Gameplan: More August turns, recon for next weekend and September
Duration: 2 laps
Vertical: not sure, but not very much
Beta: see pics or ask
Pics: MJ and Vets
Music: (for Part 1) Dread Zeppelin - Heartbreaker
and/or
(for Part 2) Police - Walking on the Moon
"Recon kicks ass!" (From the movie Heartbreak Ridge)
Yesterday was a recon mission and it nearly kicked my ass. Looking at some of the quickly dissappearing snowpatches also nearly broke my heart. However, on the way up we could see that the Roundtop/Sisters saddle snowpatch was still reliable: http://www.loloville.com/081907rt7799.jpg
Before heading to old reliable, I had to see how "The October Patch" was holding up: http://www.loloville.com/081907rt7808.jpg
It was heartbreaking to see this. This year it is barely "The August Patch." Here is how it looked on October 3, 2004 with my friend Doug standing in front of it: http://www.loloville.com/131-3124_IMG.JPG
Before skiing it, MJ wanted to hike up to Roundtop.
On our way up we looked back at the saddle snowpatch: http://www.loloville.com/081907rt7834.jpg
If you look closely, you can see another skier at the top of the snowpatch.
I wonder if it was a fellow maggot. We saw his tracks when we headed back down, but he had departed before we got there.
