8/6/11 mid summer delight

skidog -telejon- our friend becky - and i took the tram up for a mid summer delight in main chute today, ow yes from today !! skidog and tele jon snapped a few shots themselves be nice to see theirs - i have alot more but only aloud so many

Nice pictures Bobby, great work.

Are you going to try to ski every month this year?

Bobby -

Looks great! Sunny day, lots of snow, and good friends! What a great way to spend the first weekend in August!

probably not -just went for the august experience . the only other time that i've skied during the month of august was when i was just getting my license to drive a car , and it was on the other end of the month . back in new hampshire a bunch of my high school friends hiked mt. jefferson in the presidentials - circa 1981-82. we got a two foot snow storm at the end of the month i mean it was only a day from sept. but still august. just thought i would add to a very thin skiing history book for this month in my life.

So wow..what an awesome day with great friends.

Bobby neglected to mention a few of the high points of the day..we were certainly not the only ones that were up there. When we arrived there was a group of younger (yeah im old) guys. I think 5 of them, the 4 in our group and just as one of the younger guys was dropping in 2 more guys showed up. So that put 11 of us at the top of main chute on August 6, 2011 at once. I was pretty shocked personally, but how often do you get to ski Main Chute this late? I guess its understandable.
Anyway....so this group of younger guys was there for a reason, and it wasn't only to ski main chute in august, but to ski main chute in august with no clothes on...well one of the brave guys anyway, not all. I can tell you THIS was not the view i expected when embarking on this journey..


Then came our turn....Bobby first...he cleaned out a bucnh of rocks for us \/ Thanks bobby. Then I dropped skied down to bobby. The rocks he clean out also exposed a few and the choke had a nice big one right in the middle that needed slight negotiation. Then i turn to take some pics of the rest of the group and Jon decided it would be a good idea to test his self arrest skills in the middle of main chute. Instantly all i could think of was how are we going to stop him if he reaches us and hasnt stopped? Well he slid right towards the wall and right down into the crevasse...quiet the exciting experience. He came out unscathed. Becky proceeded without incident, though i think when she saw Jon in the crevasse she was less than excited about the rest of the ride down

anyway heres a few pics.
Bobby slays it out



Jon on his way out, unscathed

This is Jon in the choke right before he decided to see what the rocks looked like close up


Becky, sorry Beck, seems i always get "this shot" Ha... Unfortunately for becky I didnt notice that for most of her shots I had accidentally flipped to manual focus, maybe when I put it in pack. Anyway this was the only clear one i got.

Well this ones a little fuzzy but shes slaying it...cmon..how many chicks do you know willing to hike for turns in August and a pretty hairy line at that...this was month 61 in a row for her.


Our tracks on the apron.


A parting shot on our way out as seen from Spring Valley