First time I saw him was at Winter Park. You know the type....North Face yellow and black steep tech which hadn't been washed for years, a backpack big enough to smuggle a VW Bug into North Korea, biners hanging everywhere and just all out "keepin' it real", ya know? I wondered what awesome place he must be headed since it hadn't really snowed at all up until that point last Winter. As I get off the chair, he introduces himself. Went to shake his hand.....crusty old guy with a bubble of saliva hanging out of the corner of his mouth....awesome. This guy must either be real awesome, or was awesome at some point in his life. I've never seen photographic proof, just lots of his awesomeness that he exudes on the tubez.
As I skied off to the park with my friends that day, I wondered if he had it all figured out. Maybe hardcore mountaineer hardcore guy from the late 80's was really where it was at. I had always thought skiing was about having fun....but that day, I learned taking yourself seriously and putting out the hardcore mountaineer extremo image (without actually doing anything ever) is really where it's at. Man, I'm never gonna get good at the posing thing......![]()
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