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.

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I was in Colorado for the past 7 days with Kristen, and my mom sisters family. It was the best time, hitting jumps, riding bowls and seeing the awesome views. I wish every one could see what i have seen. So here are some pictures to go with the trip.

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

   

From guns to turkey to birthdays 

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.

Now what?????

I know most of you do not know the rankings of climbs but i just climbed my first 5.10a. the scale goes from 5.0 to 5.16, and  i am at 10, so much fun i am loving life up here

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this symbol represents me as a person and my life.

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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