Great conditions on the left and right side couloirs off North Peak on 7/5/08. Boat's running, approach is dry, snow is muy bueno in the coolers. Perfect way to finish the season.

Boat Ride:


Deet:


Upward bound:










Through the notch at the top of the right side couloir you can see (hardly) Matterhorn, (pointy) Virginia Peak and (ominous) Twin Peaks:


Digger dropping:




gets a little steeper right about here...




From within the belly of the beast. Left is smooth, right is rock:


Gimpy without Buddy. WTF?!?




The Proper Pitch Perspective Picture:






Time to hang a right.....

...continued....

And scope the left side couloir from below:


Upward once more:






A rock band and chockstone blocked it from the very top. So we could only ski about 83.56% of the couloir. Does it still count?
Gimpy coming down:






Digger's turn:




A more dramatic view.


The pretty walk back down the tilted meadow towards the Hawaiin waterfalls of the Sierra:




Then the very last turns of the year.....




Checked out Dive Girl, Lego and crew's tracks in the Kook:


Con-tent:


Such a nice walk on back:




Dinner?


Always nice to run into some mags who think like us:


This is the End. My only friend, the End:

What a way to end up the season! I am envious, and now I'm thinking of escaping the smoke and heading there. Was the snow as good as it looks?

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awsome! I was just down there too (not skiing). So beautiful, and no smoke up that high for me either.

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Fre Fresh Errerr Fresh"

DJ Mannie Fresh on the ones and twos, summer solstice in tha house
We got heavy backpacks and lots of fun, here we go...

Gorgeous day, hint hint


First view. The exit descent goes left to right over the cliffs, airs the transported from Hana Hwy waterfall zone then down to the KOOOOOKS!


Can't pay my rent, cuz all my money's spent...but thats alright cuz I'm still fly!


Rapper with guns!


Westonius begins climbing while I wait for mas sol


Proper climbing conditions


The direct route to the summit is rad. nice exposure and you pull up directly on top. Westizzle will probably stop using his armband ipod thing once he experiences the pleasure of 5.9 offwidth climbing...TM's deviation here we come!


Walkin to my escalade...Fun 3rd classin descent


This is how we do it, where I'm from
Thuggin in the club until I see the sun...
First time in hardboots, here we go!


...Shiiiinen on my face got the gun on my waist
3-2-1 dropping!


Bounce, rock, roller skate!
YU KNO DA KINE!


Jump out the whip and we blaze in the shade...
NEXT!


Fifteen minutes on Interstate 10 at the strip club, we gon do it again!


Left side best side! Gorgeous line!
Notice new technical descent probing options...


C$ Pdollazs in tha house, drop, drop, drop it like its hot


Amazing run. That left side is equivalent to red gold. Then on down to da windward side where a weezy baby waterfall air led to da goodz


Naw betta yet a vetern a hall of fame


Time to start kooooooookin it


I'm in the club smokin buds wit my thugs POV p()Rn()


Fre Fresh Errreer Fresh
Fre Fresh Errreer Fresh
Fre Fresh Errreer Fresh


Simmer down!


more pics to come...wear a helmet when you bang it man and guard yo brain!

Didn't no Koverage was phat like that. Yo Yo Yo.

Wow looked like a great time.

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