Seattlest: Seattlest Was Definitely Not Lost in Canadian Wilderness

cattv

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:08:51 -0800

droooooooooooooooooooooool.... great flickr pix too courtney! please post something on seattlest when the next round of dirt series workshops roll around...

dennyt

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:40:56 -0800

Sooooo jealous!

Courtney

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:09:29 -0800

Ah, yeah, I did really say that. It was an expression from my high school chemistry teacher that has always stuck in my head. So that was not an embellishment on the part of said journalist. After 5 hours spent pushing your bike around in snow/rain in the middle of nowhere, you'd be surprised the things you'll say. The bit about me not being convincing, however? Anyone who knows me but a little bit is well aware that if I want you to understand something, eventually YOU WILL BE CONVINCED. There was some cooking up of drama there on his part, methinks...

Dan

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:29:48 -0800

Nash decided we had taken a wrong turn at “the big tree” (Er, right, like, which one?) and that we should dismount to retrace our steps. “Be careful,” she said, “the snow has made this trail slicker than a gopher’s guts.” Slicker than a gopher's guts? You didn't really say that, did you? To an English journalist? That's gotta be some kind of misremembering on his part... Were you doing some kind of Appalachian shtick for the foreigners? If I ever heard my guide say "slicker than a gopher's guts" on the mountain I'd be expecting "squeal like a pig" at any moment. Sounds like an awesome trip.

Matt Silvie

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:57:41 -0800

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I'm insanely jealous of your existence, Courtney!

Michael van Baker

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:29:59 -0800

"Not completely convincing," Courtney!