chile

Easily one of the sickest runs of my life.

Man, disasters a plenty at the ski resorts just outside of Santiago Chile, keeping local fire fighters plenty busy. A big fat snowstorm rolled in, so heavy that we knew we wouldn't be skiing for a solid 2 days. So we did like any bored skier would and headed down to Santiago to chilax and wait out the storm.

I decided to bust out the head cam on my second run in Chile:) Here's a little clip shot with the VIO POV cam. Unfortunately it's a little crooked on my goggles. But the snow is light and fast, however I was a little nervous still about sharks so I was taking er easy.

Bluebird, blower and boot deep would be a good way to describe my first day skiing in Chile. Here's a little pic of me about 10 turns in taken by Mark Lassetter.

After 2 days of planes, trains, boats and taxis this was definitely worth it. What can I say...I wish you were all here with me:)

Hmmmm, where to go, where to go. After 3 epic trips to Las Lenas, Argentina, this might be the first time we head to South America and skip it, but... we'll see. Right now reports are of decent backcountry but totally wind hammered front country in Las Lenas. Meanwhile further south, Bariloche and La Hoja sound like they couldn't suck more.

Iqueque, Chile - You know when contsruction sites, sky scrapers, and perfect, palm tree lined board walks make you feel safer your culture back home is messed up.

Chile is not Peru. The taxi driver said Pinochet was a great man, he got rid of prostitution, drugs, and crime. He also said he didn't like Peru.

I thought that that smacked of facism, and what I knew about Pinochet made me uneasily scan the old mans face to see if he was really serious about what he was saying. He continued to chat away, a smile on his ghostly white face.