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T-minus four hours 'till our flight to Jackson Hole. Four days of skiing + another shot at skiing Corbet's Coulier. (yup, that's it)
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Avalanche training in Tompkins Park (more like hide-and-seek with transceivers... surprised at how effective this can be in teaching people to use avi gear)
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En route to Jackson Hole out of LGA. $15 extra per bag = thanks, United!
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Nerd seatmates.
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Airplane Hangman = Hang Pooch (aka JJ's cat). The answer? "Davey Jones Locker"
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JJ trying his best on my airplane hangman stumper... and the answer is right in front of his face. ("Thing" = "Zaam Cap")
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Downtown Jackson
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JJ and Uff stayed in the *exact same room* we stayed in last year. (49er, room 217)
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Headed to breakfast. 10 deg and flurries.
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Freebee breakfast. No PJP in the P today since there's no peanut butter thanks to the (salmonella?) recall! Wah!
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Live from the gondola. Just for reference: Gondola carries 6, Tram carries 100 (!!)
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Jackson Tram = 4100 vert in 9 mins. Crazytalk.
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Jackson Hole Tram = think of a NYC studio apartment packed with 100 people moving at about 40mph up the mountain (4200 feet in 9 minutes). (and this is the brand-new 2009 tram)
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Shuttle bus back to town. I nearly missed the bus as I was sprinting across parking lot with Bud 30 pack under my arm at a bottle of Jamesons in my pocket. whew.
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Jamesons on the pocket. (scored at the liquor store in the JH parking lot)
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Stuffing our fat little piggy faces at Bubba's BBQ. They let us sneak in about 1 minute before close (so thanks!). Seriously look at all that food! Texas Toast the size of a baby's torso!
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Total bluebird day and seven inches of fresh. We all set our bindings back like 1-2 inches and we be ripping it. Wooo!
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This is what you start looking like when u double-eject after ever drop.
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The sharp metal shrapnel I finally forcefully removed from my Burton bindings. These have been ripping my jacket / gloves / hands all season. F You Burton (and thanks, Jake!)
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My mod'ed Burton bindings after removing the sharp metal shrapnel that's been ripping my jacket / gloves / hands all season). Thanks, Jake!
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Hiking up the headwall.
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From the top of the headwall.
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JJ on his 6th double-eject (read: losing both skis). This is off an 8-footer in the Barney Bowl.
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Looking over the 12-14 footer from last year (the one we dropped w/ Casey and Van). Totally different ski / rock / wind conditions this year make it seem brand new!
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Splitty-splitty on the brisket / pulled pork. Our legs are shot (snow is thigh deep in spots)
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Hiking the Headwall @ Jackson Hole.
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Hiking the Headwall @ Jackson Hole. McD and JJ got fancy backpacks they can strap their skis onto.
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Jackson Hole. From the top of the headwall (20 min hike, 850 steps)
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Jackson Hole. From the top of the headwall (20 min hike, 850 steps)
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JJ after the 40 min hike up the headwall (McD: BOOTPACK!) and over thru Crags. The ride down was epic (ha!) - waist deep on some turns.
