life is good. I have a plain ticket to Finland. for two whole months! iceland air assures me moose is good to go on the plane. I’ll come back for a couple weeks for ski patrol training. then back on the plane, heading to the Bahamas for ten days of sailing with the family in a catamaran. fuck yea.

much like ski patrolling, guiding on the gallatin for Geyser has been one of the coolest things I’ve done in a long time. that river is a challenge, but I surprise myself. it surprises me how well I know ever rapid and watch them change. I know the move at old bridge, I love backing under the chin at screaming left. that one’s a pretty move. I am not sure what happens at whacker when I drop into house rock, but it always works out. I can make it across the boulder garden. I know the thumb, hand of god, the chestnuts, whale tail, the wrap rock at the bottom.

I’m kicking ass. people love me and I really love guiding. it gets better at every run!