getting stoked (or not)

motivation is hidden deep these days. it is very hard to find. many excuses flirt with my mind such as: my gear lost or falling apart , not in shape, not good enough, some clouds, my vagina hurts …BLAH! Ive been mostly free riding off the aiguille du mid north face, west face and those awesome flat glaciers where i had a blast , gliding alone down forever silk , that way avoiding the crowded -north face- hysterical- fuckfest …. I finally motivated to get my ass on the argentiere basin to ski some of those dream lines . we were expecting a nice 20cm of fresh . we had nothing added to a breakable crust. The idea of dragging my heavy alpine gear up a 600 m steep breakable crust + the constant sluff coming down everywhere on the basin at 6 am made me turn around at one third of the way. everyone did but the bird who is stoked….i had a great time hanging out with friends on the glacier which might be all i need! stoked!

that day a bunch of my friends were on the north face, here tom grant skiing

from the comfort of my balcony

it is my friend Brett lotz last day , the north face of the midi is good. I had (no choice) but to take him down that face. i was dragging my feet , and didnt even take my camera (too worried somehow) . I should have, it was a fun day. Here a picture of me taken by brett lotz.