Paging SA crew: Las Lenas getting Pounded!

**basom** · 09-15-2004, 01:54 PM

love the burly boot pack pics.

safe trip, and have fun in mendoza

**Squirrel99** · 09-15-2004, 02:21 PM

Originally posted by basom

safe trip, and have fun in mendoza

We{ll see. Maybe a few more pics before leaving in a few days.
Now time for UFO lomo completo

Glad everyone{s enjoying the reports.

**basom** · 09-15-2004, 02:38 PM

mostly i'm enjoying the fact that your keybord has no commas. ' } '

**skier666** · 09-15-2004, 03:17 PM

damn Spats...I really hate you right now but at least I can fire up some old Tech Itch records

Sick thread....sick photos...sick stories....sick skiing

Good work guys.

**Arty50** · 09-15-2004, 04:03 PM

Originally posted by Squirrel99
Now time for UFO lomo completo

Mmmmmmm...

**meatdrink9** · 09-15-2004, 04:22 PM

I'd just like to say thanks for the killer thread. Great pics and vibe. I imagine you've sold quite a few people on South America (myself included).

**girlski0912** · 09-15-2004, 05:33 PM

I agree with an earlier post...Squirrel gets Stoke of the Summer Award! Great shots, great skiing, great dedication to providing stoke to all of us who just didn't quite make it to SA this year....next year....next year....

**sea2ski** · 09-16-2004, 12:27 PM

This totally brings back some great memories.

**splat** · 09-16-2004, 01:29 PM

Twice skunked , but always glad to see it had.

Always worth going.

**basom** · 09-16-2004, 01:31 PM

Originally posted by splat
Twice skunked , but always glad to see it had.

Always worth going.

me and you are going to get it next year splat. we are not leaving untill it is had.

**splat** · 09-16-2004, 02:12 PM

FKNA. And I got some other places on the agenda.

**Spats** · 09-16-2004, 02:16 PM

Originally posted by skier666
damn Spats...I really hate you right now but at least I can fire up some old Tech Itch records

I figured that pics of me hanging on to steep, hard windpack over icy rocks would get your attention. Powder? Bah! Show me the 666 line!

Classics now in my tape player, just for you:
Ice Minus: "Frostbite"
Paradox: "A Certain Sound"
Outfit: "New York"

I´m in the Damajuana now. Seven days of the biggest lines I´ve ever skied, in some of the best conditions I´ve ever skied, and I´m spent. There´s a lot of good corn left but it´s tough to get back to the poma by the Aries now that the traverse is melted out. I leave Mendoza saturday night, maybe I´ll see some of you here on the way out.

**Foggy_Goggles** · 09-16-2004, 02:21 PM

This thread is the primary reason that the urge to quit my job, rent out the house and go ski/boat/surf indefinatly has gone from a distant thought bouncing around my brain to a clear image burned into my vision. Mark my words...it will happen.

**skier666** · 09-16-2004, 02:33 PM

Outfit: "New York"

Damn, now that's some quality techstep bizness...brings back memories of 1997.

Again, jealous...especially with exposed ice and technical chutes...mmmmmmm. I'm off to New Zealand tomorrow night for a quick one week trip...they're getting some quality snow as I speak and we're locked in to atleast one day of heli-time, well....atleast that's all I can afford.

**Squirrel99** · 09-16-2004, 05:23 PM

Originally posted by meatdrink9
I imagine you've sold quite a few people on South America (myself included).

SSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
Nothing to see here, no mas nieve, move along
no es importante! Disregard thread. Chile es mejor.

**PeachesN'Cream** · 09-16-2004, 08:32 PM

damn i'm sad to see the trip come to an end. living vicariously through one of your friends is the very next best thing to actually being there. thanks for sharing squirrel.

next year i'll be the photo bitch.

call when you get back to seattle. i'll buy beers for you so long as you keep telling stories.

**Arty50** · 09-16-2004, 09:22 PM

Originally posted by Foggy_Goggles
This thread is the primary reason that the urge to quit my job, rent out the house and go ski/boat/surf indefinatly has gone from a distant thought bouncing around my brain to a clear image burned into my vision. Mark my words...it will happen.

Funny, that's exactly what happened to me last year...

**splat** · 09-16-2004, 11:02 PM

You guys slayed it. I knew when we staggered past Cletus and Arty in the BA airport, committed to things requiring our return that couldn't be put off, that they were on their way to The Ball.

I knew Spats had committed to spend that lil bit extra time to ensure the Santa Rosa would get harvested, and he stuck it clean with a warmup sidetrip in Nirvana. ...That SQ99 was just biding his time, and the Rev's prayers had been answered.

So, with all that having happened................

Where the fuck has dudele been hiding?

**powstash** · 09-16-2004, 11:07 PM

Originally posted by splat
You guys slayed it.

So, with all that having happened................

Where the fuck has dudele been hiding?

Exactly! Dudele, what gives? No stoke on your end?

**Squirrel99** · 09-17-2004, 10:18 PM

Originally posted by BC-FLOW
damn i'm sad to see the trip come to an end. living vicariously through one of your friends is the very next best thing to actually being there. thanks for sharing squirrel.

next year i'll be the photo bitch.

call when you get back to seattle. i'll buy beers for you so long as you keep telling stories.

Tiger Mountain, sunday afternoon, bizatch?

Lots of cool photos on the way when I get back to PNW. Time to hit it up in Mendoza now

**PeachesN'Cream** · 09-17-2004, 11:26 PM

damn

gotta work till 5 on sunday then going to the besties show i think. it's all wet and sloppy up here right now. i'm dying to go out and ride though. next week some time, and beer and photo review is an order very very soon!

**tibaher** · 09-18-2004, 10:07 PM

DAMN Squirrel! et all!!!

looks like you all really killed it down ther this year.
Great pics and stoke!

I wish I coulda been checking in on ya'll more often, but it's nice to see somebodies gettin some. Way to git after it!!!

**Spats** · 09-22-2004, 04:38 PM

spent

pics coming: here's a teaser

crew prepares to drop the far side of cerro martin. chuck and raja in foreground

**shamrockpow** · 09-22-2004, 08:00 PM

[sound of jaw hitting the floor/]

GIT AFTER IT BOYS!

**Squirrel99** · 09-27-2004, 12:56 AM

Eagerly awaiting Spats photo uploads as my camera doesn't always produce the best quality shots, but here goes anyhow. The first in a few post-trip photo uploads. Yes, BC-Flow got you earmarked as the 2005 photo-bitch, and girlski as the on-site thread correspondant with Powstash as our senior powder inspector.

Once again, the infamous wild horses with Cerro Lenas in the background

Marte Opener Liftline entertainment. Thank you random snowboarder.

Breaking one of the golden rules of no hiking on the first Marte powder day
(it had to be done, this line was begging for trrrrracks!)

I heart Marte

Looking out towards Chile from Top of Cerro Martin.

Some of us gringos looking on during our friends' long awaited movie premiere and slide show @ the Aries Hotel. First were worried nobody would show, but you'd be surprised what a boatload of Heinkken can do to increase attendance

Thanks to Squeaky for putting it together and a nice retrospect to Jim Franklin and Jason Harper at the completion of the event

To those that new Jason Harper, here's a nice tribute shot that is now hanging on the wall at The Wine Bar in Atenas.