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.
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 .
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
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