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And people claim there is nothing to do in Wichita, KS. On my grand tour through the states this summer I recently made a stop to visit cousin Kristian Strom. Running an online book selling business out of his basement and general entrepeneurship that he has been rocking since we were kids. Great to catch up after not seeing each other for several years we were only urged on in the craziness upon discovering that Indiana Jones was premiering at midnight on my last night in town. So of course we dropped all plans and got costumes together, not that either of us are huge Indiana Jones fans but rather immense fans of dress up. Of course we were the only people in costume and I even almost got arrested as a rent-a-cop nearly took me out for wielding a plastic cap gun, of course, only in Kansas. A great visit and a great chance to see a place in this country that people seldom think about, it was beautiful and even though tornados roll through the Kansas plains all the time, what's life without some excitement. 

pretty tough when this is the view from you bedroom window. This mountain constantly provides new amazing views. While beautiful the winds at the peak right there are gusting over 50mph sounds like some good skiing huh!

Well the new year has come and gone but we made the most of it. Last chair of 2007 rewarded us with a spectacular ray of sunshine for one last rally. December was a great month as we got several good storms and even a couple of early powder days. Its been so great to be back in Montana hearing stories of everyones summer adventures, only whetting my appetite for more traveling. For now though I am more than content to enjoy the snow and relative calm of the slow part of the season where the mountain is all my own and fresh lines are always waiting. 

The snow is falling in Montana. Kicking off a great early ski season and heading into the holidays with the entire Mtn open, and a few powder days already under our belts, the extreme sledding season is also kicking off like gangbusters. This saucer jib over a retaining wall was highly anticipated and poorly executed but thats the hard knocks of free-sledding. 

Well we made it. After being taunted by its pinnacle peak towering over Montpelier VT Dad and I have conquered the great Camel's Hump. We tried to get off early but seriously folks this is hiking not an everest expedition. Our biggest hike this fall, and also the second in two days, we got to hike in early winter as a late fall snow had blanketed most of the mtn. When we got to the top it was clear skies and almost no wind, awesome 360 views, you could see all the way to New Hampshire with Mt. Washington and across lake Champlain to New York. Sweet as. We even broke out the camp stove and had a cup of hot chocolate to celebrate. Overall an awesome hike, dad even took a sweet digger on the way down and bloodied his face, what more could you want! Now its time for thanksgiving and gearing up for the move back west. Being back in New England has been fantastic as I've gotten to re-appreciate the landscape and hamlets in contrast to the giant peaks and enormous prairies of the west. But seriously its snowing in the rockies right now and there is skiing to be done so lets go and get this season started. Coming soon...new skiing section of Crispyhouse!!! keep your eyes out for some crazy ski photos and new Crispyhouse sponsored stunts.