Spring Break in Banff- TR with shitty pics

[fridge]

I was with a bunch of guys who'd never really done much skiing, and all these pics were taken with a disposable camera, but I'll try:

Sunday: Supposed to meet my friends in Speedy Creek at 10am, and its about a 2 hr drive when the roads are good. Set my alarm for 7. Mom at 8:15am: "Chris are you up yet?"
me: "Jesus I am now"
Throw everything in the car, luckily not forgetting anything, and we are off. High winds and blowing snow meant slow(er) driving, but I managed to keep all 4 wheels on the road for most of the trip. Get to Banff at about 5:30, and go see L7 for my bootfitting appointment at 6:30. Now, I found it a little strange that L7 prefers to do all his fitting naked, but I'm not in any position to question his methods.

Drinking starts at 8 with Pilsner and half/half rum&cokes. My friend Rob had already drank 15 beer during the day, and decided to drink a two-six of wheelchair juice (i.e. raspberry vodka). Get to the bar, and operation hit on everything that moves begins. No success. My friend Levi did make out with some questionable girls, and we think he either contracted sars or bird flu, but it did result in him getting an invitation back to the Banff springs. Get back to the condo, sleep till about 3, and wake up to Steve screaming. Apparently no one would give him the money to pay for the cab, so he put a $5 cab bill on his visa. (This was before him and Nathan wandered into our neighbour's condo). Much beaking ensued, completed with Rob throwing all of Nathan's shit off our balcony into the snow.

Monday: Wake up at 8am to Rob dry-heaving. Best alarm ever. Get up to Norquay around 9. Snow was hard and fast, and it was pretty icy by the afternoon. Went up the old double chair (which I think you should have to sign a waiver before getting on) and was treated to a healthy dose of icy moguls and rocks. None of us had ever been here before, so it was good to try it, and it would have been better with a bit more snow. We mainly lapped groomers all day, so I don't have any action shots, but here's a group shot:

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Funny story from this day: while we were skiing, Mike, Levi, and Nathan went into town to rent skis. They were in an alley, and Levi started feeling sick, so he hopped out of his blazer to throw up (stomach flu, not alcohol). As he was puking, mike and nathan started tossing empty beer cans into the garbage. This whole scene was being viewed by two old ladies. Levi then proceeds to hop back in the drivers seat. Those old ladies must have a good impression of Saskatchewan folk......

Drinking started while watching The OC (wow what a good show), and then it was off to the bar. Within 5 minutes of getting to the bar, 3 bouncers came up to us and said: "If you guys don't settle down we'll have to throw you out of here." Tried to pick up some blonde girls, but with no success, mainly because I kept elbowing one of them in the breasts. It's not my fault that she kept getting in my way while I'm trying to throw bones. Steve tries unsuccessfully to pick up a cougar (who was only there to dance she says), and some older chick proceeded to grab my breasts- err, I mean my rock hard pecs on numerous occasions. In bed by 3.

Lake Louise and Sunshine next.......

[funkendrenchman]

Entertaining trip report. Sounds like a good time!

[DougW]

Originally posted by fridge
Get to Banff at about 5:30, and go see L7 for my bootfitting appointment at 6:30. Now, I found it a little strange that L7 prefers to do all his fitting naked, but I'm not in any position to question his methods.-
Only for people from Sask.

As he was puking, mike and nathan started tossing empty beer cans into the garbage. This whole scene was being viewed by two old ladies. Levi then proceeds to hop back in the drivers seat. Those old ladies must have a good impression of Saskatchewan folk...... Don't worry probably didn't change their impression at all....

[fridge]

Tuesday: Wake up at 8 to a spinning Condo. "Didn't someone anchor this thing down last night?" Oh wait, it's just my head. Wait for 2 more people to come up from Calgary, then proceed to drive to the Lake. I asked both of my friends if they wanted to drive, but they were already fast asleep in the car. The drive was a little interesting, but managed to make it there in one piece. Did one warm up run on the front, then headed to the back. Not a bad morning of skiing, and managed to snap a few pictures.

Here's me fumbling my way down the rock garden:

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Me taking at least a 50 foot drop:

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Jeff tearing up Lipalian Chute (kinda hard to spot him):

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Not much to really report on in the afternoon, except I did manage to snap this picture of this little gemstone:

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It's kinda hard to see, but anyone who can pull off the neon pink one piece is all right by me. DougW maybe thats you??

Get home from skiing, and go for a steak, then commence drinking again. This night there was a total of 12 people in our condo. 4 of us were pretty tired, so we went and got some nachos and then called it an early night. We were woken at about 3 when everyone came home. There were 3 people in my bed, and in the other bed Paul (who was passed out), BJ, and some girl he had brought home. BJ tried to move Paul, but he wasn't going to be moved. He was basically catatonic, with all his muscles as rigid as could be. Then Zach came home with a whole pizza that he claimed he could finish by himself. When he couldn't, he proceeded to get mouthed pretty good: "ya nice life Zach, can't even finish a whole pizza, might as well go end it all right now." And it was at this time Rob decided he was going to start talking in French. It wasn't really french, more of just speaking with a French accent. He kept saying "Levi has le petit bonair." Ahh, funny shit.

Sunshine and Calgary later......

[L7]

Originally posted by fridge
Get to Banff at about 5:30, and go see L7 for my bootfitting appointment at 6:30. Now, I found it a little strange that L7 prefers to do all his fitting naked, but I'm not in any position to question his methods.

What was this a test to see if I'd actually read this whole post. Listen you sasquatch toed flatland mutant you swore you wouldn't breathe a word about that. Just for that I'm not even going to bathe next time either.

[bigAK]

Originally posted by fridge
Mom at 8:15am: "Chris are you up yet?"
me: "Jesus I am now"

your mom is jesus? sweet.

funny tr, keep it coming...

[L7]

This whole scene was being viewed by two old ladies. Levi then proceeds to hop back in the drivers seat. Those old ladies must have a good impression of Saskatchewan folk......


Seen near Banff, note the Saskatchewan plates. Don't worry we already know all about the Saskatchewan crew.

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[fridge]

Originally posted by L7
What was this a test to see if I'd actually read this whole post. Listen you sasquatch toed flatland mutant you swore you wouldn't breathe a word about that. Just for that I'm not even going to bathe next time either.

Just heading to school, will post a few more pics later today.

[fridge]

Wed: Long day of skiing + long night of boozing =

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Got up to Sunshine at about 9 and discovered that with my Sunshine card, my third day was free (good start). Visibility in the morning wasn't the greatest

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but it cleared up later on

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Found some good snow off of Standish, and hit that for a while. Then went over to Goatseye. Found some good snow on The Farside and other runs over there, so we stayed there for most of the afternoon. While we were over here, Steve kept doing this strange thing with his poles, so Levi was trying to teach him what to do. Steve says "you're going to tell me...." and right while he is saying this, he proceeds to fall over and slide the rest of the run on his back. Legs were screaming by 3:30, so we were done.

Get back to the condo, and find a message from the management saying that "our room is too disgusting to clean and we will not receive any service until we clean it ourselves." Jeebus, all we need is towels and toilet paper. We spend the next hour cleaning so we can receive said items. Head to the keg for prime rib, and then come home for a quick snooze before heading out to the bar. For 5 out of the 8 of us, the quick snooze turns into 14 hours of sleep. I get up at 12am and booze till 2 with Dave, but realize it is too late to go to the bar, so I pass out. Shitty last night.

Thursday: Me and Jeff head to Calgary, everybody else heads home. Get in at 12pm, and take the train downtown. On the train, I got to watch a man try to hit on little children and then their mothers. He would just come out and say "I'm a doctor from bangkok" (think Tracy Morgan playing star jones on snl "I'm a lawyer, so that means..."). Proceed from pub to pub having a few casuals at each place. Wander into one store, and see some nice fleeces (thought I might by a new one since my north face fleece sucks). $399 for a fleece? Fuck, do you know how many times I could get laid for that amount of money? Time to move on.
Nothing good to report on from the night, it just consisted of us wandering around downtown. We did get invited into a club where the "world famous DJ Sneak" was playing, but we politely declined. Went back to friend's house, and proceeded to spoon the shit out of Nicole, which made the whole night worthwhile.

All in all, very fun trip. Best random quotes from the week:

"mcfridge = mcuseless"

"levi's mom has 4 inch beef curtains"

"Why do you have to be THAT guy"

"Levi has le petit bonair"

[Plakespear]

Any thread that contains the words "Spring Break" and "pics" ought to include NSFW in the title as well. Where are the wet titty contest pics?