Going Down Big

deep snow in the Vail backcountry

Chris is one of my best skiing buds of all time. I don’t know how many days we have logged together, but I can tell you that it is probably close to 1000. He was one of my first friends in Vail, and that friendship is still going strong today. A couple of weeks ago I received a phone call from him with a completely off the wall idea. Let’s go to the Olympics. My initial reaction was hell yes, then I thought about the money and backed out, then I talked to Heather and she said what are you stupid? The reply to that question does not need to be answered here or in the future. That pushed me back to my initial response, hell yeah. Plans were formulated, magazines were contacted, letters fired off in all directions, then responses came back, a little success. Now we have a story to shoot, I think, if Whistler doesn’t change their mind. Anyway, last night Chris showed up at my doorstep. And consequently, we, he and I, are headed to Vancouver tomorrow. Yes, I am headed to the Olympics for a few days of shooting, eating, drinking, and hopefully some skiing on snow like the image above. It is entirely possible with the weather that is supposedly coming in…we’ll see.

Related posts:

1. Day One

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