Summer in Washington!

Well at least maybe it is Spring, but at least it is sunny out and I was wearing shorts all day yesterday!  My return to Washington brought me right into a massive rain cycle.  Kind've a bummer when you have made all sorts of plans in your head.  Rain is really the least conducive element to outdoor activity.  Sure, you can run, maybe bike, but you are always working around the weather, hoping to get something fun in.  Thankfully it let up over the last few days and I have been able to really enjoy being back in Leavenworth.  

We spent the last few days ground launching our speed wings out at Aerial Paragliding in Cashmere.  It is great to have a toy that can be used when the winds are too high for breaking out the big wing.  I am super psyched to be flying on the new 10 meter wing I got.  It is definitely faster than the 12 that I was on previously.  

Today  I am doing chores around the house, but still managed to get a good run, a bouldering session, and some work done by 3:00.  It is great to live somewhere that has such good access to so many things.  

Some Pics from the Exam...

These are just some interesting pics from the exam.  I am still working on getting the movie put together.  Between coming home, unpacking, repacking, and getting some skydives in, I have been busy!

What goes in a Ski Guides Pack?

Jayson and Jamie working on the sled.  One of the less glamorous 

Parts of Ski Guiding.

Marc leading us down the Cherry Couloir.  There is a pic of this from afar in

another post.  Funny enough, I got some radio transmissions from my PNH buddies across the pass as they were speedflying around Girls Mtn. just before we skied this!

Passed my Ski Exam!

So I am now a certified Ski Mountaineering Guide!  One step closer to getting my full IFMGA mountain guide certification.  The exam went well.  Everyone showed up prepared and the energy of the candidates was really good.  Cheers to the examinars as well, you guys really made it go smoothly.  I really thought that I was going to be able to blog my way through the exam, but it turned out to be so busy that I really couldn't be bothered to keep up. I will put together some photos and post them. 

At the moment it just feels really good to be home.  I am hanging, watching it rain and packing stuff back up to head up to Leavenworth and get settled into my new home!