Greetings from Alaska. I have now been in AK for about two weeks and it has been socked in quite a bit. We started the adventure in Girdwood for the world telemark freeskiing championships. The comp was on Alyeska and was definitely the most intense competition venue I have ever skied. It was steep, and gnarly with areas of huge exposure. Definitely a humbling experience! Unfortunately on my last run I hit some funky snow and ended up tomahawking backwards and straining my knee pretty badly. Despite the crash I still ended up in 5th place at the end. Our RV crew took took four top five finishes. Nick DeVore in 1st, Jake Saakson in 3rd, Kate Cardamone in 3rd for the women, and my 5th place finish. Not a bad showing from Colorado. Now, we are hanging in the Thompson pass area outside of Valdez doing some touring and one drop heli time when the weather is good. It has been cloudy quite a bit which has given my knee some good time to heal. It should be ready to go by the next bluebird day. The Powder Whores are here in their RV and we will hopefully be getting some filming in when the sun comes out once again but for now it is snowing again… 
We will be exploring the Thompson pass area for another two weeks before we head out on the Summit to Sea mission. Shortly our RV crew, now consisting of Chris Erickson, Danny Brown, Kate Cardamone, Nick Waggoner, and myself , will be joined by another two athletes, Mark Welgos and Jacqui Edgerly after they are done with the Alpine comp in Girdwood. It’s gonna get a little cozier. Check in in another week or so to see how everything is going. Check ya later. I’d also like to pay respect to Aspen Snowmass local Wallace Wesfeldt who died last week while snowboarding in the Aspen backcountry. A friendly guy and very talented snowboarder. Wallace we are all thinking about u R.I.P.