New and Different

Instead of an update on skiing I have an update on the activism side of my life (oddly enough just as I started writing that an ad for Exxon-Mobil just came on the TV in my hotel room in DC) Currently, I'm in DC for a CC training for the week, we kicked off the week by participating in a protest outside the state department demanding that the major emitters sign a treaty to reduce global warming emissions at a conference in Denmark at the end of this year. I'm always inspired by being here in DC and being around the GP CC crew for the next couple weeks. Seriously, it always reminds me of whenever I feel world weary or getting old and crotchety I need to place myself around people who honestly believe that they can make change and have the insane yet invigorating energy to do it. I think that there must be something distinctly different in the chemical makeup of those who set out to be activists. Something in the brain says, "Fuck it, I can do it." rather than, "Eh who cares, I can't change the world". I always wonder what that is, in those moments where I'm kicking my ass to do something and thinking about how much more money I could make doing something else or how I could be a total ski bum, it makes me wonder how I ended up with that chemical makeup. No matter what I'm glad I have it. It's what drives me to want to change the world and climb mountains at the same time, it's what drives me to lead a different life and to believe it's possible. So I'm glad I have it, I think.
Anyways, I can't find any pictures of the actual protest online but I can find a picture of the banner dropped off a crane that faced the state department. Sexy right?

Makin' up for the suckage

Berthoud Pass at Dawn

So as I sit here one Friday AM drinking some coffee and doing some laundry before heading out to wage war on inspiring the masses (my current occupation when not skiing) and as the sun is shining and it looks like the only major stoke I might be able to provide this next week is from the Corn/Ice/Dust on crust Harvest at Loveland tomorrow. Most likely which will be centered around hilarity of sorts.
So that being said, I promised photos from the part of the season that I totally forgot to post so here they are!
As far as chronology goes, chronology be damned, but for those of you that enjoy a nice linear viewing period, I'm starting from last weekend and movin' backward.

Goatse gettin' inverted


Carl launching off Junior


Brandon finding the pow that he came searching for


Doug skiin' out of the tree chute


Doug launchin' the cornice on Jones


Brandon rippin' the powder wheels

It's been a good season, I'm at day 63 so far, way short of my goal, but I've come to some great realizations and I also feel like I'm skiing up to par. What the summer and next season will hold, I can't tell, but I hope it will be good and when I look over these photos, it brings a smile to my face. Right now I'm looking forward to a summer of climbing and probably another month or so of skiing. There's a couple of coolies that I've got in mind that need some tracks laced down them, but even in the middle of that I'll still be dreaming of powder.

snow snow snow snow!

So I realized one thing. I suck at upkeeping blogs. Seriously suck at it. However, I'm trying to pull myself out of my suckdom on this because I have one thing to say about the last two days. WOW!
So a spring storm came to roost and dumped around 40 inches of snow on loveland, and I with my tactful sense, called in sick Friday, got stuck up there yesterday night, had to sleep on the floor of a bar room in Silver Plume and skied there again today. Unbelievably good snow was had. Deep, about as deep as stuff that I had driven across the state to get to. Seriously, when we were in the bar yesterday night watching a ski porn, we were all saying, dude what we skied today was WAY better than that. Not often you get to say that?
So I'd love to say that I have pictures but the snow was just too good to stop to take pictures. I will in a few days add on a bunch of new shots from this last season that I haven't had a chance to put on, but for now I'm just leaving with this.
YEEHAW!