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author=Jason_H. link=topic=5242.msg22108#msg22108 date=1156276622">
Maybe if you had wheelchair access to the course?  ;D

even injured, i'm glad i made it out. thanks to all who helped me enjoy the day grounded and dry (well, there was that beer ;) !) great to connect with old and new faces. it felt good to be shooting with both hands. here's what i got.  en...

Hey guys.  Another great TR.  Was that Mike P.?  Just curious.
And no pocket rockets for Joe this time?

Was good to meet you David.  But I think Sami would have given the Seafair Hydros a run for their money, way out of my league

Now I just have to figure out how to keep my wife from seeing this thread... perhaps not the reputation she wants for her man...

Echoing others, great to put some more faces to names and enjoy some surprisingly good turns and fantastic camaraderie.  Thanks to the Kam crew for the bonus weiners. 

Next year, I will be riding...

that was a great day. A lot more skiing than I had expected. Seeing as that was the first time Brenda and I had ever skied in August, we're thinking about maybe starting a TAY streak.

Who's got that shot of Kevin making that last run over the kicker? Hopefully the photo is as dramatic as the real thing.

author=allyson link=topic=5242.msg22098#msg22098 date=1156226345">... one question though--who won the mushroom award??

and the winner is... ;D

Here's John Deer almost mowing me over!  8)

Thanks to those of you who put this together, it was indeed a hoot!!  I was smiling all the way home, what a great group of folks!!  That was too much fun!  ;D

Here's where you can send your Slush Cup photo(s) for the "cover" (anti-spam format, and don't save it as it is a junker):
slush A-T turns-all-year D-O-T com

If you want to send unedited photos that's fine, I will crop/resize. If you want to do the editing yourself, here are the guidelines:

jpeg file, hopefully under 100kb
max width = 630 pixels
landscape orientation preferred

If you know the identity of skier/boarder in th...

WOW - looks like you guys all a lot of fun - I would have loved to be there.

JW - that picture is AWESOME!!

author=David_Coleman link=topic=5242.msg22081#msg22081 date=1156182201">
Your skis look damn near vertical when you hit the water, making for the ideal back flop. 

I'm afraid you didn't fare much better  ;)

What is going on here!?!?

snoslut manages to kee...

If only we could have the Slush Cup in May or June...

This time of year has become an everything-but-skiing period for me - sorry to miss the festivities again. It looks like the planners got it just right for the condition of the pond, and the weather obviously cooperated nicely. Congratulations!

Are any of you photographers interested in sending me photos to run on the TAY "cover"? I could put up a new photo every couple of days, just like a much more well known...

Amazing that there's still a snow finger there! Nice work, and a nice walk in the woods, to boot...

Fantastic day -- nice to meet so many of you.  Nate has photo-proof of Sam actually in the water up to his neck, though it happened far less frequently than in my own pond-crossings.

Now, where's this "winter" thing I've heard so much about?

Lookin at this pic this morning gives me the shivers all over again! ;D

Tons of fun, sun and carnage.

OK, so Plan A on Friday was to drive up to the Black Tusk microwave towers, ski the remaining snowfields Friday PM and Saturday with a car-camp  overnight.  I had heard ominous rumours of a new gate being constructed on the BT Forestry Road. 

However, after having dropping off the part of my family who are relocating to Toronto, as well as my wife at the airport (she's just there to help for a week, not relocating, as far as I know  ;D) I headed up 99. ...

check out tyndall or ptarmagain glaciers near flattop mtn in rocky mountain national park, they should be in better shape than st marys, thier also a little steeper,, i bet the arapahoe glacier still is in good shape,, i skiied it last year mid september,, got about 1300v in on primo corn at a nice pitch, it is "illegal" cause it is the headwaters for the boulder watershed,, you can avoid the authorities if you scramble up to the saddle to the south about a qwuarter mile to the east of...

You have earned my admiration!
That looks like a lot of hard work for August turns.
Makes me realize how lucky we have it in the PNW. :D

Nice pictures Paul! I think you should make that video - it would be hilarious!

Here are few questions that I frequently want to ask the perplexed ??? public:

Did you forget your skis?
Is it really worth it to just go hiking?
Did you find dirt? Is there really dirt in MRNP?
Some people just don't know when to stay at home and watch football.

author=Paul_Russell link=topic=5226.msg21966#msg21966 date=1155792053]...When looking up at the remnants of Van Trump, have to admit I was a bit bewildered myself.

Paul, what you experience is normal...  i get that "bewildered" feeling all the time, especially walking around VA with skis.

nice photos, btw.

author=skykilo link=topic=5213.msg21939#msg21939 date=1155595256]
What, Silas?  No layers of skiers throughout every instant of a delcious corn-devouring turn?  No animations? 

Words alone can't express my disappointment.

;)  (It'll take smileys.)

Here you go. :)  Nikki skis for the crowd on her Public Enemies.

Thanks to all that participated!  It was fun and a great learning event.

I think we improved our techniques for two person rope team rescues, rappelling to a disabled victim, Canadian Drop Loop with a short rope, tension release knots and using multiple pulley systems.

Greg - I told you the wrong length of the ropes.  They are 35 m rather than 37 m.  We cut 70 m ropes in half.

Allyson - I'm no scientist (as you know), but I don't think VA...

What, Silas?  No layers of skiers throughout every instant of a delcious corn-devouring turn?  No animations? 

Words alone can't express my disappointment.

;)  (It'll take smileys.)

Sweet photos, guys..looks like you made far better turns than I did last week- congrats!