Went skiing on Saturday with Rob Wetzig at Copper Mountain. Highly recommended!
Notes to self:
1) Take camera when going somewhere scenic on a nice day.
2) Rite-Aid does a piss-poor job of creating photo CD’s.
3) In fact, my $80 scanner does a better job!
4) (just for you Priscilla) No sending e-mail after 3 martinis!
Ok – so we’re a bit off track – here are the promised photos from my ski trip.
Whee – a ski lift
Ok – the quality is going to be lacking here, but I’ll do the best I can. This is a “ski lift” – let’s all say it together – “ski-lift”. Got it?
Ok – a “ski lift” takes you up the mountain – if you are lucky. It also provides precisely two opportunities for embarrasing yourself – getting on and getting off. You see, if you fall down during either of these procedures the lift has to stop – and everybody knows who’s fault it is! Finally, it allows you a nice, quiet time to contemplate the ski slope you will soon be tumbling down!
Just for the record, Rob and I didn’t cause the lift to stop once!
View
With all it’s disadvantages, however, the ski lift is a pretty cool thing. You see, it hauls your lazy ass a few thousand feet up a mountain, where the air is thin, and gets you to views like this.
Oh – and then you get to slide back down the mountain using a pair of waxed boards strapped to your feet – they slide rather nicely on that slipery, frozen water known as “snow”.
Another view
You get a lot of time to look around at the top of a mountain – invariably you get stuck somewhere that goes uphill and you have to pole a bit. Since the air is thin (roughly one atom of oxygen per cubic meter) you then tend to stand around trying to catch your breath again.
Yours Truly at the top of the mountain
Did I mention that it gets cold up here? At this point we are at 12,000 feet – that’s right – more than 2 miles up! Actually, it was relatively nice – maybe 10 degrees (f) with a 30mph breeze blowing up the backside of the mountain.
Oh – and do you like my ski jacket? I think it’s a bit loud, but Rob told me he liked it as it made me easy to see. I think he was just being nice, but it was warm – and I found a flask of Bushmill’s in one of the pockets (mmmmm, whiskey…)
View from the top of the mountain
Actually, this is just a view from the top of a pass between two mountains – although we are still at 12,000 feet. You can also ski on the mountains in the background – if you are crazy enough. Those are double-black-diamond slopes!
Snow blowing over rocks
Gotta have an artsy shot…
Rob
And here’s a picture of Rob. What is it with with me having to ski with people that look like muggers? (sorry Rob).
I really do swear this is Rob – not just some random person.
Well, that’s it for the ski trip. On the way back we stopped at the Tommyknocker brewery in Idaho Falls – highly recommended for both the food and the beer!
