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March 29th, 2007 · No Comments

i’m back in uganda after almost two weeks in norway and sweden. it was definitely a worthwhile trip in terms of ski racing photography and maintaining my contact to the nordic ski world. i had more tourist time than last year’s trip, too, so i got to see some good sights in oslo and stockholm. […]

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ultimate, post-7HC

March 18th, 2007 · No Comments

sunday pickup was fun for me tonight for the first time in a good 1.5 months. following the tournament (see 7HC), maybe i was a little burned out. i’m struggling with the constant restart - this is a forehand, this is a stack, this is a cut - that comes from having new […]

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the 1st annual 7HC

February 13th, 2007 · No Comments

we talk all big about posting 100 times in 7 months, then we disappear. sorry ’bout that. no excuses except that i got consumed with planning the 7even hills classic (7HC) ultimate tournament and didn’t feel too guilty about not blogging since phil’s been holding to his promise of posting 1 picture a […]

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Tags: Paige · Uganda · Ultimate

tourney in february

December 17th, 2006 · No Comments

the group i coach on sundays forms the kampala ultimate frisbee club (KUFC). last wednesday a small organizing committee met to begin planning a tournament in kampala. goal is to have 5-6 teams from uganda plus the nairobi team. any others willing to make the trip?
i have a lot of experience in […]

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Tags: Paige · Uganda · Ultimate

i respect you coach

October 24th, 2006 · 3 Comments

moving to uganda i expected to take some time off from ultimate - both as a player and as a coach. as it turns out i’ve done neither, and happily so.
coaching in uganda and coaching in the states are the two extremes. there i coached one of the best college women’s teams in […]

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no running water an hour in any direction, and i’m thinking about ultimate

August 2nd, 2006 · 3 Comments

hands down one of the hardest things to leave behind when moving to africa was coaching syzygy. here’s a team that models everything i ever wanted in a team, a team that included me in its successes and its failures as one of its own. so, why did i choose to walk away […]

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ultimate Uganda

July 3rd, 2006 · No Comments

When Phil & I told people we were moving to Africa, invariably their first reaction was: there isn’t much Ultimate in Uganda, huh? A reaction only topped in frequency by people saying to Phil: not too much snow for skiing in Uganda, huh? Well, yesterday I played Ultimate in Uganda. So, still […]

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Tags: Paige · Uganda · Ultimate