The snow bridge held, nothing to worry about. on Flickr.
Terrible snow: icy with randomly unsupportable crusts. Plus spring-time low snow adventureering.
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Sunrise on Flickr.
Friday dawn patrol.
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We found great snow in Mineral Fork on Flickr.
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Up we go on Flickr.
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Summit spine on Flickr.
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Up into the clouds on Flickr.
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Wall of snow on Flickr.
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Saturday Powder on Flickr.
Low density snow, low avy danger and a high degree of fun.
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Digital Surprise on Flickr.
I blew the exposure on this one, but was really surprised to be able to pull this out of it in Lightroom.
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Turns back down! on Flickr.
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Ridgeline on Flickr.
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January like conditions on Flickr.
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Great day skiing off the summit and down the north face of Mount Superior.
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Spring skiing at its finest on Flickr.
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The Powderkeg Teams race on Sunday was a ton of fun, and at the same time harder than anything I’ve tried to do before. Halfway up the first climb the legs felt like they were at 50%, and after starting up the second climb of the day I was just hanging on trying to keep up with Will. Thankfully he’s quite patient and did a lot of the emotional/mental towing and as a result we finished with a respectable time: 5:01:23 for 8500’. (I tried to pay back what I could with ski crampons and doing some actual towing to get us past the icy skin track at the bottom of the Snake Creek climb). Learned I need to have a better system for eating and drinking while moving and that I need to train more to be able to do back-to-back efforts like this. I’m definitely looking forward to trying again next year.
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” ― Ernest Hemingway
Wasatch PowderKeg Heavy Metal Division /
I normally don’t write much on here, but sometimes photos can’t say everything. I wouldn’t have imagined that winning a race would produce such a strong feeling of gratitude: what we do is made possible by those who have come before and burned the torch into the darkness to show what’s possible and to light the way.
This is something completely new: I’ve never won anything like this race or really any other contests of skill, intelligence or fitness. Neither would I have ever believed that I could have won, especially after my finish in the recreational division last year. Since then, it has been an introspective year of learning what happens when I don’t give in and quit, learning how to banish the self-delusion and learning how to believe that I can do more.
Very satisfying to see that a year of training to get faster makes a difference, even for me, and amazing to follow in the footsteps (or skin track) of those who are faster.
The hard things we do define us: They stretch our brains and our limits, and they give us the courage and confidence to do the even harder things.
http://danshotfirst.com/2013/02/get-it-in-gear/
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The Great White Icicle for breakfast.
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Wolverine Cirque Redux
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Wolverine Cirque
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USA Bowl