RIP 2007 Skifest: Its all over

Yup, its a sad state of affairs, i missed all of some of the the best skiing to be had of the season over the last 8 weeks! :-( There was 4 METERS of Base at Roldal and it is still possible to ski even now. There was some fresh 2 weeks ago as well. Unfortunatley work commitments (on call) and transport difficulties, plus one weekend spewing from food poisoning , conspired to ruin it all. Never mind tho, still made a personal best 32 days (i think) for the season, and next year can only get better after the SkiVan is finsished getting renovated. Have already got most of March and April and May 2008 booked up with Ski events, just trying to fill in Jan, Feb now. even next weekend i could have gone to the Stryn Freeline Jam freeride competetion, but i,m gonna be working. http://www.strynefjellet.com/ beaver if u read this heres a link for ye! http://www.norwayfreeridecup.com/ bring on 2008! yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

March 10th & 11th Voss magic

Fianlly time for the company sponsored ski trip!: Voss is east of Bergen. It takes about 5 hrs to drive their, but 7 in a bus and 14 if the ferry isnt working cus of high winds. in Voss we did karaoke...with some skiing thrown in..Contrary to the evidence shown, Voss is not a town full of camp people, but the pubs (that we found) are indeed rubbish. so we made our own fun.

March 30th - April 9th 2007; North we go!

this line is intentionally not blank Tromso, Lyngen and Narvik: all upwards from the arctic circle! The best trip ever! apart from breaking my north record for the 2nd time in a month, this trip included down-driving, Steve & Sterk, the Slope of Fear and the Valley of Death, Liten Plass- possibly one of the best bars i,ve been in for quite a long time :-), and some very, very nice folks. Oh yes, and few convserations with Mack; who comes from the most northerly brewery in the world!. http://www.myspace.com/litenplass http://www.myspace.com/joar or just watch this: Poor weather heading over to The Lyngen alps (Topptur Mecca) More bad weather! This time at 1500m in zero vis and our mate Steve, who almost had us on our knees crawling along the summit ridge... wheres wally? Jees, that guy looks cool, i wish i could do that. pnarrr pnarrr Ok. hands up which of ye have put yer skis on on the beach before. I dont see many hands now do i (says ms Fraser in a patronising tone of voice; why dont u KMA:-). Bliss. check it. mmm ahhh Arctic poser aye sea partner in crime whose that swedish chick? :-) :-) :-)

march 3rd & 4th (not 10th&11th as previously confused!:-)

not much to report from this weekend, apart from the samll matter of a politiet man , 96 in a 60, a 700 quid fine, and a 6 month ban. arse. but we did get to haukeliseter again...and here is a wee video from january when we got snowed in with Mr,. Ritchie, Woerteman, and Pittman (the 3 leftmost blokes in Voss magic photo number 2), showing what antics we goit up too

March 17th & 18th Roldal going off

absolutelyeee no lifts allowed, 4 metres of snow at roldal now, almost the most in europe! i make this ski days number 22 & 23 for the season unfortuntely, mchardski cant do cliffs (yet) here is some other nice photos of this large day in history: this big face in this one is the one to hike up and ski down, sweeet here is Mia the kayak instructor looking usually georgoeus i,m a little t-pot? skiers at the bottom of saudasvingen waiting for a lift backup to the carpark, Mia put her thumb out and predictably got the first car that came along:-) puff pant

Trondheim March 2nd - 5th

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AZL3qXfeqw Time to start cashin in those SAS points with a free return to Trondheim to catch up with The Silearian. Useless fact: this was the furthest North i have ever been. Its level with Iceland. Skied Oppdal on saturday and vassfjellet Sunday. Even managed a night on the toon and a very, very, expensive visit to a ski shop too. www.IwannabethatT-bar.com

oh yeah, cheeck this out

i learnt to snow board last weekend, here is a small video of my first day http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2006/first-descent-p1.php Feb 17th & 18th. Deep snow at Roldal, but forgot my camera. doh.