So I took the plunge this past week and did something I would never have dreamed of doing a couple years ago...


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So a couple things just dawned on me: I haven't made an update in ages; and I've acquired quite a few pictures of my adventures from the last few months.

To be completely honest, there hasn't been a whole lot going on other than work--worked a 12-day marathon week last month, and just finished up 13 consecutive days this month. Sure, I get tired ( Read more... )

I fired $80 in ammunition through my rifles the other day...I'm starting to think it'd be cheaper to be addicted to cocaine.

Not too sure how many of you pay any attention to one's 'interests' section, but I like rifles...a lot. Making a tiny projectile hit a distant target both accurately and consistently is a never-ending source of fun and entertainment for me. Oh, and don't jump to conclusions--it's not live targets I'm talking about either. I'll only shoot a live ( Read more... )

...Because we all know how I talk incessantly about my work. What can I say? I love my job ( Read more... )

I'm going to try to make this as short, sweet, and to the point as I can. I know, my posting kinda tapered off after the first day of skiing Alyeska--I'm working on that ( Read more... )

The day of skiing is over, my legs are shot, but the powder was fantastic. Snowed all day long, and still snowing now. I might just get lucky tomorrow as well.

How deep was it, you ask? Two words: face shot.

...Interpret that however you like.

- 10 inches of fresh snow last night
- Still snowing now
- I'm here for 2 days
- Climbing skins + Marker Dukes + backcountry gear = access to waist deep pow 1000' above highest chairlift

Alyeska rocks!

That is all.

I've finished up here and am planning on leaving Kodiak tomorrow morning...weather permitting. It's supposed to be moderately windy until tomorrow afternoon, and a flight to a less-frequented location is in the schedule for the company I've been flying for these past few weeks. Fortunately, there is another pilot here ready to do what I've been ( Read more... )

...And boy did it ever. I'm now back in Kodiak for the next 3...maybe 4 weeks to fly, ski, and basically enjoy myself (is it wrong that coming up here to work constitutes a "vacation" for me ( Read more... )