whistler & pics   (pic(s), random re me)

i vacationed (hehe) in whistler recently (Jan. 22-31) and it was awesome. awesome, but incredibly tiring. we stayed with some of Brent's college friends for the first three days instead of backcountry camping like we had planned (which would have been even more tiring).

after that we stayed in Tantalus Lodge, which was walking distance from the slopes and had a hot tub and heated pool. we happened to meet some people from Laurel, MD in the hot tub, which was quite weird. i never thought i'd be throwing PG in canada and having people understand me...

i had a whole ski availability fiasco, too, but randomly ended up scoring free rentals, which was nice. the snowboarders rode for 6 days straight, but between my ski problems and twisting my knee because my pansy girl quads were tired, i only made it 4 days in a row. still well worth it, and i got to check out the climbing gym.

i kinda blew my wad early the day i went bouldering cause i didn't notice the house rules that said i could put my feet anywhere unless otherwise noted. so i made the climbs a lot harder than they were meant to be. it's good to be home.

the comments in the gallery are pretty informative too, so check that out if you haven't already.