Love of a Mammoth Proportion

I'm back from Mammoth. Wow. It was so much fun. I ended up getting 3 days of boarding in out of the 5 that we were there for, which is pretty good considering how shitty the weather was for a few of those days. The two days that we didn't board were due in part to (1) closure of the mountain, and (2) digging three cars out from underneath 60 inches of snow, and putting chains on one of them to get it the fuck back to San Diego.

But oh, the snow was so nice yesterday. We were actually supposed to leave yesterday, but when we woke up, Eric, Scott and I saw that blue sky out the window and just couldn't convince ourselves to leave. The powder was so nice, but so deep. You go off of the trail and you just land yourself waist-deep in soft powder. I got so stuff a few times. The last time I seriously thought I was going to die; that Iwas jsut goign to dig myself into a deeper hole, and that my body was going to be blow over with snow by the hurricane winds, and that nobody was going to find me until spring. I guess that thought motivated me enough to save my own life.

The whole trip was a blast though. We all agreed (Meaning everyone minus Ryan & Sara) that Ryan & Sara are probably completely sick of us and don't want to go on anymore trips with us -- especially after New Year's Eve --- which was a BLAST. "Taboo" = so much fun. "King's Cup" = so much more fun than "Taboo" which is so hard to believe because "Taboo" is so awesome.

I'll definitely post some pics when I feel motivated enough to plug my camera into my computer. But who knows when that will be.

I'm so excited for the last few days of San Diego life before SmelLA. I do miss Mammoth already though. Oh the mountains looked so wonderful. There's this one point along the 395 south of Mammoth where you turn this bend, and you see those golden mountains in front of you , and I can't help but be awestruck, and I always find myself uttering whispered "wow" by means of an involutary reflex of emoting. Every time I leave I can't wait to get back. I can't wait until I go backpacking. I want to go right now but oh, such a bad idea. I need to find a place to go over spring break, because my break is seeming pretty empty right now. I'm not sure if anybody wants to plan stuff already. All I know for sure is I need to get myself back into those mountains.

And the water there is so damn good. Damn.