TRIP SUMMARY.

I started off in Seattle at 5 int eh afternoon with a certain Cobra Commander, car loaded with gear and his doom room leftovers. We made it in time to the great flats of Eastern WA to catch a beautiful sunset, which the apt photographer captured by holding the camera out of the window.

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And yes, cardboard. $16.95 for a rocket box and rack system (or lack of) is a fucking great deal, so dont start.

We repped ON3P HARD the entire trip. Or from our perspective, 5IH5 93NO.

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WHAT IS DRIVE HOW YOU DO IN COUNTRY

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Seriously though, driving is serious.

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Serious party.

We arrived in Kalispell at an ungodly hour and woke David up. He put us to bed. We left to go to his cabin the next day. We 4 wheeled to a road terminus and hiked past a gate with skis on to a patch of snow, bugging bears and mosquitoes.

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The crew sets up shop.

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Pretty.

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We skied, then built a jump to tree tap. I was apprehensive about the compression factor of the kicker.

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David wasnt.

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We sessioned, then called it quits. We skied as far as we could on snow, then hiked on a road that had decided to become a stream a few months ago. David, act serious.

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David, really.

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I give up.

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A camo hat and pantaloons are essential for any ski boot stream walking.

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Wilderness finally meets J Lindeberg, Full tilts and Joystick. Proceedes to dirty them all.

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We took a day off. I tried to backflip off a rope swing. We attempted a 3000 piece puzzle. We're ;ame when we dont ski. So we skied the next day.

Burnt trail, snow and peaks. And David.

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Sans David.

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Quite fantastic.

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Come in Cobra Command.

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This tree needed some afterbang.

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There is a sheer drop behind him. Hes in ski boots.

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Billy.

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Right after this photo I took one of the most epic shits of my entire life.

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Its me. I was on the trip too.

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David lines up a shot.

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We line up skis.

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Mine.

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Moneyshot.

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"Behind the lens"

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"The lens"

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This ones for Ashley.

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GOLLY GEE WILLACKERS

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My camera stopped working until we hiked out. I learned to ski on scrub alder, which might be a untapped selling point for wide skis. I got it working when I was examining a mushroom on the hike out. David was befuddled. Billy was done.

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And thats how I learned the meaning of Christmas.