So, Dustin and I wanted to get out on Saturday but the conditions weren't
ideal so it had to be someplace short and sheltered. We settled on Toms
ridge on the way to patsy marley because its fast and because its heavy
treed. After zig zagging up the horrid skin track that i cut we were
getting stoked to descend though some steep tight trees. Dustin and I
were both rocking our GoPro HERO HD cameras on our helmets rigged to
1080p and we hoping for some good footage. Turns out the adhesive in
the kits isn't very good as one of mine fell in the cold during ski free
and the other...well the other probably should have come off. hitting
some the big tree after being thrown by a covered branch (just like
Dustin) my camera flipped off into the void. I knew it was either there
or the upper location where i tweaked it on a branch. Dustin started
looking at the lower site and i re-skinned and went back to the top. I
gave up at the top after it was clearly not there and i started to
descend thinking it had fallen and rolled I ended up back at site 2 and
started down stepping with my skiis and then in my boots. As i was down
stepping i must have churned it up with my boot as it popped right to
the surface. win! I lost the camera for exactly 26:30 and thankfully
didn't have to explain to my wife how i lost my new camera. I think
from now on its getting the epoxy treatment to the helmet...with leash.
Full carnage in video above.
November 2010
Roll call: I need to get an idea of who is on here in the salt lake area, or would be available to play on Saturday's in the mountains. I just realized that I don't think that I have anyone in the Salt Lake Area to ski with anymore. If you know of people looking for good back-country riding opportunities, even beginners that would be willing to get up early some days and play on some Saturday's let hear it so we can get a solid crew together. Leave me a comment or send me an email. Open enrollment! This is also for current URC members, who is available? The mountains are a waiting for us.