Summit 2004 Picture Thread

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Originally posted by gonzo
holy poop. sounds like gin is sick, ashamed and banged up right now. he must be not that bad if he is back after it today...

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quick gin story from Sunday at KW....

Me, bullet, skier666, & gincognito are standing on top of Upper Cham. A damn steep, rocky chute where you have to slide in to skier's right, cowboy over a horizontal rock band not 5 feet below the cornice, then bust out a quick airplane turn to the left upon landing before ramming into the skier's right rock wall which hems the chute. Quick, steep, technical, and dynamic. Once you get through this series of opening moves you're pretty much home free as long as you keep your speed under control.

so anyways, we're all scoping it out, having second thoughts about dropping in because it was pretty damn icy...when skier666 decides to slide into it. He slides in, gets over the first band of rocks, but catches a tip on the skiers right rock wall as he goes to bust that left turn and he slides out exposing a few more rocks within the chute making it even more dicey.

upon seeing skier666 slide out (which rarely ever happens....dudes always on his feet), me, bullet, and gin decide to take an alternate route around.

So bullet and I skate away to an adjacent chute thinking that gin is right behind us when I turn to look over my shoulder and I only see bullet. Hey where the heck did Gin go?

Then I look back up the ridge just in time to see his helmet dip below the edge of Upper Cham. He decided to drop it once everyone left.....we then went through our alternate chute and came around the bottom of Upper Cham just in time to finish see him thoroughly ripping it up.

It was sweet.

sick, ashamed, (and thoroughly impressed with Gin's humble ripping)

FKNA.

then how did he f himself up? maybe we'll never know...

Here's a shot of Upper Cham from earlier this season. The picture doesn't show how sketch the top 2 turns are since I didn't want to look over the edge.

Probably one of the sketchiest lines in Kirkwood since there's no room for a fuck up.

http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...l_DSC00693.JPG

Not good image but recent. Big dump 2-26-04 buried even more rocks. Early season this whole area is way more rocky so lots of danger where rocks might lie beneath.
-dave

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Originally posted by gonzo
FKNA.

then how did he f himself up? maybe we'll never know...

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He went back for more on Upper Chamoix.

Apparently, this time it chewed him up and spit him all the way into lower chamoix. :eek:

He was feeling pretty good today and made some turns, not quite sure how that went, but I think he is OK. :)

Great pics and reports. Just keep em coming.:D

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Originally posted by GT40
Great pics and reports. Just keep em coming.:D

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your avatar is just freaking me out man.

Warm, sunny and extremely WINDY day at the wood put our plans of a day in West Shore on hold.

Spent about an hour out on carson pass so Kush and friends could hit a b/c booter.

Kush throwing a 360 on the spatulas (prolly the only spin my spatulas will ever do. ;))
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic20244.jpg

Hardrider throwing 'straight air'.
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic20243.jpg

Brooks 720.
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic20242.jpg

Shawn crotch grab.
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic20241.jpg

Great reports. Gincognito is the man. Every day of the week.

And GT - Me, too. LOL

Great pics, guys. Keep 'em coming.

I know there are alot more pics floating around out there with all of the cameras Ive seen people wielding this week.

^^ why aren't you skiing?!?!?! how's the wind today? should i still take tomorrow off?

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Originally posted by Tyrone Shoelaces
your avatar is just freaking me out man.

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You are freaking out............................MAAAAAAAAAAANNNN... ..

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Originally posted by Kellie
^^ why aren't you skiing?!?!?! how's the wind today? should i still take tomorrow off?

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If you take tomorrow off, take it off to meet some new people and hang with a big crew. The nighttime temps have been remaining pretty high so the conditions vary between soft wet snow, hardpack, some chalk and some 'corn'.

it is HOT up here right now.

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Originally posted by Kellie
^^ why aren't you skiing?!?!?! how's the wind today? should i still take tomorrow off?

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Im going to find a job.:(

And yes, take tomorrow off.

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Originally posted by lph
If you take tomorrow off, take it off to meet some new people and hang with a big crew. The nighttime temps have been remaining pretty high so the conditions vary between soft wet snow, hardpack, some chalk and some 'corn'.

it is HOT up here right now.

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I'll be at 10@10 tomorrow. You rockin' the Spatula's in that variability lph? I'm trying to decide if I want to bring mine up.

Skiing is always good...I don't care...I might be hitting Hardrider's new favorite mountain tomorrow (Alpine Ghettos) solo...anyone going to be there?

If not, I'll be a the Wood on Sat. for sure....can't wait to bust out the pink tank top and drop into Upper Cham again!!!

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Originally posted by skier666


If not, I'll be a the Wood on Sat. for sure....

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be ready to explore the lines to skiers's left of West Shore....the stuff you traverse out under.

Sure...look for a guy in a hooded sweatshirt, Oakley goggles, and a gorgeous tan....I'll be there...

I heard that section is really steep....straight down steep, with rocks and exposure...true billygoatin' style, and rivers of water where the snow is melting.....

I'm assuming you'll be there on Sat...good times!

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Originally posted by Tyrone Shoelaces
be ready to explore the lines to skiers's left of West Shore....the stuff you traverse out under.

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kirkwoods regained its place at the top of my favorites list after seeing the posibilities in west shore.

Hardrider...

You're the man....that's all!

Ski on Sat...we'll go out there!

Yup, spatulas are now my every day ski. The explosivs are in the possession of hardrider and i do not plan on replacing them.

666, i think everyone is going to the wood tomorrow. hardrider heard some rumor about half of alpine meadows being 'closed' because of the melt off or some such crap.

the lines in west shore, to the skiers left (skiers right of the tree line), above the traverse have been a blast. :) definitely going back there tomorrow.

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Originally posted by lph
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666, i think everyone is going to the wood tomorrow. hardrider heard some rumor about half of alpine meadows being 'closed' because of the melt off or some such crap.

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I think that was a one day thing. Im pretty sure it was because of wet gloppy snow. But its all rumors and speculation anyway.

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Originally posted by hardrider
I think that was a one day thing. Im pretty sure it was because of wet gloppy snow. But its all rumors and speculation anyway.

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temps still high, it is only going to be more wet and gloppy tomorrow.

gotta go to the mountain with the highest base elevation in the tahoe area. ;)

Get sum for me you billygoatin maggots!
I'll be going through post Summit withdrawals in Fernie this weekend thinkin about all the shits and giggles that were had last weekend with all you crazy mofos.

hmmmmmmm....damn. What should I do? I was just trying to mix it up a bit. It's been like 85 degrees all week here in the Bay, I just hope there's still snow!

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Originally posted by flanker769
Get sum for me you billygoatin maggots!
I'll be going through post Summit withdrawals in Fernie this weekend thinkin about all the shits and giggles that were had last weekend with all you crazy mofos.

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Good times, man! :cool:

One of the funnier quotes I heard from, I think, hardrider after you guys left.

"I wished the Canadians lived here." :D

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Originally posted by flanker769
Get sum for me you billygoatin maggots!
I'll be going through post Summit withdrawals in Fernie this weekend thinkin about all the shits and giggles that were had last weekend with all you crazy mofos.

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Good to meet you and the rest of your crew Flanker! Fun skiing with you crazy Canucks. Thanks for the shots too! Will post some pics from that night when I find my camera :D

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Originally posted by skier666
hmmmmmmm....damn. What should I do? I was just trying to mix it up a bit. It's been like 85 degrees all week here in the Bay, I just hope there's still snow!

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plenty o' snow at the wood. however, the snow melting off the rocks has made for some pretty interesting lines. oops has become all chocalate chips again.

Flanker...you and your buds rule...I'll say it again, one of the best weekends in a long time!

Man, I can't possibly describe how Jones'd we were after last weekend. All the four of us could talk about as we drank and drove back to S.F. was how much bloody fun we had.
Everyday and everybody brought a unique aspect to the trip that unless you were there to experience it couldn't be explained or duplicated. If ever any of you make the trek up to Fernie, Castle, Banff, Kicking Horse, etc. let me know and I'll make bloody maggotwell sure that you are taken care of!

Git sum this weekend, post about it and help keep my soul fire burning!

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Originally posted by flanker769
Man, I can't possibly describe how Jones'd we were after last weekend. All the four of us could talk about as we drank and drove back to S.F. was how much bloody fun we had.
Everyday and everybody brought a unique aspect to the trip that unless you were there to experience it couldn't be explained or duplicated. If ever any of you make the trek up to Fernie, Castle, Banff, Kicking Horse, etc. let me know and I'll make bloody maggotwell sure that you are taken care of!

Git sum this weekend, post about it and help keep my soul fire burning!

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ditto what skier666 said above.

glad you guys had a good time....and I'll look you guys up whenever I make it up to BC (hopefully next winter).

All I can say is "The Tahoe Summit Rocked" - and the reason it rocked was because we got to ski with some crazy mofo maggots that rip sheit up. I had some much fun and wish we didn't have to go back (to the work world) but like Flanker said if you guys ever make a trip up here let us know and we'll try our best to give you a tour of the hills around here. :D :D :D :D

Keep the pics a coming ... stokage is on

Just had this thread passed on to me from flanker. Wow. It was a great time meeting/skiing/drinking with all of you. A big thanks to Tyrone for making this happen and to skier666/hardrider for the tours. Thanks to Splat for the hookups, lph for the beer/snoop story, kellie, punani, Arty, Bullet, Kush, Shera, Gin and the many others that we met. I'll echo what the others have already said, drop us a line if you are up in our neck of the woods.

Today, secret location. Any one want to dawnpatrol for some pow before KW?

http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...10216/GB_1.JPG

http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...sRehabit_1.JPG

Most of what I've been doing has been video. That won't appear until sometime after the summit's conclusion.

I will definitely echo the sentiments about the radness of last weekend - definitely one of the best I've had in a long time and I had so much fun skiing with everybody and meeting the crazy out of towners! You Canadians definitely are crazy - that's all there is to it! Glad you made it home safely!

Nater, are those pictures from where I think they are? What time are you going tomorrow - I'm leaving here at 5:30ish, but man I wish I could dawn patrol with ya! Oh well, 10@10 will have to do!

C3 in da' house!!!

Confirmed my belief that Canadians are the coolest people on earth.

OK I'm blushing now...

DuctTape, good to hear and know you made it all the way home after that rager of an evening at Hoss Hogs. (hopefully Punani finds his camera and can post some memory refreshing images of the drunkeness) Good times buddy!

Can't wait to see some pics from this evenings festivities at the Battered Beaver and more so, I can't wait to rip with the crew again next year!

Diggin the pow hound in that first shot nater. I wish I could take my pooch places like that.

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Originally posted by Johnny Gunn
All I can say is "The Tahoe Summit Rocked" - and the reason it rocked was because we got to ski with some crazy mofo maggots that rip sheit up. I had some much fun and wish we didn't have to go back (to the work world) but like Flanker said if you guys ever make a trip up here let us know and we'll try our best to give you a tour of the hills around here. :D :D :D :D

Keep the pics a coming ... stokage is on

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AHA!!!! Look at who f'ing finally got the sack to post! F'ing JONG! Are you gonna post again, or be a one-hit-wonder pansy???

Actually, it was awefully cool to meet y'all. A bunch of really cool Canuck lurkers showing up to the Summit... Who woulda thunk???

Just got in from the wood. WOW! This summit has rocked so GOOOOOOOD! The Battered Beaver went off last night with a great local weed band and dancing and puking and passed out maggots and screaming and.......oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. Too cool.

A surprise showing by funkendrenchman, Endless and Crash made it. Overflowing fistfuls of maggots everywhere. This am we hit 10@10 for some icy wall runs then off to the backside for some OB runs. I lost track of everyone, so I went to get my skins to do California Chute and found Geoff sleeping on a table in the Beaver, so I dragged him along. Just as we start hiking off chair 4, up skis Greydon Clark and some bros and we're off. Hit the chute and skied out by the lake only to find Walter Sobchak and his brother skinning up out of the lows because they couldn't pass up all the great turns out the bottom of West Shore. Made last chair on 4 and hit Vista for the last cream of the day. Wow.

Great time. Only wish SheRa and Uber could have stayed for last night and today. So many wonderful people to mention, but I am beyond thinking - so I'll just say you are all totally FKNA AWESOME and I wish we all skied together everyday of the year!

Thank you all for coming to make it such a great time!

And Flanker and crew _ FKNA! Canucks rock our world!

splat