Archive for May, 2008
Skiing the pages of the books
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Most of our crew bailed due to gnarly weather and then a huge wind event, scouring the slopes. We hung tight, enjoying the blue skies if nothing else. We were packed and ready to heli into the books, which is an epic ski zone that I have have been staring at and dreaming about ever since I first saw them. At the last minute our kiwi friends called to tell us they had hooked up a guy who would snowmobile us into the zone for a fraction of the price, we jumped on this oportuniy bailing on the heli ride. The man, Jeremy, packed our gear into his sle dtraile and spent the whole day shuttling us into the books one by one. The sled ride was amazing, a true alaskan adventure. About half way in, after hydroplaning across rivers and winder through the forest, over stumps and shrubs the throttle cable snapped, leaving us just about screwed. Luckily we were able to mcgiver it with some duct tape and lots of fussing around and make it to our base camp. Jeremy ended up using our jerry rig for the rest of the spring. To make a long story short, our trip was unreal, we skied tons of sweet lines, chilled out in the dome tent, feasted on king crab legs and Alaskan salmon and then on our last night after shredding pumpkin light lines the northern lights graced us with their powerful presence. The Aurora Borealis danced overhead all night, snaking across the sky, shifting through the whole color spectrum. Just when we thought we had seen the best of it, curtains of color dancing in the wind dropped right on us, We were on our backs half crying half laughing. It was an extremely powerful experience. I felt the spirit of our recently passed friends, Wallace Westfeldt, Jonny Nicoletta, Billy Poole, and my father, dancing with us, saying hello and good bye. It was worth spending a month in an RV for this short and memorable experience.
Following are some shots form our trip into the books and from Alaska
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