I sent out the standard Monday/Wednesday text message yesterday saying, "Dawn Patrol Tomorrow?" No takers. At first I was bummed out, but then I thought, "Nah, I guess I can just sleep in a little and get to class on time." I realized I had made a mistake when I finally awoke to the new snow on the driveway. I was not super excited to see that and now be out skiing. I went to class at 9:10 for a review session. The teacher was not prepared thinking she was going to be bombarded with questions. This was not the case, and class only lasted 7 minutes. I then made the executive decision that I did not need to attend my second class and I was on my way up to the hills. I called Kai and to my surprise he actually said he was in! I picked him up at his house and we went up to ski the Patsy Marley ridge once again. This is a quick line and I needed to be to work by 1. Kai has not been touring a whole lot this year so his prep time, skinning, and transitions aren't exactly the fastest in town, but I was still glad he made it out there with me. I began my line by jumping off the same cornice I have dropped many times before. However, it was a little different this time after all the snow and wind we have received. This was probably a 20 ft drop. I didn't land i
t super cleanly, but I was stoked I did it. There was only like 3 inches of new snow on top of the old stuff. The skiing was fair, but not great. We did the one lap, then traversed over and skied down and out the gully for a few more turns. I was feeling bummed out that I didn't go this morning and I am now feeling good about going out a little later.
I sent out the standard Monday/Wednesday text message yesterday saying, "Dawn Patrol Tomorrow?" No takers. At first I was bummed out, but then I thought, "Nah, I guess I can just sleep in a little and get to class on time." I realized I had made a mistake when I finally awoke to the new snow on the driveway. I was not super excited to see that and now be out skiing. I went to class at 9:10 for a review session. The teacher was not prepared thinking she was going to be bombarded with questions. This was not the case, and class only lasted 7 minutes. I then made the executive decision that I did not need to attend my second class and I was on my way up to the hills. I called Kai and to my surprise he actually said he was in! I picked him up at his house and we went up to ski the Patsy Marley ridge once again. This is a quick line and I needed to be to work by 1. Kai has not been touring a whole lot this year so his prep time, skinning, and transitions aren't exactly the fastest in town, but I was still glad he made it out there with me. I began my line by jumping off the same cornice I have dropped many times before. However, it was a little different this time after all the snow and wind we have received. This was probably a 20 ft drop. I didn't land i
t super cleanly, but I was stoked I did it. There was only like 3 inches of new snow on top of the old stuff. The skiing was fair, but not great. We did the one lap, then traversed over and skied down and out the gully for a few more turns. I was feeling bummed out that I didn't go this morning and I am now feeling good about going out a little later.
I was going to say that Kai looks even more ridiculous skiing than he normally does, but then I thought about it and realized that, no, he's always looked as ridiculous as he does skiing, I've just been giving him too much credit.
ReplyDeleteI suppose this doesn't make too much fun of your blog, but, I picked the easiest target in this case and I feel good about it.
Sincerely,
Michael Scott Henriksen
(yup, that's my Hancock)