With the ice climbing and telemark season all but over, I thought it appropriate to do a quote related to skiing. In talking about ski mountaineering and telemarking that Sierra legend - Allan Bard (AKA The Great Bardini) - once reminded us that, “IT'S A TURN, NOT A RELIGION." I for one never feel bad about slipping in occasional parallel or stem-christies on my tele-gear; heck I really have no shame, and would resort to kick turns if it gets me down in one piece.