Today we are relaxing in Nat's Lake Tahoe house, finally getting some rest after three days of hard pow boarding.
We left bishop on tuesday? night and arrived around 11pm in tahoe city to a snow storm. a stark difference from the 70 degree and sunny day we just left from. The last week of bishop was filled with projecting. We climbed a few days at the happy's so eric could work "The Hulk" including a night session, and climbed the rest of the days at the milks. unfortunately for me, i did not send my project, "High Plains Drifter" due to the last move crux that thwarted me every time. Its a long sustained line with crimps that wear your fingers raw, so i could only give it a few solid attempts each day. I was psyched on the line and really wanted it to go, but sometimes that's how it goes. it looks like ill have to come back next winter... damn. Eric sent his project the last day in bishop, it was awesome.
Bishop is a great town and once again we met some awesome people from the area who made the trip quite a bit of fun, we also ran into friends from other areas we've been. Its an awesome feeling to be a part of a community that enables friendship in so many different areas, all due to the fact that we climb rocks. Ive met people on this trip who i will never forget.
So tahoe is an awesome place, we were welcomed into a warm house filled with more great people; sans nat of course. The first day we went to Alpine and caught the freshest snow, rode beautiful glades, and dropped some fun cliffs. that night we went to see moe. and it was an awesome first day. the second day eric and i went to squaw, which is an impressive mountain. Its filled with natural terrain that will accommodate any level of skier, ranging up to todays most important backcountry riders and skiers. it was wild. The third day we went to homewood, and caught some of the best glades of the trip, due to the untracked lines, and tight trees. It was stellar, ive never taken so many fresh lines in my life. so many faceshots.
Today we are leaving tahoe to head to portlandia and then to seattle, and then to mt baker. its going to be an interesting week of traveling.
Auf Weidersein
Lee
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| Lee on High Plains Drifter |
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| Lee on Done with the South |
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| Lee, Scooter, Garreth, Pat and Roy on Grandma Peabody |
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| Eric sussing out beta during the night session on the Hulk |
Awesome...looks and sounds like things are going great. How great that you have met so many good people. And it's great that you can spend some time with Nat. Have fun on your travels and be safe.
ReplyDeleteWow cool terain in Bishop! Looks like you guys would really like the moon. Sounds like snowboarding in Tahoe was a lot of fun. Any pics? I bet it was nice coming back to a warm house and Nats smiling face. Stay safe and have fun.
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