Forrest Brown

I’m Ushuaia Argentina, the southern most city in the world. This is where I’ll board the Polar Pioneer for my 19 day cruise to the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and finally Antarctica. I wanted to be extra cautious in case of flight delays, so I have almost two day in Ushuaia before the ship leaves.

The main street of Ushuaia

A group of us took a helicoptor tour around the Ushuaia area.

Shipwreck near Ushuaia with an icebreaker passing by in the background.

It turns out the people are really short in Ushuaia

Ushuaia

I’ve found an old friend in Tokyo.

The last day of the ski season.

Me at the top of Mammoth. During the winter, this sign can be completely buried with snow

There was still a small terrain park with 4 rails and a medium kicker with a smaller kicker next to it

This photo is just sad. It's the last day for skiing and these guys would rather work on their tan.

At the end of the day everyone gathers at the top of the mountain for for an end of the year party/snowball fight.

Approaching the top of the mountain at the end of the day. The crowd is bombarding the gondolas with snowballs

The crowd gathering at the top of the mountain for a season end party-snowball fight

After skiing I went for a soak in one of the natural hot springs around Mammoth

Day 6 of camp and an we had a couple of inches of fresh snow overnight. The snow cats were supposed to groom the camp’s terrain park overnight, but there was some kind of problem that prevented that from happening. So the weather and the lack of grooming made it tough to do much in the park, so we did some runs on Seventh Heaven instead while the digger worked on getting the terrain park back into shape.

Me skiing in the fresh powder

Eventually the terrain park was in good enough shape to start hitting some jumps.

Jeff going for a grab

Me going for a grab

Jeff hitting the airbag

For some reason I have no photos from skiing for today, but I’m sure that we did something incredibly cool and gnarly. After skiing Jeff, Pinky and I hit the downhill mountain bike park again.

Today is a break day at camp, so no skiing. That means we have a bit of a chance to rest and recover and to do some more downhill mountain biking. The weather was a little rainy, but it was not too bad. Jeff and I were joined by Stephanie, one of the camp councilors and a rockin’ downhill mountain biker. She showed us around and gave us a few pointers.

I’m in Salt Lake City for 4 days of skiing with a big group of friends and my Dad.

My Halloween Costume.