Sunday, April 21, 2013

Glacier Ski Camp, Wahoo Tower Area - Day -1

LOC: Inside car, St. Andrew's Way, Whistler BC
Sky Obscured, Elev. 610M, Wind Calm, S-1, 8.8°C

Will today be the day? Yesterday the pilot said maybe. It has been snowing all morning.

11:48am
The weather is definitely improving. Clearing to the tops of the surrounding hills. Faint patches of blue sky. The wait has been difficult, but not terrible. We went for a swim and sauna as a group, went for sushi, made hamburgers together. The strain has been noticeable though, and has stressed the group early in its bonding stages.

I think the wait has also been good for me. After my job finished at Mt. Washington, I was hectic getting moved out of the winter apartment. The down time has felt good and the chance to reflect is healthy. I have been pondering my future in the winter recreation world. Is it time to make a move.

Still, I hope today is the day. I want to camp on a Glacier, climb peaks seldom seen and turn it all into my playroom by skiing down a fun and exciting line. Experiencing for a moment how it feels to move beyond the limits of the human body. Is that hubris? Vanity? It feels like it is my humanity, inherently fallible buy always capable of amazing feats.

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