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I would really like to read the article that Gaffney for the original Powdermag homepage. It was him recanting a first chair kt-22 pow day.
Id also like to read the article/story or whatever you call it that some maggot wrote about a winter in JH. He had walked out of the shop and it was dumping etc., etc.,etc.
Can anybody help me out?
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oxygen vaporizer
bizzump for some stizoke.
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You asked for it, as you can see, the file i had it saved in is really fucked up.......its hard to read, but stoke not the less
Som e I c e C u b e t o w a k e S h a n e u p , c h e c k t h e r a i l i n g , d r e s s , e a t , d i g , a n d s p r i n t o u t .
T h e r e ' s t h e m o u n t a i n , t h e l o w e r f l a n k s e n g u l f e d i n b l u e l i g h t b u t t h e u p p e r r i d g e s g l o w i n g i n t h e g o l d e n h u e o f m o r n i n g s u n s h i n e . A w o r l d b u f f e d a n d g l o r i o u s , n o s l i d e s - - n o t h i n g m a r r i n g i t s m o s t b e a u t i f u l s t a t e . T h e r e a r e a f e w v e h i c l e s i n t h e l o t , b u t w h i c h a r e t h o s e o f e m p l o y e e s ? I h o p o u t o f t h e c a r , a n d , w i t h a " W h a t ' s u p , " I p a s s t w o r e g u l a r s f r e n e t i c a l l y t u g g i n g t h e i r w a y i n t o t h e i r b o o t s . S o g l a d I p u t m i n e o n a t h o m e . T h e s t e p s a r e f as t a s t h e c o l d s n o w c r u n c h e s u n d e r f o o t .
A s I r o u n d t h e c o r n e r a n d s p o t t h e c h a i r , m y h e a r t s i n k s . F o u r b o d i e s a l r e a d y i n t h e q u e u e . D e v a s t a t e d . I w i l l n o t h a v e f i r s t c h a i r t o d a y . B u t r e l i e f c o m e s a s I a p p r o a c h, r e a l i z i n g t w o o f t h e f i r s t f o u r a r e
s n o w b o a r d e r s a n d c a n e a s i l y b e b e a t e n t o m y l i n e . A n d u p o n r e c o g n i z i n g t h e t w o s k i e r s , I k n o w t h e i r w a n t s w i l l t a k e t h e m t o t h e i r o w n l i t t l e s t a s h e s e l s e w h e r e . M y s l e e p l e s s n i g h t w o u l d n o t b e w i t h o u t i t s r e w a r d . M y l i n e w o u l d b e a l l m i n e .
W e w a t c h t h e c r o w d g a t h e r , t a l k l i n e s , s t r e t c h , a n d s t u d y w h a t s n o w m o v e s w h e n t h e s k i p a t r o l ' s b o m b s b e g i n t h e i r a s s a u l t o n t h e m o u n t a i n . T h e c r o w d g e t s a n x i o u s , p e o p l e t r y i n g t o s l y l y c r e e p p a s t f r i e n d s , o t h e r s b l a t a n t l y d u c k i n g t h e r o p e s i n t h e m a z e t o h o o k u p w i t h b u d d i e s , r e c e i v i n g a b a r r a g e o f s n o w b a l l s a n d e x p l e t i v e s i n t h e p r o c e s s . T h e c l o c k t i c k s a w a y a t a r i d i c u l o u s l y s l o w r a t e . A c o u p l e o f g u y s s t a n d i n g a r o u n d o u t o f t h e i r s k i s c l i c k i n - - t h e s o u n d s t a r t s a w a v e t h a t f i l t e r s t h r o u g h t h e c r o w d , e v e r y o n e f r a n t i c a l l y s t e p p i n g i n t o t h e i r b i n d i n g s , t h i n k i n g t h e m o m e n t h a s c o m e . B o d i e s p u s h f o r w a r d .
A n o t h e r l e s s e r l i f t h a s l o a d e d . L i f t o p e r a t o r s a r e h e c k l e d m e r c i l e s s l y . T h e a n x i e t y i s h i g h . B u t t h e r e i s n o w o r d . T h e n , s h o r t l y b e f o r e 9 a . m . , t h e l a s t r o u n d
I t a l l b e g i n s t h e e v e n i n g p r i o r t o t h e b i g d a y . T u r n i n g o n t h e o u t d o o r l i g h t e v e r y f i v e m i n u t e s t o s e e h o w m u c h m o r e f l u f f y g o o d n e s s h a s a c c u m u l a t e d o n t h e d e c k r a i l i n g . M y v i t a l a s s e s s m e n t o f t h e u n f o l d i n g s c e n a r i o b e g i n s . A t t h i s r a t e , w e ' l l h a v e a t l e a s t t w e n t y i n c h e s b y m o r n i n g . W i t h t h i s m u c h n e w s n o w , f o r a 9 a . m . o p e n i n g , t h e l i n e u p a t t h e c h a i r w i l l b e g i n a t 7 : 1 5 a . m . B u t t h e n , t h o s e y o u n g g u y s a n d C a r o l h a v e b e e n o n t h e b a l l l a t e l y É I b e t t e r p l a n o n 7 : 0 0 . M o s t p e o p l e w i l l b e d i g g i n g o u t c a r s a n d d r i v e w a y s , s o t h e d e l a y b e t w e e n t h o s e g u n n i n g f o r t h e f o u r s e a t s o n t h e a b s o l u t e f i r s t c h a i r a n d t h o s e
a c c e p t i n g t h e s u b s e q u e n t c h a i r s c o u l d b e a w h i l e .
A f o u r m i n u t e d r i v e , d i g g i n g o u t t h e b e r m i f t h e s t r e e t ' s b e e n p l o w e d , b r e a k f a s t Ñ o h , r e m e m b e r t o b r i n g R e d B ull b r u s h i n g t e e t h , c a l l i n g f o r t h e s n o w r e p o r t , w a k i n g up a n d m o t i v a t i n g m y r o o m m a t e . O h n o , b e t t e r a l l o w a n e x t r a f i f t e e n m i n u t e s t h e r e . N o , f o r g e t i t . W a k e h i m u p , t h e n h e ' s o n h i s o w n . G e t t i n g
d r e s s e d , b e a c o n , S k i g e e . O k a y . I s e t m y a l a r m f o r 6 : 2 0 a . m .
T h e s l e e p b e f o r e a f i r s t - c h a i r p o w d e r d a y i s u s u a l l y a br o k e n , r e s t l e s s o n e . H o u r s a w a k e , s t a r i n g i n t o t h e d a r k a s I e n v i s i o n m y f i r s t l i n e o f t h e d a y . S k a t i n g o f f t h e c h a i r , r a c i n g t o t h e N o s e , a s m a l l a i r , t h e n s t r a i g h t - l i n e t o t h e F i n g e r s . I f i t ' s f r e s h - - a n d i t u s u a l l y i s i n t h e f i r s t r o u n d o f t h e i m a g i n a t i o n - - h i t t h e w a v e j u m p , m a y b e a f r o n t o r b a c k f l i p i f t h e r e ' s e n o u g h o f a d r i f t e d l i p , t h e n t o t h e m a i n a i r : h u c k , s t o m p a n d r u n i t o u t . B u t w h a t i f i t s l i d ? P l a n B : t h e E n g e r b r e t s o n L i n e . A n d i f i t s l i d e s l i k e w h e n i t p u l l e d m e l a s t w e e k ? O k a y . G o t t a r e m e m b e r t h e h e l m e t t o m o r r o w .
I a w a k e t o t h e s o u n d s o f p l o w s c l e a r i n g o u r p a t h s t o p a r a d i s e . M y b o d y i s w o r n f r o m a f r u s t r a t i n g n i g h t o f a n t i c i p a t i o n a n d a d r e n a l i n e . B u t n o w t h e r a c e i s o n . I c r a n k s o f p a t r o l l e r s f i n i s h i n g a v a l a n c h e r o u t e s s l i d e t o a s t o p i n f r o n t o f t h e m a z e . W i t h s m i l e s s t i l l e v i d e n t u n d e r m u s t a c h e s c a k e d w i t h s n o w , t h e y e x p l a i n t h e c o n d i t i o n s , w h a t h a s s l i d , w h a t t o e x p e c t . O n l y t h o s e i n f r o n t hear.
B u t a s t h e p a t r o l l e r s t a k e t h e i r s e a t s , t h e l i f t o p n o d s a n d g i v e s t h e o k a y . T h e f o u r f o r t h e f i r s t c h a i r p u s h o u t , a n d a r o a r g o e s u p f r o m t h e c r o w d . T h i s i s w h a t w e l i v e f o r . T h e g a m e i s o n .
Since you cross-posted, I will too :)
Schmear wrote that JH story. I just dropped him a line and mebee he'll throw it up here.
in the meantime, check out his site at www.aspectjournal.com for the written word stokage. and keep an eye out for next week's update for a piece written by someone who made a move very similar (Penn. to KW) to what you're about to do.....now whooooooo can that be :)
EDIT: Heeeeere ya go! http://www.aspectjournal.com/forum/s...id=185#post185