For the past year my memory has been haunted. Not by something terrible or ugly, but by the most beautiful spine line I have ever laid eyes on. Its name… Corrugated!!
Over the winter I would often find myself drooling over pictures. Even on good powder days imaginings of shredding that face would creep into my [...]
Archives for May, 2010
Corrugated
The BarenJager
How the f#*k did I get here, I asked myself. There I stood on top of another Alaskan backcountry bowling ball. It rolled right off and the next thing in sight was a few massive glacial crevasses on the valley floor 3000 feet below.
I took another step craning my neck in hopes of gaining anything [...]
Deeper Alaska: Eye Candy Appetizer
So I know all of you want to feast your eyes on shots of the “Real” Jeremy Jones boardsliding a 60 degree razor spine or Ryland Bell slashing down a 2000 ft fin over fatal exposure, but well…that ain’t happenin’ right now. Gonna have to wait till Deeper drops next fall! Until the dinner bell, [...]
Conditions were perfect
Conditions were perfect, roll in set up camp, 1 and a half feet overnight. Bluebird and cold. We poked around on a nice mellow face we named preschool the day before and it was time to step into the 1st grade lines of “The Spinal Institute”. 2 and a half hours of waist deep [...]
The Trip of a lifetime begins
I got the call at 8 am. Groggily I listened to filmer, Chris Edmands, “ It’s a go, Jeremy is in the air scoping a camp.”
I rolled over on my friend Lucks’ couch and groaned, “I’ll be down there in 20.” My hangover was pushing in, and I hadn’t slept much.
We had all been in [...]