Skiing With Silas

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06 Dec 2016 16:38 #227650 by flowing alpy

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I mean who hasn't and the stories they can tell.
FKNA this is deserving of it's own thread, especially here.

I skied with Silas today at West.
Funny story,
I once let Silas borrow my skis
and in his spirited glee
they took him to a place
in the Alpy BC he did NOT want to be.

to be continued.........

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11 Dec 2016 17:47 #227711 by flowing alpy

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Guess none of your senior sitters wants to fess up, Silas ;-)

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12 Dec 2016 08:18 #227722 by gregL

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Silas has more stoke than any three twenty-year olds. Skiing with him is always a hoot, plus he has a nose for the goods.

Fast and light

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12 Dec 2016 08:22 #227724 by gravitymk

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I mean who hasn't and the stories they can tell.
FKNA this is deserving of it's own thread, especially here.

I skied with Silas today at West.
Funny story,
I once let Silas borrow my skis
and in his spirited glee
they took him to a place
in the Alpy BC he did NOT want to be.

to be continued.........

I memba that.

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12 Dec 2016 14:13 #227735 by telemack

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Fast and light

Silas, fast and light?
What poet wouldn't bite?

(apologies to Omar Khayyam:)

A Book of Tours underneath the "Cow",
A Jug of Beer, a Loaf of Bread—and Thou
Beside me skinning in the "Wild"ness—
Oh, Wildness on the Paradise enow.

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15 Dec 2016 19:55 #227800 by flowing alpy

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Silas, haven't seen ya @Alpental.

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16 Dec 2016 13:27 - 16 Dec 2016 15:11 #227808 by pipedream

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Silas made an appearance this morning bright and early to keep the padded seats company.
I lost him in the shuffle between 1 & 2 and ended up solo loading beneath skies brighter than his jacket's blue.
We crossed paths in l'Internationale but was long gone by the time I made it thru the gate to sample yesterday's leftover pow.
I suppose he was disheartened with the conditions, firm & chunky, as I never saw him back up top skiing down the funky.

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16 Dec 2016 15:28 #227810 by flowing alpy

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Silas made a full assessment of the hacked
country conditions for an entire lap of Elevator!
There were no hoots nor gleefully linked turns but
there was a strong constitution to get down intact:-)
Well done Silas, you still got the crap battling spirit!

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16 Dec 2016 15:54 #227811 by Chris

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Fast and light

another shot of the 'wildman' going fast and light: silver peak 2012. always a great time hanging and skiing w/ Silas

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17 Dec 2016 17:03 #227817 by ddk

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Gotta say Silas it a hyper trip...all the ladies he is chasing (or following him)...all the always big happy - another day on the slopes....I was gonna post just before pipedream about having seen Silas in CB lodge recently (very happy) when I was checking for the soup of the day...nice bonus bumping into him that day...

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19 Dec 2016 21:27 #227851 by wickstad

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www.king5.com/mb/weather/locsl-ski-areas...dy-to-open/354569311

I get the feeling we crossed paths.

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22 Dec 2016 16:39 #227874 by flowing alpy

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Skied a run with Silas today! He convinced his buddy Crispin it would be ok to give skiing a try. They started at Alpental but last I saw was a blue wagon headed to the ski acres. Good Luck Gentleman

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11 Jan 2017 16:08 #228235 by flowing alpy

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Glad to see and ski with Silas today. Hope you got some BC laps with your buddies, seemed to be a few different folks looking for you.
This thread was getting buried!

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11 Jan 2017 22:17 #228242 by gregL

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Hope you got some BC laps with your buddies, seemed to be a few different folks looking for you.

Found him and lapped the BC with him in the PM.

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22 Jan 2017 06:19 #228381 by flowing alpy

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Hacked @Hyak with Silas on Saturday.

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07 Feb 2017 16:41 #228653 by flowing alpy

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This thread coulda got buried but the subject just keeps delivering.
Our hero loaded the padded seats today, minding his own business, tips up and everything! Ready for some things and eager to learn, Silas spotted a ski moments after loading and deciding he'd go for the grab. For a moment the execution was flawless but the next moment, gravity took ahold of our hero and slowly, ever so slowly the helpful Silas tipped off the padded seat and into the snow. Secure in health and utterly oblivious to the crowd below, he waded back to the lift, ski in tow, grabbed a single and headed back up to the Padded Seat terminus. Great Try Silas Great Try! Thank You for the inspiration and positive energy you provide, you are a good guy. Nice seeing you today!

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07 Feb 2017 17:07 #228655 by haggis

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AWESOME!!! Our hero really is a peoples skier.

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07 Feb 2017 19:18 - 07 Feb 2017 19:27 #228663 by silaswild

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Kind words Chris, thank you. The crowd was also very kind to forgive the delay I caused on the busiest day I have ever endured! 810-940am waiting for loading to begin in my TLT5P Thin Palau liners was chilly especially when the little breeze kicked up. Those boots are made for walking, not waiting.

The luckiest guy of the day was clearly the one who spotted my chair two antics on his final approach to the 20min lift line and cruised right in to assist me on my solo reload. The smartest guy was Morgan, who skinned to 5200' and skied Phantom Trees while we all stood around for 1.5hours.

After working hard descending the cut up deep snow down International in my flyweight uphill gear, I headed for Silver Fir Senior Center lunch and some ego boosting soft groomers to relax. Apologies to all for causing the delay this morning, sorry I still have not learned to leave challenging work to trained professionals.

Looks like we will have a great Cinqo party this year, and likely Solstice skiing too!

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07 Feb 2017 21:09 #228664 by Jim Oker

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Silas was spoken of today by a few of us who have skied with him (one of whom was on skis that Silas recommended after one of his ski review junkets), while we enjoyed lots of bouncy turns at the other end of Boyne's Summit domain. No waiting there today!

My favorite comment about skiing with Silas was on his "100 months" congratulatory thread, from Greg Mueller, who wrote (as I remember it at least) "Congratulations Silas, for 100 months of losing your partners" ;-)

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07 Feb 2017 21:49 #228665 by BrianT

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Missed ya today Silas. The two skiers across from Armstrong this morning were comedy and just what we needed while waiting in line.

Didn't ride c2 with the 45 minute line.

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09 Feb 2017 19:18 #228714 by flowing alpy

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You ride out the storm today, Silas?

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11 Feb 2017 19:15 #228734 by pipedream

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I spied Silas sloshing the cream cheesed bumps beneath the Summit's newest chair this morning.
Unfortunately I was unable to catch up with him and settled for tagging along with the snowbikers instead.
Conditions were certainly better than expected, esp. in the Hyakcountry.

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18 Feb 2017 15:22 #228382 by flowing alpy

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Spun a lap with Silas today on l'Internationale @Alpental!

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19 Feb 2017 18:06 #228858 by pipedream

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Silas looked lonely atop Knoll 0 this morning... too bad the safety coordinators wouldn't let us go join him

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20 Feb 2017 05:32 #228869 by flowing alpy

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Funny seeing him wearing his sunday best attire.

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20 Feb 2017 09:46 #228873 by Lowell_Skoog

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Silas looked lonely atop Knoll 0 this morning... too bad the safety coordinators wouldn't let us go join him

Hmm, Silas didn't seem lonely when I went through the gate yesterday morning. I recall several attractive young women and a lot of shouting. But it may have been due to hypoxia.

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20 Feb 2017 19:22 #228890 by flowing alpy

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I too have never seen Silas lonely.

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22 Feb 2017 07:58 #228908 by flowing alpy

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This Hero must be training for something cuz he was at Alpental again yesterday.
No reason he should be there otherwise, gates were closed and not a female in sight.

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22 Feb 2017 13:00 - 22 Feb 2017 14:23 #228909 by pipedream

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I believe Silas has been reading between the lines of my padded seats reports... I thought he would've learned his lesson about doing that the day we all showed-up to a crusted-over Denny Mtn w/ no open gates back in Dec.

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28 Feb 2017 06:59 #228982 by flowing alpy

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Well FKNA, our hero may be attending 17BBIJH this weekend!
Silas, I would love to spin a few laps with you at Jackson Hole this weekend!

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