Since last post things have started to warm up and really change. We got our fair share of winter pow pow and now we are being treated to some fun slush and warm sun. Loving it. Done some cool shit in the last half of the season that will make this Revy season very memorable:
BIG MOUNTAIN BATTLE!! - Teams of two having to find markers, ride all lifts, and do a couple of hikes.....over the entire mountain, in any order they want. 3hr time cap..........go mental!! Amanda and I became Team Fryknots and Rob and Sean became team Mass Production. Made some kick ass team shirts. Was rad, me and Amanda did all but one thing in 3hrs while Rob and Sean did just a bit better finishing 4 places ahead of us in 15th. Still owe you boys a box of beer for that too. Amanda and I did win on GNAR points however. Epic day!!
GRIZZLY SHOULDER UP ROGERS PASS - Have done two trips up this shoulder. It is epic. Feels great being out backcountry. The hikes have both been about 4hrs. The feeling to stand on top of the hike, have mountains as far as you can see and knowing you are about to get awesome untracked steep lines is so sweet. Very different riding though as you are constantly evaluating the terrain to avoid any avalanche danger or some big ass cliff you could easily come across. No ski patrol out there.....! But have loved it and pumped about many days to come, hopefully through May and June!!
CARIBOU CABIN - Five of us (Amanda, Rob, Robo, J Rod and I) ventured up Mt Revelstoke which we live at the foot of. Climbed up to a hut which is at about 1500m so nestled real good amongst a SHITLOAD of snow. So at the start of the hike it was easy going, a well packed down path in the snow. However, a few hours later a whole lot further up it had been snowing, heaps! We were breaking trail in knee deep pow and to find the place we just climbed until we were crossed the 7th road (closed for winter). Somehow we thought we were lower than we were and got a bit lost for a while. We made it though, after about 6 hours of pretty intense snow-shoeing!! Unfortunately I got a bit crook and didn't really didn't join in the nights crazy festivities that the others managed to have in a Cabin in the middle of the woods! I think there maybe been a few trees harassed, some roof jumping into bottomless pow, and maybe a little walk which included a creation of a huge spiral in the snow......but the others can tell you more about it. Was tough to listen too!! haha The hut is such a rad setup. The toilet gets a worthy mention. It has 3 doors on top of each other. At the moment you access it from the top door because there is that much snow (!!!), and inside its got a ladder down the side to climb down to the dunny itself. Crack up!! The mission out was easier going but we got more snow the night we were there so was still tough trailbreaking till we got lower down!! Good mission.
SEATTLE/MT BAKER 48HR MAYHEM - Sean had to take his girlie Delia to Seattle to catch a flight so Rob and I jammed in for the roadtrip. Left Revy at 7am, drove down to Seattle. Got there after a couple little stops at 715pm. Checked into a hostel that had free grub on that night. Mint. Got beer, played games with a few people we met at the hostel, before you know it we are closing the bar after an epic night. Drunk story 1 of blog - get to hostel at some late hour pretty boozed. Realise all of us have left our phones in the car so no alarm clock. My drunk solution was to head down to reception, steal a bunch of baggage tags and some scissors and cut all the little bits of string together, then tie one end to Robs wrist because he was next to the door in our dorm room and have the other end running out under the door into the hall. Then ask the reception guy to come and tug the string to wake Rob at 7am. Ridiculous. I was about to start cutting all the baggage tags bits of string off when the people we were partying with walked past, apparently in the same room with a phone for an alarm. I was so close to wasting an amazing amount on time on the worst drunk idea ever! Idiot!! haha Early start next morning, got lost in Seattle (wrong highway and shitloads of traffic....and extremely hung over....) then discovered Mt Baker is way further away than first thought, but we made it just after 12 for a good avo of riding. Sum up Mt Baker - sweet resort that seems to get dumped on, with what seems like slackcountry galore, and no lack of surrounding backcountry but in the middle of nowhere, which I think is cool in its own way! After Baker it was boost home. After some good laughs, a few snoozes and a bunch of shared driving we were home in Revy by 11pm. Fair to say it took a couple of days to catch up after this trip!
Drunk story number 2 for the blog. - I got lost in my own bathroom. Yep. Home one night after a boozy night at the rail jam. All lights out i decide i need to pee so get up and go to the bathroom which is directly across the hall from my room. Make the decision not to bother with the light (switch is outside the bathroom). Do my business in the dark i guess, I don't remember very clearly. But I couldn't find the way out of the bathroom (regular rectangle room....). While trying to get out i manage to take the top of the toilet tank off and drop a magazine on the floor, mess up the rest of the bathroom. Amanda heard the banging in the bathroom then it just stopped and she heard a 'can somebody help me outa here?'. haha she came and turned on the light where I had a stunned look on my face and said 'oh my god!' and charged by her straight to bed. She came in laughing a storm to which I got annoyed at and told her that I was really lost in there! All I really remember is being lost and really cold! What a clown. Another reason I should prob quit drinking! oh dear.
Heading up to a backcountry hut in the Rogers Pass tomorrow for the night. Will post about that trip on its own real soon, have a feeling its gona be epic... Check the middle picture on this page http://www.splitboarders.ca/index.php?special=Lodging, think that's it. Boom!!
Pics - top is Team Fryknots and Team Mass Production ready for battle at Big Mountain Battle and lower pic is all the competitors just before the start
Peace
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