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back on the snow
On 11 out, 08:38, jw wrote:
In article , Switters wrote: On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:22:09 GMT, jw allegedly wrote: used to post here about my ultimate snowboarding fantasy of snowboarding Mount Fuji on New Year's Day at dawn...don't ask me why, just sounded good at the time. Champ and I have done the sunrise thing. Overnight at the Refuge de Cosmiques, just off l'Aguille du Midi in Chamonix, in sight of Mt Blanc. Up at 5am, and riding as soon as it was light. Took a short hike, and watched the sun come up in the mountains - amazing experience. Nice! I'm envious, and I'll get over there someday soon. My sister in law's family is British and lives in Bristol, England. She's invited me over...I'll surf Cornwall, etc. and get down to the Alps as well. I used to get a ride withboardon back of snowmobile up to the top of MountSnow(not a huge mountain, even for New England, but quite serviceable) at dawn every morning when I worked there one winter. Saw the most unbelievable sunrises of my life almost every day. Had to get to work, but alwasy enjoyed. Didn't really get to take runs til later in the day. I dawn patrol surfing quite a lot though! btw, New England has some decent mtns. with, some with more 2,000 ft (600meter?) vertical. It ain't the Rockies and not even close to the Alps, but it can be a lot of fun. For example, see a couple of Jay Peak VT pix he http://the_urchin.home.comcast.net/photos/snow.html There's also a huuuuge bowl on Mount Washington, N.H., no lifts, hardcare hike and a big party every spring: http://www.mountwashington.org/photos/galleries/?g=20 It's a couple hour hike just to get to the bottom of the bowl. You see, including the great waves we can get, New England ain't so bad! http://the_urchin.home.comcast.net/photos/photos.html -jw ("over 30") HA! But are you "under 40" :-) I'm not sure....I seem to have lost track around 32 or 33. OK, my work is done here for now...must get to "real" work. UGH!!! -jw Do you want to learn how to snowboard really really well? GREAT! You've probably heard about this site and are ready to push your riding to the next level. I'm sure you've seen a lot of trick tips and articles out there that do very little to help your riding. As you continue to read on you are about to learn a totally revolutionary "learn to snowboard system." We are Matt Belair and Neville Lapwood, two of Canada's top professional freestyle coaches. Our chosen location is Whistler, British Columbia Cananda, the snowboard mecca of the world and home to some of the best pro's, coaches and parks on earth! check this out http://tinyurl.com/2offnq |
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