Nov 07, 2002 09:31
The Warren Miller movie last night was great! I'm totally pumped for the season to begin now. Eldora, where I have my season pass, opens in 8 days. The movie featured some of the most extreme snow riding I've seen. Most of it was of skiing but they did have some snowboarding footage. What makes the movie flow is the insertion of various interviews and background info between shots of inverted aerials and near vertical descents on million year old glaciers. During the filming of the movie the cameramen logged more than 40 hours of helicopter time.
My good friend Scott went with me to the movie. He just returned to town after a 2 week climbing trip to Moab, Utah. Today, he's driving to San Francisco to catch a flight to Thailand. I'm sooo jealous. He found a roundtrip flight for $200 with an air courier service. I asked him if he got a little pocket translator and he said no. Haha. Some people are too adventurous for their own good. I'll miss him. He's the only real friend I have up here in Estes Park.