Snow White

Isolated from civilization, hundreds of kilometers away from the closest city, surrounded by land and more land, is the location of Mountain Apolaia. Covered mostly, in freezing ice for most of the year, and the target of a weather capable of frightening even the bravest of men, skiers know it as the mountain with the toughest slopes on the planet. The slopes are divided in two sections, the slopes of submission and pride slopes. Although both extremely difficult, most men, with the least sense…

the mountain for my first time. I started out with a green slope for beginners, which was packed with little ski I school kids, as I was trying to turn my board I ended up jumping the berm and landing into a tree. I was laying in the freezing cold snow trying to get up with my board even though my feet were begging me to stop I went on. My body was giving up but we were about 30 minutes from the bottom and I was so thirsty and my head was pounding, so my cousin said that we could take the…

In literature and in life, halcyon moments are integral to our development as individuals. In the story “Lifeguard” Chris’ halcyon moment is when he is, “high diving, [Chris] like[s] everything about it, the swing of [his] back [when] [Chris] climb[s] the ladder, the metal steps and rungs cold under [his] feet and hands. [Chris] even like[s] the way [his] stomach falls away when [he] get[s] to the top and [can] feel the pebbly grain of the platform under [his] feet” (Scott p.22 line 20-23). The…

On December 29,2016 My friend Jack and I went snowboarding at Mt.Alyeska.During that Thursday morning we woke at at 5:45am and drove and picked up Jack.It was approximately 1hour and 45 minute ride there so about 82.6 miles.We got snacks for the ride like Airheads,doritos,and sodas.We got the junk food to get us hyper for the mountain because we knew that we were going to be on the mountain for 6-7 hours. When we arrived there we felt great we unpacked and everything got on our favorite lift…

It was a chilly and foggy Wednesday afternoon. The slippery and wet stone floor in front of the popular Cologne cathedral reflected the melancholic weather of a typical late autumn/ early winter day. The stomping sound of my heavy combat boots and the murmur of many excited voices were all I could hear. From a distance, I saw an overspill of overly enthusiastic people walking in all sorts of directions. Somewhere in the middle of the sea of people, there it was. The long awaited, shooting-star…

Have you ever shot a deer or have been hunting? Well I have, my first deer was a huge 9 pointer. It was the best moment of my life. Thanks to my dad, I have a great adventure to tell. Hope you have a little fawn while reading my story. We started our great adventure in the car heading up into the woods of Iron Mountain. I would hunting with my 45 yr old uncle Jim and His son Jeremiah. We told every single person in that car I was up for gold. My family arrived to Iron Mtn and we unpacked our…

The snow crunched beneath my feet as I walked onto the chairlift the wind howled and I shivered as the snow went down my back, the lift shuddered to life and started climbing up the face of the mountain, near the top I started strapping the Burton snowboard to my feet I turned to the right of me and saw two Swedish skiers who must have been on vacation it was odd because Sweden has a lot of snow so I asked them if they spoke English and they either couldn't hear me or didn't understand me and…

pick up. I peeled open the blinds and there it was. Snow that had covered the valley like a blanket. Thoughts raced through my head as I pulled my pajamas off and replaced them with clothes that I had worn from the day before. I pushed my bedroom door open and raced down the stairs, pulling the front door open welcoming the cold into the house. I stood over the freshly laid blanket of snow, wondering if I should build a snow man or listen to the snow crunch beneath my feet? I walked straight…

are almost guaranteed at least one snow day a year. It is just a proven fact. Last week, we celebrated a glorious snow day on campus. Even though it was not like the blizzard of 2015, it still seemed to live up to it. The funniest part of snow days has to be following President Machtley’s tweets leading up to the announcement of the snow day, as well as his analysis throughout the day. Prior to his announcement, as I caught up on the weather reports I knew this snow day could not have been more…

The Haida and the Inuit do have a couple of things in common, but not always be the same. They both do things differently to survive. The Inuit tribe went through harsh weather, they lived in the arctic circle. The arctic circle includes Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Siberia. They lived in igloos that they had made by themselves. It was almost always snowing where the Inuit tribe was. The Haida tribe lived in damp climate. It was a challenge to get cedar bark from trees to make baskets and…