A day at the laguna
Yesterday I headed up to the Lopez trees again and enjoyed 45 cm of new snow, it was a little heavy but fresh and untracked, and with the new snow I was able to do longer laps and ended up shredding another 10 thousand. And then today cleared so I headed up and played it safe in the Laguna area. Which is an inbounds/outabounds area located 10 minutes of hiking up from the resort, or off the crazy poma lift that never runs. Luckily I got there before anyone and enjoyed 2 runs before the hordes arrived.
It was a social day, where I chatted up a bunch of different people from a bunch of different places, Sweden, Italy, Norway, States, Canada, and of course Argentina. I am not sure if anyone realized that I was slamming laps and had 10 540 feet done by 2. I do not know how many days I am off par but I am busting it to see if I can hit par by Sept 1st.
Thanks to Tony Girardin for his donation. Tony is a highschool friend who was pretty important in my development. I am sure he did not realize it but he helped me to realize that we should be who we want to be and let others decide whether they like it or not. At the time he showed me this independence through the Hacky sack, we would spend hours hacking it up and just enjoying ourselves. Thanks Tony.Check out his video hoppythedeer, a pretty amazing story of them taking in a baby dear and living with it.
feeling driven
I definitely have drive right now, I keep heading out and hiking 10 000 feet and then coming home. I can’t stop, well I will but I would like to hit 1.3 before this month is over. So I dream of 9 more ten thousand footers in the next 14 days. that’s possible as long as I stay driven. And its snowing now, actually dumping so it should be good skiing. It all depends on whether it clears for me, the clouds can really ruin the skiing since most of the goods are above tree line. Today I skied in Lopez trees and had decent powder turns but the once you hike up to it the laps were 800 feet, so I must have lapped it 9 times to hit 10440ft. That’s a lot of laps but I don’t have many options, so 25 minute laps will be the flavor again tomorrow.
More good press from Skiingmag.com .
Ahhh two days of rest
I promised myself that when I got to 1.2 million I would take two days off. My body is looking forward to two days of relaxation.
The last few days have been simply about getting to the mark, the snow has gone for to the worst and what good skiing there is has been up in the clouds. I have met two local ski tourers a few times now and they taught me a new spanish word Nublado, or cloudy. Here I am with Pablo and Chino.
My hair sure is looking long, and mulletish. Anyhow, not great skiing, with limited visibility but I stayed focused and am now over 60% done. Yahhhh, getting somewhere……still a tonne to go…. better stay focused…..no injuries…..more 10 000 footers…..keep after it…. and enjoy these two days off.
50cms forecasted for next monday and tuesday, which should revitalize my drive. Polvo..
