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Qhov Zoo Tshaj Me Me Backcountry Hut hauv Canada
Qhov Zoo Tshaj Me Me Backcountry Hut hauv Canada
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Kev hu tuaj rau hnub Tuesday. Ib tug phooj ywg yuav tsum tau them nyiaj los ntawm kev mus ncig rau Bill Putnam Hut, lub dav hlau dav hlau nkag mus rau lub caij ski ntawm ze-mythic koob meej nyob rau sab hnub tuaj British Columbia. Tus ntes? Kuv yuav tsum tawm mus rau hnub Friday.

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Reserve tus BILL PUTNAM (FAIRY MEADOW) HUT thiab kev thauj mus los nyoob hoom qav taub los ntawm Alpine Club of Canada (www.alpineclubofcanada.ca) rau 0 ib tus neeg hauv ib lub lis piam. Koj yuav tsum xauj tag nrho 20 tus neeg nyob hauv tsev thiab nyob xya hnub. Kev qhia thiab kev ua noj yog ntxiv (0 rau tus ua noj,, 730 rau phau ntawv qhia); kev rho npe rau lub caij siab (Lub Ib Hlis Ntuj txog Lub Plaub Hlis) tshwm sim rau lub Ib Hlis rau xyoo tom ntej.

Kuv tiv tsis tau. Zoo li txhua lwm cov hmoov-adddled junkie uas nyuam qhuav pom qhov intoxicating allure ntawm lub backcountry-thiab muaj ntau thiab ntau ntawm peb txhua txhua xyoo-Kuv pom ib lub lim tiam ntawm skiing irresistible. Kuv tau scrambled, ua tus nqi them nqi, kev npaj mus ncig ua si zaum kawg thiab yuav cov khi tshiab thiab cov tawv nqaij nce toj rau kuv nyuam qhuav tau txais superfat telemark boards.

Fairy Meadow, raws li lub tsev pheeb suab npe hu ua, muaj npe nrov rau kev tshem tawm qhov kev coj cwj pwm tsis zoo ntawm nyiaj txiag. Nws yog qhov feem ntau nrhiav-tom qab rov qab caij ski cabin nyob rau hauv tag nrho cov ntawm Canada, zaum smack-dab nyob rau hauv ib tug ntawm cov brawniest subranges ntawm lub Selkirks-lub 12, 000-foot-ntxiv rau Adamants-thiab tsuas yog 20-feeb ya los ntawm lub helipad ntawm Txoj kev loj 1 txog 20 mais sab hnub poob ntawm Golden. Ntau dua li lub vaj suab puam dua li lub tsev pheeb suab, lub tsev ob-zaj dab neeg pw 20 xis nyob hauv ib lub tsev loj loj thiab ob chav pw me. Muaj propane teeb, ob lub qhov cub, ib tug ntoo-hluav taws sauna-thiab ntau cov ntoo chopped. Peb 20 leej tau tawm mus ua noj ua haus puv sijhawm, khoom kim heev, nrog rau li 2,650 phaus zaub mov, dej haus, thiab khoom siv.

Txoj cai tawm ntawm lub qhov rooj zaum ntau pua square mais ntawm crevassed glaciers, dav-qhib tais, thiab sab plhu-puckering couloirs; yeej tsis muaj qhov nruab nrab skiing. Cov kws tshaj lij, ntau tus neeg xaiv ntiav ib daim ntawv qhia rau lawv nyob hauv Fairy Meadow, qee zaum tos xyoo los yeej tau txais kev tshwj tseg hauv kev rho npe txhua xyoo.

Txawm hais tias tau kov yeej qhov tsis sib xws, peb cov neeg ua haujlwm tsis muaj kev taw qhia ntawm cov neeg caij ski patrollers thiab bums tau txwv nws qhov kev txaus siab thaum kuv tuaj txog. Txawm hais tias thaj chaw nyuam qhuav tau txais pummeled nrog qee qhov peb taw ntawm cov hmoov tshiab, lub pob snow yog qhov txaus ntshai tshaj plaws uas nws tau muaj hauv xyoo. Ob peb lub lis piam ua ntej, ob peb lub avalanches tau rocked Selkirks, thov 14 lub neej. Cov xwm txheej daus tau zoo dua nyob rau lub sijhawm rau peb mus ntsib, tab sis peb tau ntim plaub lub raj mis tequila, ob lub raj mis ntawm Scotch, xya lub thawv cawv, thiab 12 khob npias, tsuas yog hauv rooj plaub.

Plaub caug-tsib feeb rau thawj tag kis, peb tau hnov peb lub suab nrov, lub suab tsis muaj zog ntawm cov daus uas tsis muaj zog tawg. Nws ua rau "sympathetic" avalanche-ib qho kev cuam tshuam ntawm ib txoj kab nqes (tsim los ntawm peb pab pawg tawv nqaij) ua rau ib qho swb ntawm txoj kab nqes uas nyob ib sab-ua pov thawj tias lub pob snow nyob ruaj khov li Hunter S. Thompson ntawm ether binge. Ua ntej hnub ua tiav, peb tau teeb tsa ob qho ntxiv.

Raws li lub lim tiam dhau los, lub tshuab hluav taws xob siab tau nyob rau hauv thiab lub pob snow tau ruaj khov. Peb qhov kev tawm mus tau poob rau hauv ob pawg: kev ncig txhua hnub, uas peb tau nce dej khov, ua rau Gothic-looking Pioneer thiab Sentinel peaks uas loom hla lub tsev pheeb suab, thiab nqis 5,000 ko taw; thiab cov tub nkees yav tav su muab tso rau ntawm yo-yo cov chaw kho mob ntawm cov qis qis-peb tau tawv nqaij mus txog ib teev thiab ntab los ntawm lub hauv caug-ntev, hmoov av-lub teeb rau 1,500 ko taw, tom qab ntawd rov ua dua. Nyob rau tib lub sij hawm peb scrambled li pob zeb ridges thiab nqis mus rau hauv txhua txhua steep couloir peb pom, tawm tsuas yog intertwined sine curves qab.

Qhov chaw nyob mus txog hype. Tseeb tiag, kuv tau muaj cov hmoov hmoov zoo hnub ua ntej-tab sis yeej tsis tau xya nyob rau hauv kab thiab yeej tsis nyob hauv qhov loj thiab txo hwj chim. Thaum peb thaum kawg ua lej, peb txiav txim siab tias nyob rau lub lim tiam cov pab pawg (skiers nrog ib leeg snowboarder) tau taug qab tsawg kawg yog 700, 000 ntsug taw-ntau tshaj ib qho Everest txhua, sab saum toj mus rau hauv qab.

Tom qab peb mus ncig ua si, peb tau tu peb ob txhais taw, noj mov ntawm peb cov neeg ua noj, Barb, zaum hauv lub sauna, thiab tos rau cua thib ob. Thaum nws tuaj, peb hnav khaub ncaws hauv cov khoom disco (wigs, hlaws dai, lub tsho shimmering) uas peb tau coj mus, slurped tequila-marinated gummy worms, thiab seev cev hauv peb cov khau khiab thiab polypro rau cov suab paj nruag tsis tshua hnov los ntawm minidisc player.

Txhua hmo kuv tau nce tus ntaiv, hla cov khoom ntub dej thiab lub cev tawm mus. Nws yuav luag inhumanly tsw thiab nrov. Thiab txhua hmo kuv tau tuag tsaug zog hauv vib nas this.

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