January - Made the career change from being a Civil Engineer to sewing bike gear in my basement. The change in income was quite noticeable... Continued recovering from knee surgery I had in November.
February - Lots of swimming, lots of sewing and designing gear for the winter races and other things:
Erin and Hig came through town and we tried crossing Knik arm in packrafts at ten below... did not get too far but had quite an urban adventure trying.
Mom came and visited for a week - we had a blast together!
March - Learned that the knee was healing and big days were once again possible. Back to Turnagin Pass and the re-union of the Swallowtail:
April - Talkeetna Glacier trip with Bryce, Billy and Yvonne. We basically climbed and skied our butts off for 6 days, then sat in the tent storm bound and glacier skiing in whiteouts for another 4. Awesome trip!
May - Eagle River big mountain Slaying - Korohusk, Eagle peak, Flute, Calliope. Either by myself or with good friends who kick good steps.
June - The silly season us upon us. Dylan, Kellie and went mountain biking in Denali with packrafts for 4 days with 2 days of food. whoops...
Met up with Erin and Hig in Unimak Island and learned the true meaning of the word "Oppression". Starvation training at its finest.
July - Kenai Coast nature fun biking with Dylan and a visit with family for my grandmother's passing.
August - The Lost Coast Trip:
Lost Coast Trailer from Eric Parsons on Vimeo.
We pretty much laughed, ate cookie dough, kept moving and pulled it off. Fantastic trip!
September - Rebound from the summer and get back to sewing. Not much else.
October - Ditto, some good hikes, climbs and early season Hatcher Pass powder mixed in:
November - Lots of work and frosty single track, Technical film support for The Discovery Channel:
December - End of the year, having a real winter in town, skate skiing was off the charts good everywhere.
Happy 2009!
6 comments:
FUN!! Where was that last picture taken?
Wow, you sure have been busy. Nice work!
If I'm not mistaken, I think that last picture is on the Chester Creek trail heading east...just past the Lake Otis underpass. There are some ballfields there, which I think I see on the right side of the pic. Just my guess.
and Lindsay wins a cookie!!
Thanks! The Chester Creek Trail is actually less than a half mile from where I live but I haven't been too far in either direction yet.
Eric...that looks like a pretty kick ass year! Glad you were able to enjoy it like that, because I enjoyed it vicariously! Cheers.
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