every time i come back from a backpacking trip i suffer from backcountry withdrawls. i miss being out there in the woods. as harsh as the conditions were this past weekend… i had a fucking blast. i felt so hardcore. i even slipped and fell on my ass a couple times. i cant believe i survived a snow storm in nothing but a poncho to protect me from the elements. i learned my lesson… so on monday i took advantage of the memorial day sale and bought myself a marmot precip jacket… totally on sale and totally rain and snow proof! my backpacking gear and clothes/boots were soooo dirty that i had to lay them all out on my drive way and hosed them down like a dirty dog. there is no way i’m putting my dirty ass clothes into my high tech washer like that. my freshly hosed off backpack is the cleanest its been in like 365 days! i am so proud of myself!! now i just gotta leave my sleeping bag in the sun for another day or so then i’ll be ready to repack everything again. oh, i dunno how long it’ll take my boots to dry. that thing is totally dripping wet.
i still need to hose off my trekking poles… but i left that in mo’s car. god dammit, i never forget anything. i cant believe i left those behind.
mt hood is happening in like 3 weeks, i am sooo fucking stoked. i cant wait!!!
fuck yea!!!
on june 14th, i am walking across that stage and i am not looking back! i will be freeeeeeeeeeeee!!
All my life I hated to sign any kind of release form, contracts, etc.. those small fine prints are boring to read. Not today! Following are the first 5 lines of HCSC Release of Liabitlity:
I am aware that all camp activities, including but not limited to snowboarding, skateboarding, in-line skating, wakeboarding, wakesurfing, mountain biking, bicycling, swimming, snow skating, basketball, tetherball, camp fires, horse shoes, arts and crafts, hiking, white water rafting, paintball, trampolines, surfing, BMX biking, soccer, dodge ball, volleyball, baseball, dry slope snowboarding and rail training, balance boards and apparatus, bowling and golf, are hazardous sports that include certain risks and dangers and include the risk of serious injury or death. I voluntarily accept full responsiblity for all risks invloved, including risks inherent in all camp activities and in the HALF-PIPES, QUARTER-PIPES, FREESTYLE BUMPS/JUMPS AND OTHER CONSTRUCTED AND NATURAL FEATURES.
God, I don’t even know what the hell is some of those activities… then next 3 lines:
I understand that I may borrow certain recreational equipment from HCSC, and/or other equipment suppliers, distributors, manufactures or sponsors through HCSC or elsewhere, such equipment may include, but is not limited to, helmets, snowboards, boots, bindings and hardware, skateboards, wakeboards, bicycles and other recreational equipment…
HCSC, I will sign as many copies of this liablity form as you want…
so i dropped $2400 today. yea thats TWENTY FOUR HUNDRED… but its all for a good cause. if you remember a few months back i talked about High Cascade Summer Camp and how i’m dying to be an official HCSC camper this summer, well as of today i am. i booked my plane ticket and everything. i am good to go! i was sick of pushing back my registration and now there’s limited spots for the adult session, so today i did it. i will be shreding, hitting jumps, doing boxes, and attacking the half pipe while you suckers are suck with the “usual” summer activities. 
i’m going to nail a 360 by the end of the session. i also get to meet pro boarders: hana beaman, andreas wiig, and scotty arnold… i think i’m gonna ask them to sign my panties… haha jk. if you clicked on the link you’ll notice that this isnt just a snowbording camp… there are other activities too. after a full day of shredding there’s also water rafting, wake boarding, skate boarding, mountain biking, and i dunno what else. but there are just so many things for me to do! i cant freggin’ wait! its a 9 day program with 7 days of snowboarding. SEVEN WHOLE DAYS OF SNOWBOARDING!!! its gonna be tons of fun… what a great way to start my summer!
oh yea… mo is coming with me.