Cleansing!

I'm currently 6 days into cleansing my body... mostly my colon, but it has proven very beneficial to many other facets of my life ie. mental stamina and vigor, body and mind awareness, focus and motivation. The side effects were quite a surprise as I assumed it would mostly entail total physical torment, lethargy and hunger pains. I have endured some hunger pains but I'm sure it doesn't compare to any Somali native's and it's usually quenched with the lemonade(lemon juice, grade b maple syrup and cayenne pepper) I've been drinking. The cleanse has also sparked an interest to eat healthily when I'm finally through with the cleanse so i've been reading about nutrition and diet, mostly revolving around raw foods. Raw foods consist of anything that isn't cooked over 110 degrees Fahrenheit. At first I was thinking, raw foods... hmmm... so I'll be eating lots of salads and fruits... boring, but after reading a bit into it and consulting Kimmy Fasani and Chris Benchetler, there are endless amounts of recipes from cakes and cookies, to soups, salads, curries, breads, pizzas and lasagnas among many others. Even if I don't completely change my diet to complete raw foods after the end of this, raw foods are going to be a huge part of my existence. I've come to realize how much we really are what we eat and thus there are so many diseases and obesity that arise from malnutrition. Malnutrition is not just not being fed enough, it's being fed all of the over processed foods that are so readily available for our consumption. I'll elaborate on this later as I'm off to go Bowling!.... I think I'm turning into a health freak!!! And I like it. Oh one more thing, I'v been going to the gym almost everyday and working out at least two hours without hitting the metaphorical "wall". Cleansing is Awesome!

Body Intrigue

After visiting a must see exhibition called Body World 3 at the Leonardo museum in downtown Salt Lake City, I have become much more interested in the human body and would like to understand and expore my own complexities. The exhibit displays humans, yeah, real humans who have donated their bodies for this project... even the embryos that were on display signed the contracts... The bodies were sliced, diced and cut in various ways, plasticized, and displayed in athletic positions to show how the body works.

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There was a central nervous system on display that was dissected from some poor sap and the whole blood vessel structure. There were hearts and lungs, some contaminated with tar from smoking,

Anybody have a cigarette?

livers and kidneys, colons and stomachs etc... the exhibit is very surreal. Walking through, you feel like a shopper looking through the glass admiring someone's handy work. The body is an amazing combination of living parts from your bones that regenerate themselves, build and shrink depending on how mobile you are, your skin that has more organisms on it's surface then people in the united states or something to that effect.


Explaining what I saw and learned doesn't do it enough justice so If you ever get the chance, I highly suggest going to see it, take the time, go early and get the audio guide for an extensive in-depth description of every component that makes our clocks tick, our wheels turn and structures resilient. Here is a better description from the source, "The exhibition shows the complexity and vulnerability of the human body through anatomical studies of the body in distress, disease and optimal health. At every stage of its life cycle, the human body experiences changes and milestones. Find out the effects smoking and disease have on the human body – and discover the changes that take place as the body moves through different experiences in its lifetime."

Handy Art

This person has way too much time on his hands... but what this person is able to do with his hands is hands down amazing... I'll give him
two thumbs up!!

Fall

Fall seems to be a time of renewal for me. It's time to conclude the previous adventures and begin anew, freshen up my spirit and mind and prepare for the upcoming adventures that are sure to ensue. Old man winter gave a taste of his glory last Saturday providing us Utah residents with a couple inches of fluff. Fat flakes swirled down throughout the day on Sunday when I returned from Seatlle's Triple Threat. I arrived to have the pleasure of this:

Yeah, those are storm clouds! Yeti's must be coming out of hibernation...


Speaking of refreshing, I had to take a picture of the disaster area that could have been avoided if I did not lead such a travel intensive life. On a couple occasions this year I returned to see two fully packed leftover bags that I didn't have time to wash before departing again. Cleanup took two days... I can't believe I'm publishing this... hopefully it will make you feel better about procrastinating the cleanup of your own room.

Hunting Yeti ep. 3

Looking for entertainment on Fathers Day? Check out our most recent installment of Hunting Yeti. Just copy and paste this address in your browser...http://www.rip.tv/nimbusindependent. Enjoy:)

Who's ready to Hunt Yeti?

It's only days away and the launch unfortunately falls on Sunday, which all of you should know is Fathers day so regardless if no one else posts it, I definitely will. These are a couple pictures from a couple of the trips:



Posing in front of the iconic Mammoth in....well, Mammoth of course. Pat Bridges at Snowboarder was kind enough to let us session SNOWBOARDER MAGAZINE superpark!



We went Snow Camping. If you haven't gone snow camping and even remotely like camping, you should go. It was my first snow camping experience and probably not my last. The conditions probably helped my frame of mind as it was t-shirt weather during the day, t-shirt weather at night, the moon was almost full and the sky was clear. In other words, perfect conditions.



This is a Quarter Pipe/Hip.




Very cool photo, lot's of ghosts come out at 9,000ft.

The last couple of months have been hard on me mentally as I've took some good tumbles(good for whom, I'm not sure). I've missed the best parts of this year. I feel like I've skied about 20 days this year. Enough of my sulking and feeling sorry for myself. After a couple week break for everyone we are headed up to Montana on a sled mission. Hopefully Pollard still remembers how to ski after his week vacation to Kauai. From the forecast in Montana and from testimonials this year, our trip should be good. We are staying at a friends place whom we met in Alaska last year. Earlier in the year someone left the window open in the bathroom thus freezing the pipes which proceeded to explode and flood the place. Stacey took care of it but since the water was shut off and Cooke City's pipes were put in hastily, not being dug down deep enough, they froze. We won't have running water, which is a bit troubling since we will all be in stinky gear for a couple of weeks. It's going to be a rugged trip, but hey doesn't that just build character?

2007/2008

Since the snow came late this year, our project(Hunting Yeti) was forced to start late as our objectives revolve around finding fluffy soft snow. I drove to Oregon to hang with Pollard and begin the search for that elusive blurry snow monster that many report to have seen yet have only stolen a glimpse. During my stay in Oregon filming was ever so tiresome as it was the Holidays. If anyone has ever been around Hood during the Holidays, it's fun, as long as you get there for opening (a formidable task), wear the right amount of layering (not to get too hot while taking your run every half hour, and not freezing after waiting in line only to get punished by the wind on the chair), you pack a lunch (unless you are a professional at waiting in cafe lines), you wear bomb proof outerwear (you never know when it's going to start raining), and you leave by 1:30pm (a car crash is inevitable with so many ill-equipped vehicles). For those couple runs we were able to take, it was almost worth it. The deep fluffy stuff has the ability to turn any frown upside down. While Justin and I endured this fiasco, Chris Benchetler was recovering from a shoulder injury, Mahre was in the process of buying a hefty Diesel truck, and Pollard came down with a debilitating illness that had him bedridden for over a week, so I couldn't complain.

Prior to Christmas we had a great time night skiing at both Meadows and Ski Bowl with Pastey C(Sammy Carlson). For some reason night skiing has a quality about it that you cannot get out of riding during the day. Maybe it has something to do with the darkness contrasted with the pristine pureness of snow.

The whole crew finally met up in the North Cascades with the exception of Benchetler who was out destroying Japanese elephant poos, pillows and sake. Japan. Lucky. Having a hook up from K2, we were able to acquire 7 hours of heli time for relatively cheap. We rented a house across from the operation and held up there for a couple days as snow came down with unexpected fury. As it dumped we explored some of the surrounding logging trails for some easy access terrain. We didn't find any. After finding that the trailhead was only a couple miles from our pad, we decided to rally our snowmo's along the road. It seemed like a perfectly good idea. There were also signs on a small portion of the road that had signs with snowmobiles in the center outlined with green circles which gave us added confidence. green means go...right? Near the end of the day, we ran into a couple police and ranger patrols on sleds as we were out filming. They did their jobs and checked our registration and gave Erin a warning for not having her rented sled registered... not here fault. Anyway, they parted ways and we soon wrapped it up and headed down. Passing them in the parking lot, they didn't seem to mind I was heading straight for the highway. After we all got to the road he rallied past pointing aggressively to the shoulder. He scolded us as made it very apparent that despite the sign it was highly illegal and worthy of a $600 ticket. That would have been a $4,200 ticket. Come to find we made the local paper blotter. Someone had called 911 and reported us.

The snowfall continued to bless us with snow periodically and we were able to fly about 7 out of our 2 and a half week stint. Check out what went down on rip.tv on Feb. 15th. Our first webisode will be released. Make sure to download the file as it is about 10gb and in high def. Watching a streaming version kills the quality.

Enjoy all the snow boys and girls!

Blogger is having trouble uploading photos but I still managed to get these two on:


Andy


Diamond Dust. This occurrence is rare and magical! I've never see it so vividly in my life and with such density.