I don't know if I can do this... I can do this.

Damn. So today I drove all the way up to Nelson, for no reason really, o.k so I had nothing better to do, it's the weekend, no work, weather sucks but what else is new, and I wanted to do some final skiing up on Kootenay Pass or at Whitewater before all the snow is gone. Well the rain was pretty miserable all day, and I drove up to the Whitewater Base area where I had an AMAZING day 2 weeks ago hiking for turns and hittin some awesome chutes with perfect late-season corn snow, to find most of the snow was gone. damn. Well shit I guess I should have known better, it's been raining every day and well, rain melts snow ya know... ah well. Lesson in boredom and wasting very erxpensive gas was learned. Did I mention gas is over $4.00 a gallon around here? Yet another reason to come visit me in scenic fuckin hillbilly hell. I swear these people hate me. I have done nothing but make the utmost effort to smile, wave, pander endlessly about weather and hunting and fishing in an effort to blend in... but to no avail it seems. OK so that was a little harsh. I know I'm an 'outsider', and, well, when your in a town of 350 people, it's kinda obvious if your an outsider. Especially becuase I don't have a mullet-esque haircut, a never-ending assortment of cut-off t-shirts advertising guns, hutning, and cheap beer, or a rusty jacked-up F250 with a confederate flag on the back [yes... I know we are practically in Canada here, but you would be amazed....] Ok OK so it's really not that bad. Most people are actually quite Sane and Friendly. I'm sorry Metaline Falls, you just frustrate me sometimes. On the upside I finally met some climbers(!!!). One is a guy who just moved up here from Colorado [so we have something in common I guess haha] and is retired here with his wife and kids [he's only 40 though] and has tons of technical mountaineering and climbing experience... really nice down to earth dude, plus he guided for a while which is great cuz climbing with someone you can trust is tops. We are planning a 5 or 6 day trip to do some climbing in the Bugaboo's [Fuck Yeah!! :)] in a few weeks, which should be amazing. We are a;so going to try and hit up Wash. Pass in the Cascades soon, maybe even Squamish! The other climbers I've met [well ok, so I 'kinda' met them, but I met one of the guys wife the other day and she gave me their contact info.], they are apparently really big climbers... like road trips every weekend [Hells yea son!] only slight downside is they are very hardcore Christians [The guy works at a Bible camp].... so if anyone asks, I'm not really an atheist/agnostic hippy.... Jesus is my homeboy haha... Anyways so yeah all is good on that front. Well I ever cheered myself up in my lame-o little blog. Good Deal!
Peace N' Grease,
Phil.