Wednesday, December 18, 2002

first snow day 2002 Went up to lake tahoe yesterday with TonyG, and met up with RichardB at SugarBowl. it was going OFF yesterday! Feet and feet of powder, the only thing better would have been a bit more light and visibility! I ended up going over the gully again! We were making our way down from Mt. Lincon when suddenly we found ourselves at the gully. I was scared shitless when I realized I couldn't back out: it was too risky to try to get out of my board and climb up. So, deep breath, jump up, point the board forward, over the edge, and POOF... 40 (?) ft drop into a cloud of snow... Ok, that wasn't so bad :-) The first time over the gully, two years ago, was harder because it was all ice. Paulette blew a gasket when I told her what I did. It didn't help that I was showing her video of the next guy who foolishly jumped off the same ledge. This might be my first, and LAST, ski day, ever, if her protests are real. :-) BTW, having the video camera with me as AWESOME! I definitely want to take more video on the slopes... not sure what I'll do with it, but at a minimum I can share my snow days with my wife. I'll just need to edit out the bonzai bits. 10:31:04 PM

third time's a charm? Hi all, got my PowerBook back last night. Backlight is working fine, and the airport card has been on solid so far. We'll see what happens later today as the computer heats up. Lots of stuff to blog... 3:28:22 PM