Snowy Adventures, Santa Cruz, and Snow!

Hey good people!

(So first of all, you can check out adventuretalk.weebly.com for the short and sweet version of this blog post.)

So for a while, the most exciting thing happening in Tahoe was this...

Dogs...

Vs. Cats!

Because the mountain looked like this...

But at the end of January the clouds finally decided to be nice and Tahoe got some snow!

Look at all those snowflakes!

Ramagurd!

So we were all pretty stoked!

I was so stoked I decided to go up and enjoy it!

Aw...

Yeah!

Crushin Pow Pow with friends

So good!

Sadly that day did eventually come to an end...

And Tahoe was looking pretty good when it did...

I love this place!

And then February rolled around, and Tahoe was still feeling nice!

YAY!

And the Face opened! So Heavenly finally has expert runs again!

My kids were stoked too!

Eventually though I did decide to take a little trip...

To get away from the rainy-wetness..

And get more of this...

I had to do this...

Because how do you resist sticking your feet in this?

(I have no idea)

And then my other friend arrived, so we went to get one of these!

Sadly the burger wasn't the only thing that was in and out...

But I got it all fixed up, and then returned to this!

Let it snow!

Random Skag-Ventures

Brace yourselves, Awesome (random) Pics from Skagway are coming!

And here they come!

Pretty sunset looking up the White Pass

 And looking down the Fjord

 Scenic Mountains...

And flowers

And here are some pictures from the Upper Dewey Lake

 Pyramid Looking So Good!

 A view of Upper and the Mountains above it

And a cool flower shot, of course

And here's a few more!

And turns out the town is pretty beautiful too

AND LET THE RANDOM PICS BEGIN!

 THE SEDONA BURGER (aka best meal in Skagway)

 And some technical rope clinics (featuring The King!)

 My work helmet

 Our house dog

And we were supposed to go to Glacier Point for our Company party...

 Sadly the weather stranded 5 of us, so we had to settle for this...

 Friends performing for the first time!

 The exploration team!

And two more random pics to top it off

Enjoy!

Chris

The Chaos Ebbs

WORK

So I've been working quite a bit, which is why the blog posts have been few and far between.  I've had about 5 days off in the last 45 days, and in that time we've been running maximum capacity numbers (~20 person zip trips).  It's been exhausting, but I've also learned a lot, and I feel like I've become a better person because of it. 

The good news is that the busiest part of the season is now past us, and I'm almost done with my first year of work.  Like many things in life, seniority has its perks, and I'm getting close to starting to see some of those benefits!  Come this winter I'll be a second year instructor which is going to be awesome!

On The Horizon

South Dewey Lake

(Pic from Google)

At long last we're beginning to get some more free time, so there are a couple of challenges I'd like to conquer this season.  Among them are the mountains in the back of this picture here, the Deweys.  I'm also hoping to continue to get stronger in my climbing as well. 

And, of course, I'll be enjoying the weird and wonderful life that is living in Skagway.  

CLIC International Conference

In the more distant future, I'll be heading to Big Sky Montana for a wilderness medicine conference.  Still not really sure what adventures this will hold, but it'll almost definitely be interesting!

I'll be heading home to North Carolina for a bit after Montana, and then...

Then I really don't know what will happen.  It's all kind of up in the air, but the plan is to find a crag I can camp at and just climb and run around there for a few weeks. I also may end up traveling and visiting people. Hard to say at this point...

And come November 11th, I'll be heading back to South Lake Tahoe!

Love it. 

HEAVENLY

So my time in Heavenly is still a while away, but I'll be going back as a duel-certified returning coach.  This means I will have significantly more priority at the start of this season then I had last season, which is awesome!  I expect I'll be skiing a lot more this season (it's where consistent work is), but it's hard to know for sure at this point.  Either way it'll be awesome!

INFINITY AND BEYOND

And to those of you who are wondering what will be happening after this snow season, the plan is to keep guiding and instructing for a long while to come.  I don't know if I'll stay at the exact companies I'm at now for that entire time, but I definitely want to be a part of helping people feel alive in the great outdoors! 

You guys stay awesome!

Chris

Also, Touching the Void isn't happening.  God Bless You Mr. Rosewater is. Stay tuned for that review!