Welcome!!

So here is my blog, Welcome!! With this being my first post I assume that you are a friend or family member. As many of you know I have not been much of a computer person out side of a few emails here and there if we were planning some cool trip. I have had a change over the last few months after leaving fire and entering new employment. Working around computers more I have learned the potential that the Internet has. Most importantly maintaining relationships that have been built with people that have influenced my life. This is why I am starting this blog. I felt like with facebook I could not explain my trips in fun stories along with the photos. This way I can share my experiences with people who would enjoy checking them out, and if you do not care. . . do not come back. That is what this blog all about . . .

It is about the Friends that are willing to take it to that next level!

Most of all my adventures require a team or at least one partner in case something goes wrong.  These stories are going to include many awesome people that share the same passions and drives.  In this photo is Mikey V., Matt, and myself at Silverton earlier in the season.  This was an great trip where a few of my friends and I spent a week around the Wolf Creek area.  Then came to the best lift access extreme sledding, Silverton.  A few pros blended in with the ski bums in the shelter at the base, while the helicopter was also flying overhead.  What a great place! I will be back and this is what this blog is about.

It is about the ways I play in the mountains!

Whether it is splitboarding or climbing the rock, it is not only the summit.  It is about the ascent and descent, the over all journey, and the failures.  I have spent on average three days a week this season out in the mountains.  I have broken a number of gear items and ripped a few clothing items also.  This blog is to share these stories of getting up at 3am so you can be to work by 10am with the negative 5 degrees.  It is about how my gear failed and I am hiking through feet of snow for hours.  Its about getting to the summit where you had to fight to get to the top and you still need to get back home safe.  Its about the powder turns on the way down.

It is about pushing boundaries and growing stronger as a person!

A person who is not learning and being challenged is not living life.  This blog is about me trying to live out my life to my limits, pushing my personal boundaries mentally and physically.  This year I launched a 20ft cliff which was my largest to date and have been riding the splitboard more than ever.  I plan on snowboarding down many of the Colorado fourteeners and many other lines that will be great adventures.  While pushing the boundaries there will be lessens learned and goals achieved.  This is what my blog is about!

Come check it out every now and then, I will be posting any time there is something fun and exciting to share.  Send your friends here if you think they will like the stories and information.  It would be nice to get your comments, it is open minds and communication that help people take things to that next level.