Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Avalanches and New Year's Challenges



This is a photo of a restaurant here at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort that was roughed up 3 days ago by an avalance. Its also a photo of the same table I was sitting at 2 weeks ago! We've been getting a lot of snow here, 193 inches so far. While that's been great for snowboarding in fresh pow, it also means that avalanches have been wreaking havoc on the area. I've been stranded overnight at work several times already because Teton Pass has been closed due to avalanches or scheduled avie control.

But its a great time to be here! While I've enjoyed the last 6 months here, I've also decided that Jackson Hole isn't the place for me. So at the end of the winter season I'm going to pack up and once again head for parts unknown. I know, REAL shocker!!

I hope this New Year's Eve finds you healthy and happy and surrounded by loved ones. My New Year's challenge to each of you is to try something new this year, do something out of the ordinary. You don't have to climb Mt. Everest, but you could try something out of your comfort level. Remember, as Mark Twain once said:

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.

So throw off the bowlines.

Sail away from the safe harbor.

Catch the trade winds in your sails.

Explore.

Dream.

Discover.

– Mark Twain