This sunny Easter day we headed to the Beehive Couloir in the Gallatin Range. Got sunburned, and skied thick heavy powder that probably would have been great 4 hours earlier!
D and I needed a break from the facets and work @ home, so we headed to the Selkirk Mountains of southern B.C. and Kootenay Pass. We found five days of super powder skiing and even a day of sunshine for exploration.
5 days
49 miles
26,000 vertical feet
12,000 calories
34 hours!
10 days
64,000 vertical feet
4 calorie deficits
2 Vitamin D deficiencies
and a partridge in a pear tree!
Deborah Yarington and our friend Jason taking in the sunset @ Nido de los Condores, Illimani basecamp 17,239 ft. Bolivia
Alex and I got out for another long day in the mountains. This time it is California Ice in the East Rosebud drainage of the Beartooth Mountains of southwestern Montana. 11:44 hrs of fun and grovelling.
Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
– Steve Jobs (via thespartanwarrior) Via The Spartan WarriorRan the Gallatin Crest trail today, up Hyalite Peak down and out Cliff and Big Creeks. Twenty-four miles of Fall sunshine fun with Blake, Michelle, Sebastian and the forty year old Alex Lussier. Our Garmin information can be found here: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/118442560
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