SerreChe 2 Posted September 28, 2006 Author Share Posted September 28, 2006 She cannot ski, only snowboard. Thanks for the offer Montoya, I will let her know. I am not even sure she will board this winter, she may have to look after the baby while I am boarding Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted September 28, 2006 Author Share Posted September 28, 2006 This one is a pic similar to the previous one I posted but taken 8th of August! Amazing, not to mention that the white stuff is not even snow !!! Took a week to melt! Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted September 28, 2006 Author Share Posted September 28, 2006 Btw Spud, thinking about Hakkoda for first outing this season. Will see how it goes. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by SerreChe: Got a pad close to the snow, so will be in the white stuff more often this season. My son is already running around to improve his cardio before the snow season starts and he can get on his first skis. One dilemma though, should I teach him skiing or boarding first? Do you think he will be up to skiing this season? How old is he now? You can also take him snow shoeing when he is very young. Just short walks to build comfort and familiarity with being a human on snow, plus alpine awareness at a young age. Its something the whole family can easily do together and walking in the woods after a heavy snowfall is one of the nicest things you can do, it is so peaceful. Most importantly, it will give him valuable back country travel skills. Get him a little back pack and put his lunch in it, make him work! Quote: Originally posted by SerreChe: Indoor joint every w/e for 2 months! That is motivation/eagerness! I bet you will be quitting the Finance industry and going into the snow biz one way or another at some stage. Fifteen years ago I promised myself that I would quit 5 day a week (office) work at the age of 35 and live a different way for the second third of my useful adult life. This year I turn 34, I have no kids, not a dollar of debt and no ambition to be even slightly rich when I am old. My plans have not changed, one year to go Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted September 28, 2006 Author Share Posted September 28, 2006 And we have a winner !!!!!!!! First traces of snow over Hokkaido on the snow data map !!! Whoooooohooooo A full 1 week earlier than last year ! Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted September 28, 2006 Author Share Posted September 28, 2006 Yep snow-shoeing is a great idea. Not sure about good spots though. Will have to investigate. Have you already decided as to what you will do? Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by SerreChe: Yep snow-shoeing is a great idea. Not sure about good spots though. Will have to investigate. Have you already decided as to what you will do? Besides living a very simple life I will continue my personal involvement with and research into speculative risk in all its forms - from physical to financial. That's a pretty nondescript tip of a massive iceberg which I placed myself on many years ago. It is what I am interested in and has defined everything I have ever done. Human nature and risk. If monetary income is a by product of that process then so be it. I will also take little jobs here and there to supplement my limited living money. If the opportunity arises I would also like to go back to university or another type of education institute, but that has a very low likelihood due to other circumstances. I won't say any more online .... You can snowshoe anywhere of the side of the road, can't you? Up any little track of small hill. Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted September 29, 2006 Author Share Posted September 29, 2006 go on, tell us... 1y old still a bit early for snowshoeing though. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 Mate, there's not much more to say. Basically I am not going to "work". I'll give up a day or so per week doing any old job to earn 100 bucks. I'll dedicate a lot of my time and mind to some research that I have been doing for years. I'll spend a massive amount of time exploring the mountains and in summer, to build up a little pile of spending money, I'll do some 9-5 work for a few months: labouring or perhaps even short term contract myself back to the banking world as a consultant. The idea is to be almost totally free for a good few years to let myself be me again and to see what I become when I fully commit to what I am good at and/or what I enjoy doing. I decided to pursue the career I have now when I was 18. It is inconceivable to expect me to still want the same thing 17 years later as a 35 year old adult. Of course, it helps to have a partner paying the rent whilst she pursues her dreams. Any way, I reckon you have 4 lives, roughly according to the following age brackets. I plan to live each one quite differently: 0 - 20: useless years of being a dependent (although I was out of home at 18) 20 - 35: first life 35 - 50: second life 50 - 65: third life 65 - 80: fourth life 80 - death: possibly useless years of being a dependent Snowshoeing with the 1 yr old: strap him to your chest. Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted September 29, 2006 Author Share Posted September 29, 2006 I'll be happy if I make it to the 4th life. Always good to have 2 incomes, means more of it disposable for snow stuff. I'll strap him, will be a good cardio exercise (he not that light). Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted October 14, 2006 Author Share Posted October 14, 2006 Hokkaido & Korea getting a dusting again over the next 3 days. The goodies are on their way! Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 Snow or fallout? Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted October 14, 2006 Author Share Posted October 14, 2006 MoGlo type of snow Link to post Share on other sites
dizzy 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Season offically started in Colorado on Monday. A crew of the usual suspects went for first-day follies quick time video incl in the link Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 Great, starting off already. Too bad could not see the vid. Probably not much to see though that early in the season. Link to post Share on other sites
dizzy 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 ah, u're not missing epic runs, so no worries 540 ground tricks, them pushing each other to the ground, drinking beer from kegs in the parking lot. for a minute, i wished i wer back in colorado for the next month and a half SEASON'S ON!! Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 Never skied Colorado. Hope I can do that one year before I'm too old. Drunks in the park! hahah future spinal injury customers! Link to post Share on other sites
moloneb3 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Hey how is it going? Just been reading through the forums there seems to be a fair few people here. I am fairly new to Japan. Lived here for 5 months (Jan to June) at the start of the year. I learned to ski in January on Mount Jeans (but learnt the most at Alts bandai). I have really got the bug. I moved back to Japan about 4 weeks ago for 2 years and one of the main reasons is skiing. So my questions is this: where are the kick a** spots to go to? I am just a beginer so I cannot do anything too crazy, but I am also keen to learn! Seems a lot of people located in Tokyo so you are probably familiar with Mt Jeans. Anyways, it would be cool to meet a few people through these forums. Located in Utsunomiya. Not bad place, bit dead sometimes though for a paddy! Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by SerreChe: Great, starting off already. Too bad could not see the vid. Probably not much to see though that early in the season. Not so People have been skiing some incredible lines already in the Colorado backcountry Link to post Share on other sites
snowboarding-sam 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Is it nearly time for snow again? Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by moloney: Hey how is it going? Just been reading through the forums there seems to be a fair few people here. I am fairly new to Japan. Lived here for 5 months (Jan to June) at the start of the year. I learned to ski in January on Mount Jeans (but learnt the most at Alts bandai). I have really got the bug. I moved back to Japan about 4 weeks ago for 2 years and one of the main reasons is skiing. So my questions is this: where are the kick a** spots to go to? I am just a beginer so I cannot do anything too crazy, but I am also keen to learn! Seems a lot of people located in Tokyo so you are probably familiar with Mt Jeans. Anyways, it would be cool to meet a few people through these forums. Located in Utsunomiya. Not bad place, bit dead sometimes though for a paddy! Mt Jeans? Link to post Share on other sites
snowboarding-sam 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Nasu (Not a vegetable) Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan#Andrew 6 Posted October 19, 2006 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted October 19, 2006 Give us a day or two and I'll show you where it is db... Link to post Share on other sites
woywoy 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 http://www.mtjeans.com/index2.html Yes db, a ridiculously named pimple of a ski-jo quite close to Tokyo. Perhaps it might be like Kneeseco but I have never been so am not sure. DB, what are your plans for your third and fourth lives? Do you have that all worked out too? Link to post Share on other sites
dizzy 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 was meant to be CO resorts, toque. of course, people have been hitting bc lines or mt. mary's glacier in CO check chris davenport doing all the peaks above 14,000 ft in colorado in one season Link to post Share on other sites
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