Ohhhhh YEAH....sooooo stoked

[shirk]

Just picked up the latest copy of Skiing to read on a little flight from Newark to Geneva. And on page 36.



Tomorrow morning I will see Chamonix for my first time. SOOOOOO STOKED.

Update on the road trip so far.

Day 1 Alliston to Dayton OH
Day 2 Dayton to St Louis - see Blues game hang with NHL dudes
Day 3 St Louis to Denver
Day 4 Ski Vail
Day 5 Vail to Salt Lake - oil change in Glenwood Springs - party with chicks at SkyBar in SLC
Day 6 Alta
Day 7 The Canyons with maggots
Day 8 Snowbird
Day 9 Park City to Yakima
Day 10 Yakima to Vancouver - unload stuff at new apratment and repack
Day 11 Vancouver to Seattle - flight from Seattle to Newark
Tomorrow Chamonix

[Below Zero]

So jealous! Great to meet and ski with you, Shirk! Have a great time in Europe.

[Raps]

Sounds like a sick trip.....gotta love being a road warrior.....have fun across the pond, it is quite an experience......

[Superstar Punani]

Champagne dreams, caviar wishes
And watch them grow from rags to riches
Money to burn, money to give away

Lifestyles of the rich and famous
And look and them who can blame us
Lessons in the subject of decay

Come tomorrow, the dream might blow away
Guilt and sorrow, the price you have to pay

Snobbery and decay
Snobbery and decay

You’ve got yours, I’ve got mine
Obsession, just like Calvin Klein

Fantasy, ecstasy, designer dream, obscenity

Snobbery and decay
Snobbery and decay

Nothing to do, nothing to pay
Nothing but snobbery and decay

Land of the free
How can you tell?
The bigger they come the harder they sell

Here’s to you
Here’s to me
A future aristocracy

Property, poverty,
An unstable economy

And decay
And decay

Snobbery and decay
Snobbery and decay

Come tomorrow, the dream might blow away
Guilt and sorrow, the price you have to pay

Snobbery and decay
Snobbery and decay

Champagne and caviar
Snobbery and decay

[Arty50]

Fuck yeah! Have fun over there, Shirk! The same goes for the rest of you crazies going on this trip.

[lph]

Kill it over there shirk, as I know you will.

Great to hang with you for a couple days in UT, let us know when you get tired of all that vertical at whistler and want a piece of Kirkwood again.

[Beaver]

Oh yea, just look at that golden nectar of the gods waiting to be consumed.

[hev]

Nice work. I am just about to book my flight for March.

[Mr. Altagirl]

Have fun man, I know you will. Eat lots of smelly sausages and cheese in Cham, it the best thing going. When in Italy, Vino d'casa, Rosa, sempre. If Fricco is on the menu, get one. Try to talk Gordy into Alagna / Mt Rosa. Man I could not be any more envious of you guys right now. Have fun.

[skier666]

Heh...

I guess I should pick up that issue for my flight from SFO to Frankfurt to Geneva

[lph]

Heh...

I guess I should pick up that issue for my flight from SFO to Frankfurt to Geneva

i told gordy he had to let you ski/walk on rocks and exposed cliff bands, and if it looks like you are in trouble, then you probably know exactly what you are doing.

he sounded psyched to have you coming on the trip.

have fun, 666. look forward to the TR of all TRs.

[bcrider]

have fun, 666. look forward to the TR of all TRs.

seconded.

shirk too!

[watersnowdirt]

Have SOOOO much fun and take many many pics!!!!

(and be careful, 'kay?)

[Superstar Punani]

666- you have to bag this line at the top of the Grand Montets that I didn't want to ski into- it just looked too nasty.

Your path would take you through a two-meter wide shot at the top at 40 miles an hour. You will then veer to your left and catch air at close to 50, STOPPING before the (non-existent) crevasse that stretched the entire width of the bottom of the chute.

...and after your jump, when the crowds begin to leave, Shirk will be at the starting gate.






WARRIORS OF THE WASTELAND!!!!!!!

[Superstar Punani]

... and here's another hand-picked line for you. I think this is the equivalent of West Shore Kirkweed, over on the backside of Les Contamines.

[Arty50]

i told gordy he had to let you ski/walk on rocks and exposed cliff bands, and if it looks like you are in trouble, then you probably know exactly what you are doing.

I'll never forget the time I saw him and Smally climb into that chute at Mammoth. I was like, "What fucking crazy nutso is climbing up that crack in ski boots?!" Then it dawned on me...

[shirk]

Two hours to kill till bus from Geneva to Cham. I love travelling with laptop and wireless access

Many many pics will be taken. I already have some music picked out for the TR.
But the question begs, who will do the better TR? Bad_Roo or 666? Both have done some amazing work in the past.

[KANUTTEN]

You will love it Shirk, if for nothing else, just the beaty of the mountains. But of course there is a lot else too. Seems like chamo will get a bit of a dusting the next couple of days, whereas the other side of the mountains (cormayeur) will get 15-20 cm the next 3 days. Basically that means; go south-east; either cormayeur or LaPalud.

Enjoy!

[ptavv]

Riding up the Midi is unlike any other experience you will ever have in life. The anticipation, fear, and giddiness are a combination that I would like to live on at all times (too bad it can't be that way)