TR - Oh The Places You'll Go

[_Aaron_]

Here's some photos and words from this winter. This year was quite good. And by quite good, I mean unfreaking believably good. I skied new places, with new people, familiar places, with familiar people and everything in between.

Many thanks to Brian Johnson, Rideit & family, Paul & Zach, My father, homemadesalsa, Powersause, Adam Fisher, Ty Guarino. Kevin Salys, Spankthepow, Lee(I forgot your TGR name, Sorry bud), Stu Ames, The Steger Brothers, Adimmen, Alex Aizenman, papatroller, Anton Sponar, EPSkisforlife, JorgeSantiago, Robb Maris, Mike Macdonald, Matt Devine, Parking lot Patrick, Z, Tyler Bergquist, Gnarwhale, Clint Helander, and last but certainly not least, Simb who came all the way from Sweden to ski, hangout, and not puke all over my bathroom You guys are some of the best friends and ski partners I could ask for. Thanks for keeping me stoked and safe this year as well as putting up with my tetardedness.

Been digging Dr.Suess lately so I hope you are too.

You're off to Great Places!


DSC_0250 by Aaron Diamond13, on Flickr


Today is your day!


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You're off to Great Places!
You're off and away!


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You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.


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You're on your own. And you know what you know.

You'll look up and down streets. Look 'em over with care.
About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there."


DSC_0651 by Aaron Diamond13, on Flickr


With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet,
you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street.


DSC_0246 by Aaron Diamond13, on Flickr


And you may not find any
you'll want to go down.


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In that case, of course,
you'll head straight out of town.


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It's opener there
in the wide open air.


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Out there things can happen


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and frequently do
to people as brainy
and footsy as you.


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[_Aaron_]

And when things start to happen,


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don't worry. Don't stew.


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Just go right along.
You'll start happening too.


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OH!
THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!


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You'll be on your way up!


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You'll be seeing great sights!


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You'll join the high fliers
who soar to high heights.


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You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed.
You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead.


DSC_0254 by Aaron Diamond13, on Flickr


Wherever you fly, you'll be the best of the best.
Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.


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Except when you don't
Because, sometimes, you won't.

I'm sorry to say so
but, sadly, it's true
and Hang-ups
can happen to you.

You can get all hung up
in a prickle-ly perch.
And your gang will fly on.
You'll be left in a Lurch.


DSC_0295 by Aaron Diamond13, on Flickr


You'll come down from the Lurch
with an unpleasant bump.
And the chances are, then,
that you'll be in a Slump.

And when you're in a Slump,
you're not in for much fun.
Un-slumping yourself
is not easily done.


DSC_0318 by Aaron Diamond13, on Flickr


You will come to a place where the streets are not marked.
Some windows are lighted. But mostly they're darked.
A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin!
Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in?
How much can you lose? How much can you win?


DSC_0514 by Aaron Diamond13, on Flickr


And IF you go in, should you turn left or right...
or right-and-three-quarters? Or, maybe, not quite?
Or go around back and sneak in from behind?


DSC_0107 by Aaron Diamond13, on Flickr


Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find,


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for a mind maker-upper to make up his mind


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You can get so confused
that you'll start in to race
down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace
and grind on for miles across weirdish wild space,
headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.


DSC_0361 by Aaron Diamond13, on Flickr


The Waiting Place...

...for people just waiting.
Waiting for a train to go
or a bus to come, or a plane to go
or the mail to come, or the rain to go
or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow


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or waiting around for a Yes or a No
or waiting for their hair to grow.
Everyone is just waiting.

[_Aaron_]

Waiting for the fish to bite
or waiting for wind to fly a kite
or waiting around for Friday night
or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake
or a pot to boil, or a Better Break
or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants
or a wig with curls, or Another Chance.
Everyone is just waiting.



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NO!
That's not for you!

Somehow you'll escape
all that waiting and staying.


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You'll find the bright places
where Boom Bands are playing.



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With banner flip-flapping,
once more you'll ride high!
Ready for anything under the sky.
Ready because you're that kind of a guy!


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Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done!
There are points to be scored. there are games to be won.
And the magical things you can do with that ball
will make you the winning-est winner of all.
Fame! You'll be famous as famous can be,
with the whole wide world watching you win on TV.

Except when they don't.
Because, sometimes, they won't.

I'm afraid that some times
you'll play lonely games too.
Games you can't win
'cause you'll play against you.

All Alone!
Whether you like it or not,
Alone will be something
you'll be quite a lot.


DSC_0426 by Aaron Diamond13, on Flickr


And when you're alone, there's a very good chance
you'll meet things that scare you right out of your pants.
There are some, down the road between hither and yon,
that can scare you so much you won't want to go on.

But on you will go
though the weather be foul
On you will go
though your enemies prowl
On you will go
though the Hakken-Kraks howl


DSC_0178 by Aaron Diamond13, on Flickr


Onward up many a frightening creek, though your arms may get sore and your sneakers may leak


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“And will you succeed?


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Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)


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But on you will go


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though the weather be foul


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On and on you will hike


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and I know you'll hike far


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and face up to your problems
whatever they are.


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You'll get mixed up, of course,
as you already know.
You'll get mixed up
with many strange birds as you go.


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So be sure when you step.
Step with care and great tact
and remember that Life's
a Great Balancing Act.


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Just never forget to be dexterous and deft.
And never mix up your right foot with your left.


DSC_0046 by Aaron Diamond13, on Flickr


And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)

KID, YOU'LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!

So...
be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray
or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea,
you're off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So...get on your way!

[_Aaron_]

Reserved for maybe some more. In the mean time enjoy My buddy Brian's season video.

[cat in january]

Yeehaw great stoke

[jbski]

You definitely got after it! Some great shots in there.

[Power_Sauce]

Hell ya man! That put a big ass smile on my face. Some much needed stoke after clouds and work have been keeping me out of the alpine lately! Looking back on last winter gets me amped for next winter...and the PNW corn season

[sf]

Thanks. Great stoke

[StuntCok]

This is why I still login to TGR.

[spankthepow]

And thank you sir for bringing the stoke!

[Woolly the Mammoth]

FKNA!

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[LightRanger]

Fuck yeah dude. That was a great read. Thanks for sharing.

[Meadow Skipper]

Yeah, that was a good year.

[Mike Pow]

A for AWESOME

[gointhedistance]

Damn! Congrats on a killer year...

[Buster Highmen]

Young man laughed the boarder
You're sort of a dope
You'll never find pow
On McElligots Slope

The slope is too groomed
And you might as well know it
When park rats hang out
Here's the place that they throw it.

You might find some tracked
Or a place that's ungroomed
You might find some duff
Or a turn with some room
But if you searched 50 years
With your skins and your stuff
You'd grow a long beard
Long before you'd find fluff

Hmmm answered _Aaron__
That might be a fact
I've climbed in three ranges
My bindings are wracked
But you never can tell what goes on up on high
There might be a place where the snow it does fly.

There might be a place
Up where no one can see
High above old Monroe on SR203
High above in the crags
Where the gapers don't go
High up over all
Where there holds the best snow.

There might be a peak
Past the old broken mine
That holds the best pow
That is sweet and sublime

There might be a bowl
Over past the last ridge
If you go a bit farther
Yes over a smidge

Where the pow is so deep and so light and so clean
You can ski far away from the small and the mean
You can find the best turns of your busy short life
You can head home to tell your kids and your wife

So you never can tell what goes on up in hills
The snow might be able to cure all your ills.

[JTrue]

Sweet. Nice pics and stoke!

[oftpiste]

Best Use of Dr. Seuss Award. Well done.

[tenpastj]

Fantastic job

[Pow4Brains]

Outstanding! Gettin' it DONE.

[hutash]

That was more then excellent. Been a huge Suess fan for 50 years now, and this was a great use of a great work...well played sir, well played.

[DeathVan]

Well done life !

[Ccard257]

Fuck. Very nice

[_Aaron_]

Young man laughed the boarder
You're sort of a dope
You'll never find pow
On McElligots Slope

The slope is too groomed
And you might as well know it
When park rats hang out
Here's the place that they throw it.

You might find some tracked
Or a place that's ungroomed
You might find some duff
Or a turn with some room
But if you searched 50 years
With your skins and your stuff
You'd grow a long beard
Long before you'd find fluff

Hmmm answered _Aaron__
That might be a fact
I've climbed in three ranges
My bindings are wracked
But you never can tell what goes on up on high
There might be a place where the snow it does fly.

There might be a place
Up where no one can see
High above old Monroe on SR203
High above in the crags
Where the gapers don't go
High up over all
Where there holds the best snow.

There might be a peak
Past the old broken mine
That holds the best pow
That is sweet and sublime

There might be a bowl
Over past the last ridge
If you go a bit farther
Yes over a smidge

Where the pow is so deep and so light and so clean
You can ski far away from the small and the mean
You can find the best turns of your busy short life
You can head home to tell your kids and your wife

So you never can tell what goes on up in hills
The snow might be able to cure all your ills.

That was great! Thanks B

[Ottime]

man i am jealous. that looks like too much fun.