dizzy 0 Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Couldn't ask for better skies. We were concerned about the winds slabs down in the snowpack and the wind scour from the northerlies. A day of sunshine and no new snow in the last 24 hours. What better way than to spend Leap Day on the north faces of Happo? Lap 1 Friday morning, Kumapix and I went to Skyline to find the top Quad closed. We dropped off the north face. Kumapix, slash into the sunshine Me: Lap 2: We met up with Janus and Paedde (his last day of skiing on his Japan journey), we left one car at the exit and double-backed to the gondola. I've been wanting to get in this area for 3 seasons. Unless otherwise noted, these are Paedde's pic. This needs its own thread while you're on your way to Utah, Paedde. We topped out, if you look closely, you can see Janus. Let's zoom in to my pic from the pit. I had paedde had rope me up for the quick dig and didn't find anything too make us turn back on such a steep slope, though it was getting late. Janus is trying out for a backcountry dot com top page photo I told everyone it was 55 degrees for 150-200 meters. I lied: it was 53 degrees. (my pic) I'm off As soon as I hit the sun, I cartwheeled. Kumapix Kuma gets the soul shot of the day. Good b/c he's usually the one taking pictures of others Cool. let's see another My shot of Kuma shooting Paedde Everyone else has pictures coming up. AND HAPPY B-DAY SOCK MONKEY Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Great TR dizzy! Take care of the leg, wises for speedy recovery and some spring lines. Link to post Share on other sites
OkemoLoon 0 Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Nice pix Diz. Myself and Kuma hit that area today and it was sluff city. Snow was no were near as nice as Sat/Sun. I did see a lot of you guy's lines though, good rippen. heal fast mang. Link to post Share on other sites
Kingofmyrrh 0 Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 None of the Janus acrobatics for us? Nice TR though for sure. Link to post Share on other sites
i have a blue peter badge 0 Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Good stuff. 52 degrees. Nice. Link to post Share on other sites
hughcohen 0 Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Dude, hope the knee improves fast and strong. Just back to Sydney, tired. Laundry is boring. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Hey Janus you amde it! any dramas on the way home? Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Janus, it was great to meet you. Looking forward to your next trip out Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 He is a super good skier he just had one bad turn. We all have them I had mine the other day no less than 3 minutes after kuma had one. Both couldve ended quite badly! Link to post Share on other sites
hughcohen 0 Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 FT, I got back with no worries, didn't have to work which was sweet, I was so stuffed when the train got in, didn't sleep much on the plane. Great to stay and hang! Will no doubt be back next year. Good to meet you too Kuma, the neck is feeling much better, think it was just a mild strain. The pressure of having that massive camera of yours pointed at me was obviously too much for my ego to handle Hope you got some good pics with that little Jap chick. Have been mucking around with photos on this Picassa program, I'm thinking of going pro, HA, will put some up soon. As for my skiing ability, in my mind I'm much better than in reality, and every year the gap grows at least I can still enjoy skiing pow.. Link to post Share on other sites
sock_monkey 0 Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Thanks, Diz. Get well soon. Janus, glad you got the powder vacation you were waiting for! Link to post Share on other sites
Kingofmyrrh 0 Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Originally Posted By: janus77 Hope you got some good pics with that little Jap chick. Was that the girl you went to meet on sunday morning, kuma? What was going on there? Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 She is lightly sponsered so some good pics could go some where! Link to post Share on other sites
Kingofmyrrh 0 Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Oh so it's all professional... I was hoping for something more exciting! Link to post Share on other sites
quattro 1 Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 And I thought it had some thing to do with the temperature at first. Nice shots guys Link to post Share on other sites
dizzy 0 Posted March 6, 2008 Author Share Posted March 6, 2008 thanks for the well wishes, guys. janus, hope the back heals up quickly. Link to post Share on other sites
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