14" of New for You

This headline is in honor of Seth. Alpental and the Summit have over a foot of new snow, and almost no-one could make it up there yesterday. Or rather, we assume almost no-one was up there, based on the account by our friend who sat on I-90 from 3:30 until 8:30 just to get about 90 minutes of turns in last night. At least he had a keg with him. Right. Hit the jump below for the full transcript--now that's dedication.

Out our window, Seattles spies increasingly bluebirdie skies, so find a way to fake food poisoning from lunch (sushi is always a good bet for that), and get up there.

A life in the day of a die-hard, desperate for powder:

8:00am Check Alpental report: 19" new
8:30 Load gear and full keg
12:20 pm Done with work, ready to call it
2:20 Call it
2:30 On I-90 eastbound
3:00 Issaquah highway reader boards " I-90 Closed at Mile 45"
3:03 Pull over, regroup, get pissed.
3:10 Call WA State Patrol for update.
3:11 No update
3:15 Go to outlet mall at North Bend.
4:14 Leave outlet mall with new kicks.
4:30 Tune in am1610 I-90 traffic radio, "westbound traffic released, eastbound traffic to be released at 4:45"
4:31 Hit I-90 onramp, crank up ipod, (new goldfrapp kicks ass btw)
4:45 Join traffic waiting to be released.
5:00 Sit. Read entire new bike mag: letters, articles, ads.
6:00 Crawl in first gear.
6:01 Stop. Crack open Harpers magazine.
6:10 Wonder if you all are biking by now.
6:15- 7:15 Go .3 mile read 2 Harpers essays.
7:16 Caught picking my nose by 2 cute girls who roll down the their window and wave.
7:20 Shift in to second.
7:30 Weave between stalled semi-trucks, spun out cars, tow trucks and state patrol.
8:00 Shift back to first. Stop.
8:10 Squeeze through ridiculously dense spun out and lined up vehicles at the summit crest.
8:20 On to Alpental road, first time in third gear since 4:31 pm
8:35 Hit Chair 1, haul serious ass, repeat every 10 minutes.
10:00 Leave Alpy, blow speakers cranking ipod, ears had not popped...
11:35pm Home