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AKPM Day at Alpine Shredows – 05/14/06

AKPM Day at Alpine Shredows – 05/14/06

Date:

AKPM May 14, 2006 – The day our human eyes lay contact with the legend.

Location:

High in the Alpine Meadows of the Northern Sierra Nevada Mountains

Weather & Temp…from the NWS remote sensor:

41 F low and 73 F high at the wooden base lodge, blue bird, and no wind.

Partcipants:

AKPM, Basom, 666, Tyrone Shoelaces, Arty50, Kellie, Ryan, MTT, Splat, Legoskier, Divegirl, AKA, Hicks, Irul&ublo, Onehotchili & family, kidwoo, soulskier, Mc roon, P McPoser, Johnny1496, Jesus, Corky, Mrs. Corky, Sinecure, lhs, snowtigress…..and probably others,

Gameplan:

Ski with AKPM of course…which is a little difficult with 30 people.

Music: Redeyes – Leaving This Planet

Other threads & pics:

AKPM’s Tahoe TR….

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s…ad.php?t=53531

kidwoo’s blog…

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s…ad.php?t=53458

Mc roon posted tons here…

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s…ad.php?t=53451

Irul’s diary…

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s…ad.php?t=53602

Boring drive from South Lake…

Might as well use the 195 Igneous Fat Carvers…AKPM is in town.

God was spotted on the slopes…

….and along came his apostles

Jesus’s followers decided to throw down in Estelle Bowl…

Soulskier, finding his sould on some creamy icee…

FKNA….its SPLAT!

Letting the Bros take flight…

Irul&ublo summons up a case…

…and files for summary judgment

kidwoo shows that one can carve on touring bindings…

The AKPM parade heads to Keyhole…

Basom crevasse gapin’ on lower keyhole…

Kellie finds a steep line…

AKA lookin’ hot as ever….

…nice definition!

AKPM finds a nice line….

Now, off to trim in Beaver Bowl…Mammoth has Balls, Alpine has Beaver.

Beaver has some wierd trees to start the forest…

Basom… "best Beaver I’ve ever ridden"…

Its officially an orgy…

Hicks flew in from Germany to Toronto to SFO to Detroit to Mexico City back to Germany…and he made for AKPM’s day!

Hicks loving it!

Soulskier finds a slot in the Beaver…

AKA making mess in Upper Beaver…

but gets it back together on the lower section….

Arty50 airs into the Beaver…

and then carves his way to safety…

Sinecure gets lost in AKA’s mess….

Kellie skis over to the straightline as well…

Snowtigress makes it look easy…




Snowtigress…rippin’ some turns

Hicks below Three Sisters…

With Twin Peaks in the background, we then head to High Yellow for some "untracked"…

Lhs uses her Igneous to slay the smooth snow…..

Basom….GOD he is a great skier!

Over to Sherwood Cliffs….Hicks finds a nice slot…

AKA having just a great time…

Basom gets all French on us….

He said "I measured the steepness on my descent…it was 80 degrees, must be a record"

Ty gets in on the action….

Did I say something???????

Skier666 displays his retro loyalty….

hop makes a rare appearance…

Hicks…so fucking stoked on his side trip to California…..

Later…………..

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