thelawgoddess

you lucky dog! you rippin' it up on those big fat tele's of yours? we only got about 10 inches here sunday night/monday morning.

$5.39? that seems like a lot. when i skiied there last year, mine was free!

I'm looking for the big "big wall" ones. Lemme know if you've got some you're looking to get rid of ...

i've never been out there, but i've heard it's pretty amazing wilderness. hopefully i'll get to see it some day ...

aspen? pfft. telluride would have been better. just kidding. she's a cutie. didn't even know you were expecting, but congrats!!! ps - i have a couple of pics of you and your partner from the coleman glacier last winter if you want 'em. (pm me your mailing address.)

yeah; it's amazing what some people will do just because it's free!

agreed - sounds pretty freaky! just curious, did you guys do any avy forecasting before heading out?

i can be moved to squamish by the end of april. oh, and i went skiing today - well, today and the 16 preceding days in a row (plus some before that, too). no pow pow today ... but it was fun anyway!

a lot of the things people do are pretty much out of pure selfishness. i don't think something needs to be socially redeeming to make it worthwhile. i guess it just depends on what you're looking for in life. but i think i know what you mean. it sounds like an interesting book- how death affects other people's lives from the viewpoint of the deceased having been a climber ... as opposed to maybe a cop or a firefighter.

hey dave, i've seen quite a few people with skis strapped onto their bikes down in telluride.

murray, you should fire those bastards! and once you do that, you should know that i love working holidays.

i never really had to vulture food. my measly yet weekly unemployment checks and trips to the grocery outlet kept me from having to do that. although ... i did get a lot of free hot chocolate, brown sugar (at the oatmeal bar), and milk for my cereal (from the coffee "creamer" jug).

ski mart in bellevue rents "regular" skis; sturtevant's rents higher-end demos. can't remember how much either of them costs. pretty convenient if you're heading to crystal, though.

telluride finally got some snow monday. not as much as it needs, but it was a joyful enough 10 inches. this morning they opened up a frontside lift for the first time this season and we got to ski over 2,000 vertical feet of monday's freshies. it was SWEET!

i think you're right, cj, about the land being closed to the public due to avalanche concerns. i think that's really what the big deal is. aaron got permission for limited access, and is working on opening it up. if people are caught poaching that will jeopardize what he's trying to do. i guess some people have done that on purpose in the past because they oppose his ideas. but he's got A LOT of supporters. and i definitely agree ... it's pretty unique! i hope you can come check it out for yourself some time!

this is old, but anyway ... New ski area feeling BLM squeeze Wednesday, December 26, 2001 06:43 PM GMT by Chris Bradford [Denver Post Online]--The newly constructed Silverton Mountain ski area is now facing scrutiny from the Colorado Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Silverton Mountain, the only ski area to be built during the past 20 years in Colorado, gives access to public land via a single double chair lift. It seems as though Silverton is being treated unfairly by the BLM when compared with environmental assessments done at other areas in Colorado. $1000 fine for each unguided skier on public land?

yes, i did. i said you're free to do whatever you want. and so is everybody else. actually i honestly don't know the specifics about the legality, but i believe that in the winter (when silverton is open for business) that land is considered under lease ... so if that's the case then technically you're not supposed to poach and can probably be fined. whatever the case, i think most people have a little more respect than that anyway. and it's not like there's a shortage of sweet "free" terrain in the area. just go skiiing.

erik, you're free to do and think whatever you want. all aaron's investors get is free advertising or some kind of exchange. they aren't getting any money from profits - now or later. there are a lot of people in this world who don't put money at the forefront of their lives. it's just a means to what we need and want ... and most of us don't need or want much. there are also a lot of people with money who are willing to put it where their hearts are. you don't like it; you don't ride the lift. it's that simple.

yep, cj's got the gist. from what i understand aaron doesn't want it to be guided; he's forced by law to run it that way ... for now. something about avalanche studies and whatnot, but basically it's all bureaucratic bull that has to be waded through and fought against. and as for the cost, he's also limited to 40 clients/day so you try and do the math. (luckily he's not in it for the money.) i'm not sure what pictures you've seen, josh, but the terrain really is impressive. i mean REALLY impressive. and it is also REALLY beautiful. lift-served skiing to over 13,000 feet if you throw in a little bit of hiking ... and all you can see are gorgeous peaks and pretty much nobody else except the people in your group. i'm not saying there aren't more beautiful and more "extreme" hike-to spots in the country. that's not the point. if it wasn't so out of my budget i'd definitely be spending more than a few days there this season, and i know a bunch of other people who feel the same way. hopefully things go well for aaron and his crew and the access becomes a little cheaper and less limited some day. until then, you can either chew a hole in your wallet or "hike to" some other terrain nearby or elsewhere. it's the kind of place that develops a cult following among hardcore skiers. their motto: "got balls?"

distel is the current featured picture of the month.

i'm not sure about the music , but it was cool to see how a few different people tackled the same problem. i like the quotation after the credits, too.

most of us climb in the summer. you missed out! get yourself some picks ... or some sticks.

do you have dreads?

you "guys" suck. what's the rush already? there's nothing wrong with playing on the bunny hill to start. just because it's a bunny hill doesn't necessarily mean it's totally flat ... and just because you start there doesn't mean you have to stay there. the bunny hill is a great place to learn a new skill correctly -- instead of learning bad habits that just happen to get you down the mountain. muscle memory takes time and a shitload of repetition. so you go, girl!

what's a tang?