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bryan — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:34:35 +0000

I woke up exactly five minutes before the alarm went off and looked to see how cold it was. 0 degrees f, not too bad for Jackson hole in December. I got up and checked on Mylo, he was waking up so I held him for a minute before making coffee and starting my truck. It was dark and the cold took my breath away as I stepped outside. It was overcast with a trace of new snow keeping things a bit warmer than I was expecting. I started a fire and sipped coffee and got my last minute preparations dialed. I checked in online the night before and had no bags to pack so my morning was looking easy. I waited to last minute said goodbye to Lily and Mylo and headed out.

The flight from Jackson Denver was a bit turbulent and I felt claustrophobic and nauseous, the cold air felt good when I got off the plane. My next flight was much better crossing the snowcapped Rockies. It was a sunny powder day. I was wishing I was down there shredding. The clouds parted and I could see Crested Butte in the distant clearly from the plane. We flew over the Uinta’s, Wasatch then across the vast emptiness of Nevada. The Sierras appeared as a stark wall jutting up out of the dessert, They’re huge! I could see them from miles away and as I got closer I realized we were flying directly over Mammoth. The mountain looked good from 20,000ft and I’m sure people were out ripping all the new snow.

I just arrived in Korea and got to my hotel room over looking the kicker. It’s raining so they called off the training today. Hopefully it will be nice for the event looks like a pretty good set up.

20,000 ft above mammoth

The jump from my hotel window

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