SALOON

Come down to the historic Virginian Saloon and check out our grill menu! Everything from 1/2 pound burgers to wings at a great price! The grill is open in the Saloon from 4 p.m.-10p.m. daily. Located at 750 West Broadway, (307) 739-9891.

America’s most award-winning microbrewery is serving lunch and dinner. Take in the atmosphere while enjoying wood-fired pizzas, pastas, burgers, sandwiches, soups, salads and desserts. $9 lunch menu. Happy hour runs from 4 - 6 p.m., including tasty hot wings. The freshest beer in the valley, right from the source! Free WiFi. Open 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. Loacted at 265 S. Millward. (307) 7392337, snakeriverbrewing.com.

ITALIAN CALICO

A Jackson Hole favorite since 1965, the Calico continues to be one of the most popular restaurants in the Valley. The Calico offers the right combination of really good food, (much of which is grown in our own gardens in the summer), friendly staff; a reasonably priced menu and a large selection of wine.

Our bar scene is eclectic with a welcoming vibe. Open nightly at 5 p.m. Located at 2560 Moose Wilson Rd., (307) 733-2460.

MEXICAN

EL ABUELITO

Serving authentic Mexican cuisine and appetizers in a unique Mexican atmosphere.

Home of the original Jumbo Margarita.

Featuring a full bar with a large selection of authentic Mexican beers. Lunch served weekdays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nightly dinner specials. Open seven days, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Located at 385 W. Broadway, (307) 733-1207.

PIZZA

DOMINO’S PIZZA

Hot and delicious delivered to your door.

Hand-tossed, deep dish, crunchy thin, Brooklyn style and artisan pizzas; bread bowl pastas, and oven baked sandwiches; chicken wings, cheesy breads and desserts. Delivery. 520 S. Hwy. 89 in Kmart Plaza, (307) 733-0330.

PINKY G’S

The locals favorite! Voted Best Pizza in Jackson Hole 2012-2016. Seek out this hidden gem under the Pink Garter Theatre for NY pizza by the slice, salads, strombolis, calzones and many appetizers to choose from. Try the $7 ‘Triple S’ lunch special. Happy hours 10 p.m. - 12 a.m.

Sun.- Thu. Text PINK to 71441 for discounts.

Delivery and take-out. Open daily 11a.m. - 2 a.m. Located at 50 W. Broadway, (307) 734-PINK.

PIZZERIA CALDERA

Jackson Hole’s only dedicated stone-hearth oven pizzeria, serving Napolitana-style pies using the freshest ingredients in traditional and creative combinations. Five local micro-brews on tap, a great selection of red and white wines by the glass and bottle, and one of the best views of the Town Square from our upstairs deck. Daily lunch special includes slice, salad or soup, any two for $8. Happy hour: half off drinks by the glass from 4 - 6 p.m. daily. Dine in or carry out. Or order online at PizzeriaCaldera. com, or download our app for iOS or Android.

Open from 11 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. daily at 20 West Broadway. (307) 201-1472.

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Complete the grid so that each row, column, diagonal and 3x3 square contain all of the numbers 1 to 9.

No math is involved. The grid has numbers, but nothing has to add up to anything else. Solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic. Solving time is typically 10 to 30 minutes, depending on your skill and experience.

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120 Long journey 121 __ noire 122 Barbie’s original bestie 123 Rx 124 Ward of “Sisters” 125 Spa sounds 126 __ corps 127 Detective Dick’s love 128 King of Spain 83 85 86 87 89 90 91

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Island in the stream Barracks break Paul’s “Ebony and Ivory” partner 14 Like the studio forced to quit making 007 movies?

15 Strong support 16 Bodybuilder’s pride 18 Tiny stingers 20 Formal proposal 28 Feudal land 29 Architect Jones 31 Bothersome goings-on 34 Ugli, for one 37 Doctored drinks 38 Nobel Institute city 41 TV Drs. Isles and Quincy 42 Pull the plug 43 Web destination 44 Barrett of S Club 7 45 Outback bounders 46 Force out of office 47 Basic finish?

48 Singer’s cue 49 You might pick one up in a bar 50 See 95-Down 55 Aviator __ Garros, French Open stadium namesake 56 Knock follower?

58 Diner perch 59 To make sure 61 Shed __ 63 Pipe fastener 65 Eduardo’s eye 67 Storehouse 69 Percussionist who worked with Prince 70 Fable lesson 71 Terse 72 “__ Magnolias”: 1989 film 73 How some insects get their news?

76 Floor model 77 Popular jeans

78 Seaside glider 79 Beginning 81 Fr. title 82 Start to print?

84 Altar exchange 87 Top at Starbucks 88 Glass fragment 90 Stymies 92 Muck partner 94 “War of the Worlds” invaders 95 With 50-Down, “Double Fantasy” artist 97 Big name in pharaohs 98 Wild fights 102 Residence 103 Ice bucket accessory 104 Walking tall 105 __ tactic 107 More valuable, in some cases 108 One-named singer 109 Wine from Hungary 110 Portrayer of the first female Colonel Sanders, familiarly 111 Geometry figure 112 Needing a little more drying time 114 Publisher Chandler 115 Prunes 118 Title for Elton

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1 Hogwarts’ Mrs. Norris is one 4 Long-dist. threat 8 Night vision?

13 Bed covering 17 Wearer of hot pants?

19 Milhous : Nixon :: __ : Garfield 21 Goosebump-inducing 22 Big wind 23 One of the British?

24 Progressive rival 25 Common sights on Roman roads 26 Louisiane, par exemple 27 Soil expert’s observations?

30 Fully enjoys 32 Alaska’s __ Peninsula 33 Kid’s backyard apparatus 35 “What’s the __?”

36 Pixar clownfish 39 Grafton’s “__ for Outlaw” 40 Tiny shape-shifters 44 Contest where anglers compete while jogging on the shore?

49 Musical array 51 Tokyo sash 52 Debtor’s list 53 Highlands group 54 Sumatran swingers 56 It might be square 57 Sudoku box fillers: Abbr.

58 Tennis garb 60 Penetrating wind 61 Steffi’s tennis-playing spouse 62 In the know 64 Show eager anticipation 66 In vogue, with “the” 68 Where all the Aberdeen lads get together?

72 Logo on many sneakers 74 __ roll 75 Prepare to ride, in a way 79 Coral Sea sight 80 She plays Hermione in “Harry

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) These days you have an enhanced ability to arouse the appreciation and generosity of your allies, friends, and loved ones. The magnetic influence you’re emanating could even start to evoke the interest and inquiries of mere acquaintances and random strangers. Be discerning about how you wield that potent stuff! On the other hand, don’t be shy about using it to attract all the benefits it can bring you. It’s OK to be a bit greedier for goodies than usual as long as you’re also a bit more compassionate than usual.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) I bet that a healing influence will arrive from an unexpected direction and begin to work its subtle but intense magic before anyone realizes what’s happening. I predict that the bridge you’re building will lead to a place that’s less flashy but more useful than you imagined. And I’m guessing that although you may initially feel jumbled by unforeseen outcomes, those outcomes will ultimately be redemptive. Hooray for lucky flukes and weird switcheroos!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) If you really wanted to, you could probably break the world’s record for most words typed per minute with the nose (103 characters in 47 seconds). I bet you could also shatter a host of other marks, as well, like eating the most hot chiles in two minutes, or weaving the biggest garland using defunct iPhones, or dancing the longest on a tabletop while listening to a continuous loop of Nirvana’s song “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” But I hope you won’t waste your soaring capacity for excellence on meaningless stunts like those. I’d rather see you break your own personal records for accomplishments like effective communications, high-quality community-building, and smart career moves.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Mayflies are aquatic insects with short life spans. Many species live less than 24 hours, even though the eggs they lay may take three years to hatch. I suspect this may be somewhat of an apt metaphor for your future, Scorpio.

A transitory or short-duration experience could leave a legacy that will ripen for a long time before it hatches.

But that’s where the metaphor breaks down. When your legacy has fully ripened—when it becomes available as a living presence —I bet it will last a long time.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) When a critic at Rolling Stone magazine reviewed the Beatles’ Abbey Road in 1969, he said some of the songs were “so heavily overproduced that they are hard to listen to.” He added, “Surely they must have enough talent and intelligence to do better than this.” Years later, however, Rolling Stone altered its opinion, naming Abbey Road the fourteenth best album of all time. I suspect, Sagittarius, that you’re in a phase with metaphorical resemblances to the earlier assessment. But I’m reasonably sure that this will ultimately evolve into being more like the later valuation—and it won’t take years.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) According to my analysis of the astrological omens, love should be in full bloom. You should be awash in worthy influences that animate your beautiful passion. So how about it? Are you swooning and twirling and uncoiling?

Are you overflowing with a lush longing to celebrate the miracle of being alive? If your answer is yes, congratulations. May your natural intoxication levels continue to rise. But if my description doesn’t match your current experience, you may be out of sync with cosmic rhythms.

And if that’s the case, please take emergency measures.

Escape to a sanctuary where you can shed your worries and inhibitions and maybe even your clothes. Get drunk on undulating music as you dance yourself into a dreamy love revelry.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) “Life never gives you anything that’s all bad or all good.”

So proclaimed the smartest Aquarian six-year-old girl I know as we kicked a big orange ball around a playground.

I agreed with her! “Twenty years from now,” I told her, “I’m going to remind you that you told me this heartful truth.”

I didn’t tell her the corollary that I’d add to her axiom, but I’ll share it with you: If anything or anyone or seems to be all bad or all good, you’re probably not seeing the big picture. There are exceptions, however! For example, I bet you will soon experience or are already experiencing a graceful stroke of fate that’s very close to being all good.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) “Enodation” is an old, nearly obsolete English word that refers to the act of untying a knot or solving a knotty problem. “Enodous” means “free of knots.” Let’s make these your celebratory words of power for the month of May, Pisces. Speak them out loud every now and then.

Invoke them as holy chants and potent prayers leading you to discover the precise magic that will untangle the kinks and snarls you most need to untangle.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) “Every so often, a painter has to destroy painting,” said twentieth-century abstract expressionist painter Willem de Kooning. “Cézanne did it. Picasso did it with Cubism.

Then Pollock did it. He busted our idea of a picture all to hell.” In de Kooning’s view, these “destructive” artists performed a noble service. They demolished entrenched ideas about the nature of painting, thus liberating their colleagues and descendants from stale constraints.

Judging from the current astrological omens, Libra, I surGo to RealAstrology.com for Rob Brezsny’s expanded weekly audio horoscopes and daily text-message horoscopes. Audio horoscopes also available by phone at 877-873-4888 or 900-950-7700.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) I hate rampant consumerism almost as much as I hate hatred, so I don’t offer the following advice lightly: Buy an experience that could help liberate you from the suffering you’ve had trouble outgrowing. Or buy a toy that can thaw the frozen joy that’s trapped within your out-of-date sadness. Or buy a connection that might inspire you to express a desire you need help in expressing. Or buy an influence that will motivate you to shed a belief or theory that has been cramping your lust for life. Or all of the above! (And if buying these things isn’t possible, consider renting.)

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Isaac Newton (1643-1727) was among history’s three most influential scientists. Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) has been described as the central figure in modern philosophy. Henry James (1843-1916) is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in English literature. John Ruskin (18191900) was a prominent art critic and social thinker. What did these four men have in common? They never had sex with anyone. They were virgins when they died. I view this fact with alarm. What does it mean that Western culture is so influenced by the ideas of men who lacked this fundamental initiation? With that as our context, I make this assertion: If you hope to make good decisions in the coming weeks, you must draw on the wisdom you have gained from being sexually entwined with other humans.

mise the near future will be a good time for you to wreak creative destruction in your own field or sphere. What progress and breakthroughs might be possible when you dismantle comfortable limitations?

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) Born under the astrological sign of Cancer, Franz Kafka is regarded as one of the twentieth century’s major literary talents. Alas, he made little money from his writing.

Among the day jobs he did to earn a living were stints as a bureaucrat at insurance companies. His superiors there praised his efforts. “Superb administrative talent,” they said about him. Let’s use this as a take-off point to meditate on your destiny, Cancerian. Are you good at skills you’re not passionate about? Are you admired and acknowledged for having qualities that aren’t of central importance to you? If so, the coming weeks and months will be a favorable time to explore this apparent discrepancy. I believe you will have the power to get closer to doing more of what you love to do.

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