News Item: : Baldface Blog - Wednesday March 5th
(Category: Baldface Stuff Dept.)
Posted by UnRed Dave
Friday 07 March 09:30:25AM
Woke up a bit stiff but after a good hot shower and appropriate medication I felt moblie enough to go out on the mountain again. While the conditions were good yesterday, today they were absoloutely perfect. Bright sunshine with nary a cloud in the sky and still cold snow! Sweeet! Stability had improved overnight and after a couple of warmup runs we got right into it. Cherry Bowl, Blairs Scare and right down the middle of Great Escape all classics and all for the first time this season (for me anyway). Tons of good shots in the can and it's time to switch cats again. Over to Buffs group I jump, totally stoked as they are heading for Confirmation, my favorite run and another I haven't ridden this year. Wicked.
As I've started a new paragraph, I think you know where this is going... sideways. At the drop, instructions are given to the group, "Stay on top of the ridge, do not drop off either side, bad bad things lurk down there. OK?" "OK", all reply. All it takes is one guy to deviate from the designated route and the rest tend to follow like lemmings to a cliff. Suffice it to say that the guides do their best to lead by providing provide clear and succinct instruction and a safe track to follow. Unfortunately, some people can't seem to follow a track or tell the difference between a ridge and a cliff. As soon as we realized what had happened Buff gathered everyone back safely on the ridge and after a long talk we continued down the run. We were all a bit rattled from our near miss, I was feeling worked from the days exertions and the mornings meds had, by this time, worn off. I was starting to ski tentatively and began bailing more than I normally do, culminating in a good crash sliding face first down the hill fo twenty or so feet. Time to call it a day I think. I get down to the regroup and over the radio comes news that the internet is down again. I go to call back but where my hand held should be is only an empty pocket...
On the way back to the top, buff says he'll go back later to look for it. I get one more run down Ghost Bowl then back to the Lodge. Jeff has been out shooting with Matt Scholl and calls Buff looking to go do a free run somewhere. Buff sends him to Confirmation with a side mission. I describe to Jeff where I think the radio is and amazingly they find it under two feet of snow!
The day ends with the usual slideshow, everone is stoked on the pictures again. During dinner I rip out to the tower on a sled to see if there is a quick fix for the internet, no such luck with the southridge radio completely dark. Back to the Lodge to sell some pictures, sales are good and I go to bed sore but happy.
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