SIERRA SNOW RUNNING: At the Winter Fun Fest

摘要

When the autumn leaves change from a verdant canopy of green to a golden array of crimson, ochre, and yellow, our thoughts drift from summer play on the rocks, to winterizing our rigs for mud, snow, and the chill of winter. And when Old Man Winter unleashes the biggest storm of the winter on the High Sierra, we're checking our heaters and getting ready to hit the trail. Such was the case when Scott Becker of Rubicon Express called and said, "Hey Chris, I've got an extra ticket for the Winter Fun Fest. Wanna do some snow wheelin?" My response was (with the words snow and wheeling, I didn't need much coaxing), "Come pick me up." You see, a magazine dude's life is not all wheeling, wheeling, and more wheeling. It's more like a 70/15/15 split in this order: at the computer, busy with shop projects, and then a little wheeling. That said, I pushed away from my computer; postponed projects on my rig; grabbed a sleeping bag, camera, and some Gore-Tex; and jumped in.