Valhalla variabilities and ups n downs along the powder highways
yeah well i'm an add laden slacker so a belated tr shouldn't shock anyone
so allow me to spin a tale and attempts to share sum stokes
the crew assembled again to head up bc way eh
first year a long time member didn't join us
don't knows if ya still lurk but missed your presence, comradely and friendship a lot, hopes all well for yas wd
we added a used to post a bit mag splitter whose addition was great
good solid partner and hut mate R
much like ifin ya french fry when ya shouda pizzaed
mphing in the kmh zones gonna be a bad time and 1 cats learned vehicular impoundments gonna potentially harsh your down the pows highway on a back to back hut trippin
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i scored a new rig last year so i gots to drive it this year standard slc-cordalanes super8 overnight
dutyfree stop over the border to nelson and some canada stuffs i likes
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aint sure if rollin doobers with elan skins makes me spansered
but props to them for safety swag a bums can use
Naksup would be our lz base
cool little town
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next morn showed up at the lz stoked with anticipation ducks in a row
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and just needed to wait for the cloud deck to burn off or rise while getting your chopper safety briefing
well about noon the realization that the downer of not flying in for the first time in a dozen of these trip is the reality
and 1/7 of your hut trip just went up in a bunch of lz :smoking:
i like stickers so i knew
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so another night in Naksup at the selkirk inn and chili night
don't frett little piggies your day to fly will come
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and if not its fuckin bunny's fault
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and it did albeit after carlysles drop and afternoon
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flew over the forbiden zone and eyeballed what would be new terrain for most of us
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i'm pretty baked at this point so exiting the chopper with headphones on and this leo guy whose pretty much a dead ringer for splat, removing them for me's my dim recollections
leo and the bomber hooked us up with a rippin cougar divorcee and goddamits a brit chica who gots to be the most exstreme skier in the hut ifin ya dont gives mr tophers 1/2 the binders bonus points
both ladies were awesome professional custodians hosts cooks partiers and the kind of people ya wanna spend a weeks company with
as always the choppers last load and previous weeks occupants depart and the silence of the bc wilderness and anticipation of your week settle in
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unpacked grub and libations o plenty stowed gear and gots the afternoon ups on
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life coach tl and hello kitty spansered brand ambasador rj gits down
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as does a tgr cat
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and mrs. bum gits sum
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before retiring to enjoy a mountain sunset and the cozy well laid out lodge
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and i manned the grill for dinner duties
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and team sar performed a evening beacon retrivial
well that night winds cranked up like shook the hut cranked up from multiple directions and took our pretty nice playing field and wells
var·i·a·bil·i·ty
ˌverēəˈbilədē/
noun
plural noun: variabilities
lack of consistency or fixed pattern; liability to vary or change.
"a great deal of variability in quality"
would be the word of the weeks
groups formed n split looking for snow qualities of lesser suckages and scoping terrain
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sheltered turns and overall decent stabilities were encountered
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Vallhallas gots terrain
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we spun a few laps fore R and sfotex dropped lower and took a different up track
skinned up again later in the afternoon
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winds were cranking and i'm pretty sure we were in single digit temps
when we topped a pass
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i'm pretty good about pickin battles and despite wanting to go up n over to scope out another pass
when the better 1/2 wasn't down i agreed to ski another tree lap and head home with her
while topher cats n our caknucklehead bro johnny wasatch headed up
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probably with a safe travels kids see ya back at the cribs
well bout o dark thirty we gets a radio call
john boys lost a ski were on our way home pretty sure of where were at and send team sar with a spare meet us at the base of the skinner up
team sar dons gear and heads out
i'm a couple bloodies down chucklin bout givin him shit about din settings and we get another call
seems there was a slide, full burial with a resuscitation
and for various reasons that info was chosen to be not relayed at the time
i'm not going to go into big details second guess anybodies actions or encourage anybodies mmacqbing of a situation they werent part of
and if it was me youre sure as hell dont need to worry my wife if i'm okay and progressing towards a positive outcome of a shit sit
the more time i spend doing the thing the more i realize that gettin er right everytimes, trying to outsmart mother natures spatial varibities or any level of training or certs is gonna change the laws of shit hittin a fan not totally feasible
i'm just gonna go with what steven stills said about neil young introducing him on the live 4 way streets album
johnny's "been a freind of mine since i really knew what a friend was" and we hung with the same crew back in high school he helped introduce me to the earning of the turn and mentored my immersion into bumship
and youre friends not dieing either doing what they love or nots has a sobering way of changing your prospectives
so heres my cliff notes on it
topher dropped of the peak felt/heard the slide but was not really on it or caught
johnny got caught knocked over thought he was okay but got buried by a second wave
cat self arrested and initiated a beacon search as topher booted back up
they beacon searched to the point of being able to see his outstretched arm visuial clue dig him out and remove the snow from his face and be able to breath again
which is pretty much text book shit that needs to happen in a positive outcome incident
kudos my friends and partners
well then more of us went out brought more layers and got everybody home
turns out he partially ruptured his achielles but even that didn't stop him from makin some turns later in the week
did i mention i luvs your big ole canadian ass like cheech loves chong
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and i looks forwards to sharing ups n downs in pursuit of the white rooms again with ya this season brotherman
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next day we headed back out for an morning of its fuckin cold lets ski in the suns fore we go on a ski searching mission
did i mention
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L shows the one plank in a variability environment has its merits
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and the cats once again blessed to make bday pow turns
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topher and i dropped down to the lake and headed out to check out the slide
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this picture pretty much defines the variability of wind effect encountered
a week ago, based on the lodges skier logs
this skinner was a foot or so deep
now its a foot elavated skinner
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i guess ya only gets 1000 characters and 35 pics not to mention i aint the most creative fuckers so
tbc
