Stelicom USGP #5 Tacoma, WA 9th place
Start of Stelicom in, and off the back already!I have taken some time off the bike lately in preparation for the 07 season on the road. I will be starting base a little earlier than my norm and taking a good break. All this in hopes of tearing off legs in Georgia. I am still trying to figure out how I am going to pull of Georgia since it lands on my last week of school. My professors are all awesome, so I am sure it is something I can manage.
This past week I have been practicing my male modeling on top of Molass Pass in sub zero temperatures. My roommate, Jay "crash" Rush, and I did a winter camping photo shoot for the Sierra Designs website. They sent the photographer a bunch os super nice winter gear. Everything from hats, gloves, to long undies and tents sleeping bags. Good thing they sent huge down parkas and warm ski pants. The gear was super nice.
The first time we went up it was definitely a winter camping scene. I felt like I was trying to camp out on the summit of Everest. It was so freaking cold already at a few degrees below zero, and then add the wind chill and it was unpleasantly cold. The gear was warm though but I had to change a couple times and act like it wasn't that cold out. There were some shot's were the snow was blowing so hard that we weren't even in the photo because it was a white out about 10 feet from the camera. Epic! So they got their winter camping scene.
We had to go back up on Friday and redo the camping scene all over. This time it was all sunshine and a heat wave at 15 degrees. It was great though with the sun out and was much warmer and a ton of fun. The pictures turned out good and my modeling skills were ten times better. I did crack once at the end of the shoot when it was dark and I was sitting around the camp kitchen. Jay and I were doing a fake study of the map with our headlamps on. The photographer, Chris Giles, told me to look at Jay. I looked over at him and just started laughing. I couldn't stop laughing for the next 10 shots because the scene was so Broke Back Mountain. I was cracked. Finally, I regained my composure to finish the shots.
Got some good gear coming out of the photo shoot. It was well earned after risking my life at near death freezing temperatures. Only two weeks of school left in the semester. I am looking foreword to a break and possibly heading south to some warm training weather. Today I have to get ready for a mean game of Bike Polo. If you haven't played, you should check it out. It is a blast. Until next time!
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