When I first the pics last year my first idea was that it would be sweeeet to load up the sleds and get pics of a crew in there poachin that spot... Just to poke some fun at the whole deal....
I asked the folks that I know who live in silverton - they said that it would be very hard even with sleds and that the heli guys ski, do avy work, and keep a eye on that terrain. I dont know the line where and where you cant ride up there and with the other bc terrain around silverton there is no need to even push ridin the sleds up that basin - unless you were lookin at gettin on that pipe....
As far as settin up the pipe in silverton well if he puts it any where near the I-70 or the front range mess it well lets say it would not have worked.. A athlete of his caliber does not need little johnny and sally dropin in on him - just not safe for anyone.. So it has to be private!!
It would not work in many places in Utah or the up in North West... No way cali would have worked.. Kinda would have been funny to set it up in Canada (BC) so that he could train for the olympics on canadian soil... Maybe somewhere in wyo, montana or idaho could have worked..
Think of all the tax payer money that goes into training olympic athletes.. Shawn did this with money out of his own and red bulls pocket!!
What I am sayin is that I think he picked just about the perfect spot for what he needed and hopefully is rewarded with a gold metal for his efforts!!! I can alredy hear the chant - USA!!! USA!!! USA!!! USA!!!
Also casey my buddies are sure gettin a kick out of me being a gun carring tattle tale little girl... Thanks for the laugh but I will leave the tattle tale role to the hippies who blow a dread or two if they even see a crew unloading sleds... They seem to be more suited to it anyway
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top athletes have no where near the support, media, fans, and money behind them, thank god, otherwise we would have Shawn Whites to deal with in our sport too.
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