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Snow, this seems to be a reoccurring theme that i am experiencing up here at Plymouth State. A few days ago on the 26th we got hit with another 16 inches of the perfect snow. This brings our total snowfall to date up to 118 inches. We are expecting another 8 on Friday. It never seems to end and it is almost impossible to find a place to park these days.

On the night of the 26th i found a parking space at the end of the lot. I came down the next day expecting to see what i have seen every time, some snow on my truck and a little wall that the plow pushed in front of me. HA, i was mistaken, i get to my truck and i see that a 4 foot wall of snow is in front of my truck. We have gotten so much snow that the maintenance crew has run out of places to put the snow. When the they went to plow this time, the plow could not push it back any further. Lucky for me, my friend Jesse was there to help me dig out. Because of my back i was not eager to jump in and shovel snow, but Jesse offered to help me out, so he dug and i took pictures.

If you look behind my truck you can see some more piles of snow that are so big they tower over you when get right next to them. I have even heard stories of people hiking on trails that normally have 10 foot high rocks that you have to weave in and out of, but now where they are walking it looks flat.

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So i have just now started to bring my camera to everyday life. Today was just your normal day, the man with the mush stash will most likely be my roommate for next year. The female that is depicted is a climber friend of mine that just got sponsored by Powerbar.

As far as the eat dirt license plate, i saw this as i was trying to find a parking space. I find it amusing that this is on the front of the truck. For anyone to see this the front of the truck with the eat dirt logo would have to have been the eating all the dirt. Live Free or Die……i guess.

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Green line= what i should have doneRed Line = What i didJan 10 2008,  a day that will live in my mind for the rest of my life. This was the day i made the mistake and greatly underestimated the size and pop of this one jump. So im sitting at the top of the terrain park looking down, i drop in hitting a few rails on the way. Then i stopped at the top of a line of three jumps, i hit the first two cleanly, then came the last jump. As i approached it i was gaining speed, i forgot for that instant that the snow was really fast that day. I straightened myself out way too early and next thing i know im flying in the air sideways. When i hit the ground i have never in my life felt such pain. The rest of the story is really boring, i just went to the hospital and stayed there overnight so they could monitor me. My snowboarding season is over for this year, but you can count on it i will be back.

This past weekend, Kristen, Todd and a few of Kristen’s friends came to play in the snow.

I saw snow, thats right i have seen it, all natural and in a flurry of glory, i have seen snow. I was driving the other day to go for a hike and out of the corner of my eye a flash a white. I looked to my right and to my joy i could see Mt. Washington with the summit covered in snow. The white glimmer is halfway down the mountain. It will not be too long before we start seeing snow up here.

Today in my foundations of adventure education we had a speaker come in from La Trobe University in Australia. It was really cool because he showed us that our major was a fast growing field and becoming more important in society ever year. We he talked to us and made us realize why we are there is this major. My reason was i want to bridge the gap from society to nature. I want to help people do something that they do not have to skills to do on there own……..and the saga continues. Oh yea and by the way this weekend, did much more climbing. over the last 10 days i have climbed 8.

me and my buddy Dave went for a walk around town today and explored. We found abandoned train cars, saw lots of turkeys and just talked about the better things in life. Every day i am up hear i feel as though i learn something new about my self, it is quite  fun  for me.

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who really is in charge? 

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.

To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.

To reach for another is to risk involvement.

To expose your ideas, your dream, before a

crowd is to risk their loss.

To love is to risk not being loved in return.

To live is to risk dying.

To believe is to risk failure.

But risks must be taken, because the greatest

hazard in life is to risk nothing.

they may avoid suffering and sorrow, but they

cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love live.

Chained by there attitudes, they are slaves; they

have forfeited their freedom.

Only a person who risks is free.

                                                                                                 Anonymous

 

 

 

This weekend i had one of the best talks with my dad. We talked about my major and how it might play out in my life. He told me that he was not sure that being an adventure education major was a good idea. My dad being my dad i think he was thinking that it would be hard to make it in this world with that major. But he then went on to say that, but if it  makes you happy, and these days it is what makes you happy,  that is important. It was hard for me to understand the true importance of this talk until i read this poem. The last line “Only a person who risks is free” is by far the most meaningful statement to me at this time. At this time in my life it is more clear to me than ever that life is a treasure that can be stolen from you in a second. I have always felt like i need to live my life so it’s worth living. Now i truly understand what that means. I now know why i strive to hit a 60 foot snowbaording jump or climb up a 2000 foot cliff. Not to have people say, wow, not to get money, i do it for me……..because that is the only way i can be free……………….

 

to people who read this poem, find something that gets you excited, do something that you love, life is too short to try and make the most money possible……find your wealth inside of your self.