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Climbing mountains is a great feet. It is a task that requires great skill , strength and technical ability. It is not meant for your average joe. Unless you have the chance for a wild cable ride. There is a tram at big sky that starts at the bottom of a bowl, and takes you right up and over snow and cliff, to the top of Lone Peak ( big sky, moonlight are both on this one peak). Ana and I were first in line and choice of where of stand in the tram car. We choose the very front so we could get the best view of the cliffs and shoots that were below. As started our flight up the mountain we could see skiers doing some very aggressive shoots.
Since a very young age hiking has been a part of my life. I still find it some what strange to be plopped up on top of a mountain. I do no gain a sense of a accomplishment standing on the top, more of a sense of guilt. It still does not take away from the beauty that is seen all around you standing up there. As Ana and I stood atop of lone peek, we stood there to take in the beauty much longer then anyone else. With the sun shining and the wind howling, we stood up there admiring the mountains that lie all around us. The way down was nothing really that exciting, it was a large bowl, that had been tracked out pretty good. Ana might have an experience with emotion going down it. We will have to wait for her story.
When we were not riding in the high bowls, we were looking all around us for anything and everything we could possible jump, twist, spin or grab of of. I like the terrain park, and hitting big jumps. But I have greater fascination with hitting natural features that mountain give us. It just feels more gratifying to jump over a small cliff or corneas. The most extreme cliffs I found with Andy, but later in the week Ana and i found smaller stuff so she could hit features too. I must say, that girl has got some guts. When I had the same amount of time on snow as her, I was not doing nearly the jumps spins and grabs she is doing. Granted I am pushing her really hard to do these things. But she seems to respond well to the push, and the excited she gets when she does it is really fun. Ahh the beauty of teaching.  With the final weeks of the snow season near, I soon will post pics of time spent at loon, boo yaa.

So one of the goals of this trip was not to spend too much money. Horay to continental breakfast, gotta love peanut butter and bagels.