Pistachio Monkey

I have never been one who would take his ski’s off and trek a kilometer around a mountain peak but the other sunday i did just that. ‘Fun’ Oly Lyon is a keen mountainer and climber who took us back country.

Out of Blackcomb Glacier, up the spear head and treverse around the peak until we reached just short of 7th Heaven, we found a kicker and a whole lot POW! (Powder not Prisoners of War) After a couple runs we had a flat track and were getting some air. After wiping out on the runup drop Oly decided to dig a snowhole. I let my feet do some talking and then we climbed out to arrive back in town at 6, skiing in front of a cat to ski some groomed courdrouy.

Sunday at 6 see’s the fire and ice show which i saw again from the GLC veranda. Attending is a good idea for free hot chocolate and hot dogs are available, and if your lucky you may even win the free Heli Ski trip, and that would be awsome!

Karreokke Monday’s precedde’s the inevitable 80’s nights, where for free beer i will sing Maccho Man, Thanks Colin. And out here it was great to see Blanche, Emily and Mark assembeling aquatic undersea costumes for Valentine’s.

Finally caught up with Robbo for a day’s ‘push it to the limit’, Tom likes to take his time on the lifts, and i bumped into Rowland at the top of a 10 minute hike is search of fresh tarcks and deep snow
. We took some Oriental border chicks for steep powder above Jersey Cream, and i found a cool cornice

The time also came where i was privaleged to wear the blue and yellow of the Whistler Blackcomb Ski School. Looking pretty sharp i shadowed into 2 schools aiding in the teaching. Whats better is that i got to ride the mountain will the full respect of Public, and on Presidents week, it get really busy, so jumping the life queue is essential. Twice up and down the Whistler Boal on Peak in 20 minutes with a 40 minute line, cheers Johnathan and Chris! Meet some happy Huskies
as well, i love the blue eyed ones.

With some freetyle coaching to finish the week, and 180’s now in the bag, who needs twin tips,
im off to Vancouver

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Wicked Monkey Meal from the old school scribes!

St. Nicholas Magazine was created in 1873 as an entertainment for
children ages five to eighteen. Ten years or so ago, Al Q unearthed a box
of bound reprints ca 1890 and was knocked out by the engravings. It
could take him a few months to scan the best of them, so this is
ongoing work. Al Q also has higher-res .TIF files of all of them, so if
you want one in particular drop him a note.

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I hope everyone has a lovely day and that you find someone else loves you as much as i do, peace x

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Here are some ways my course freinds have been making some extra bucks. Explicit Content

Well that time has finally come, and i am now offically a Ski Instructor. (which excuses the need for epic mountain photos) So i can only teach the basic’s; Sliding, stoping, turning, linking and intermediate parrallel, but we all have tastey badges to prove it so were pretty happy.

Its been a solid 10 days of pure sun which has left the piest pretty icey in places but the snow cannon’s have been blasting out on the lower slopes to make the ride home pretty easy. The last day it did snow however our man in charge, Kiko, put us down for a Fresh Tracks which take us up Whistler mountain for a big breakfast (make sure you bring a bag to stuff with free muffins) as we feast and await the alarm to sound that the mountain is open! A mad dash for the door commences as we slap on our kit and slide down through the fresh powder and tree’s to the sound of adults screaming like kids… incredible!

The CASI level 1 course took 4 days of teaching and instruction from some of the mountains finest. Francois and Petra looked after myself and did a great job in seeing that i was a better skiier than i was teacher, but hopefully these are some of the skills that i will be able to work on and improve. After a week of detoxing through the course we obviously all went a little wild, seen as though we all passed. A Bit of our old favourite, the Crystal Lodge (20 cent wings everyday), and then to a house party left many overindulging in the booze. It has however left me a little ill and unable to face the chill of the high alipine and resided me to the lodge surrounded by the filth of me and my peers.

Australia day was a pretty messy particulary for the national’s who were drinking from the moment the bars opened. We decided to keep low and went to the Cinema bar, for Blanche’s birthday , which acctually is a really classy place, except for the smell of popcorn in the air. Next week Whistler has decided to let its inhabitions go and as the town celebrates gay week, so the slopes will probaly filled with long lines of snow ploughing skiers wearing tight racing suits made with all the colours of the rainbow.

So not many photos recently due to the exams and such but now we all think we are pro we are gonna be hitting the park trying to pull 360’s but more likely only doing 270’s. More of this weeks photos here