Winter Musings
Submited By AnthonyBonello On 2007-10-04
Thoughts on the winter past, just experienced and the one to come

Last year was epic to say the least and flew by in a haze of gummy Whistler/Baker face shots, teeth freezing Rockies cold smoke and star wars, late night drives along the No.1 to hit the next storm somewhere down the road.



The summer morphed into winter again as soon as I flew south over the equator onto the flipside of the coin. Hanging out in Peru and working with some amazing poor kids, stranding myself in a bascamp at altiude climbing for a month and then into the fame and glory of skiing again with the rich, I am still trying to digest the gamut of feelings I had down there.



Coming back to the changing colors in the trees and residual warm lakes, I wasn't ready for winter again. My body and my mind needed a break from the mountains, but with each day that ticks by, the itch is getting itchier. It's perpetual and cliched, the action of winter, but its what keeps us, or at least me sane. A turn isn't about originality, but a relief that no matter what swirls around in the real world, you know you can sink into a turn and blow through a face shot like a portal to another dimension. For a guy on the road who calls home simply the place where he has a seasons pass, as long as Im folowing the snow, Im with family and home...




I can trust it, its reliable and like a good lover, it knows exactly how to knock your socks off.