Stevens Pass- Car Accident

Last weekend i got a ride up to the mountain from Avery. On the way there when we were about 10 minutes away. There was this guge car crash. it backed the highwday all the way down almost back to the closest city. We were stuck near the end and were wondering what happened so we debated to get out and check it out. We got out of the car and started walking. It was about a mile to the car accident. As we were walking we saw other people getting out to check it out to. Then we were getting out to check it out to. Then we were getting close there was a ring of people around the accident. We had to go up on the snowbank just to check it out. There was a truck flipped on its side with a huge dent in it. Then the other car got smashed togethter like a slinkie. The car was completely shrunk up. There was a guy in the car with his arm twitching. The cop told us to head back to the cars shortly after.

Whistler

When Patrick and I went to WHistler we saw tight stuff. As we were waiting to take the Pead Chair it just shut down. Wi were forced to wait but I saw the trippiest looking snowboard. The board was shaped like a beer bottle. Before I had a chance to ask him where he got it the chair started moving. Once reaching the top we saw this funny sighn that said danger , extreme contions, avalanchge threat and all this other stuff that basically said your gonn die. We found it so funny though because it really wasn't that extreme. After pictures next to the sighn we dicided to do one of the longest runs on Whistler Peak to Creek. We figured it was a good opppurunity to get some filming done. When we were about half way down in a double black section of the run, we saw this huge twenty foot tree hanging out over the run. Then this guy went full tilt up on the ridge grinded it and dropped the 20-25 feet drop back on the run. It was amazing.

Avalanche

Some time near the end of last month Patrick and I were coming back from Big Sky. We were making good time and then all of a sudden we see all the cars in fromt of su pulling off the highway. We pulled off the highway to see what was going on. Apparently there had been an avalanche earlier that day. We got stuck in the pass for eight hours. After the pass was finally cleaned up we managed to pull through. it was late really late and we dicided we weren't going to make it to school the next day. Also to out luck it was dumping down snow. We stopped in Kellog , Idaho. There jsut happeded to be a great ski resort there Silver Mountain. Silver Mountain was all back country so there was trees and powder everywehre. It was like a dream there was amazing snow up to my chest on all the ungroomed areas. To make it even better there were no bunny slopes. It was all blues or diamonds so it was very enjoyable.

Stevens Pass Corona Bowl

Pat, Avery and I went to Stevens Pass last Satuday. Avery's mom took us so we rode in their Mexican part van up to the mountain. When we go ttheir we immediately went to the top of the mounain and hit up the Corona Bowl. The Corona Bowl is a double black and Pat and I weren't sure if we could take Avery down it without him killing himself. It had dumped down snow the night before so there was powder everywhere and we figured he should be able to do it. It was Avery's wecond year dnowboarding so I felt kinda bad making him do Corona Bowl. AFter Pat and I dropped into the run and started tearing up the powder we asked each other "Wheres Avery?" after we stopped half way down. There Avery was at the top of the runa dn starts screaming as he points his board down the hill. He eats it and starts rolling and just plain kept rolling down the hill. Avery managed to stop half way down the hill and he was covered in snow. Pat and I were laughing hysterically and couldn't stop laughing the rest of the way down the fun. When we got to the bottom we asked each other "Wheres Avery" and just started cracking up again.

Snowboarding Conditions

Last Sunday Pat, Avery and me went to Mt. Baker to go snowboarding. Except in Pat’s case a skiing. The snow at Mt. Baker was fantastic because it was all powder. The only bad thing was that right under all the powder was rocks, sticks, and bush things. Also it got very windy while it was snowing and it felt like thousands of little bugs were biting your face. The wind combined with it snowing made snowboarding very trippy because you couldn’t see anything as you were going down the mountain. It was almost as if you were riding a roller coaster with you eyes closed. At times it got even worse because the wind started blowing so hard the wind stung your face and pushed you backward. On top of that it became white out conditions and you were hoping you wouldn’t wipe out. Other than the wind and horrible visibility everything was fantastic.

Geronimo

Family

Geronimo had a very large family and many wives. Geronimo’s father was Tablishim. His mother was Juana. Juana educated him according to Apache traditions. She was killed by Colonel Jose Maria. Geronimo married a woman from the Chiricauhula ban of Apache. They had three kids together. After she was killed, Geronimo remarried to another Apache named Chee-hash-kish. Together Geronimo and Chee-hash-kish had two kids. The kids’ names were Chappo and Dohn-say. Geronimo had six more wives after her. They were Nana-tha-thtith, Zi-yeh, She-gha, Shtsha-she, Ih-tedda, and Azul in that order. Geronimo never had more than two wives at a time because he was always on the warpath. Since Geronimo was always on the warpath it would be very challenging to support anymore than two families.

Religion

Geronimo was religious. Geronimo was raised in the religious views of the Bedonkohe. That meant only their relations to Usen and members of his tribe were considered religious responsibilities. Usen was the main god in Bedonkohe religion. In his religion they had no definite idea of the relations and surroundings of the afterlife. He believed in afterlife but wasn’t sure what part of man lived after death. In afterlife he hoped that family and tribe relations would continue. Also he hoped it would be more afterlife would be more pleasant than his current one. Later in life he decided to embrace Christianity. He believed Christianity helped him. He believed it was wise to go church. Another thing he believed was that Christians improved his character. The one thing about Christianity he did not understand was the spirit. He did not know what the spirit was. Also he had never seen the spirit before.

Mexican’s Attack Village

A company of four hundred soldiers from Sonora attacked Geronimo’s camp in March 5, 1851. The soldiers attacked while the men were out trading. When the soldiers left they left a little guard to protect the village. The guard was slaughtered by the company of soldiers. They killed his wife Alope. The company also killed Geronimo’s children. All their village supplies were destroyed. The soldiers also capture all their ponies. The whole village assembled at their appointed place of rendezvous a thicket by the river. Geronimo found out that he had lost everything and started to hate Mexicans. When they assembled the rest of the warriors held a council. Geronimo didn’t vote for any measures during that council. It was decided to go back to their homes in Arizona because they were out of supplies. He made a vow to get revenge on the Mexicans. During the trip back to Arizona Geronimo didn’t eat anything.

Revenge

Geronimo finally got to get his revenge on the Mexicans of Sonora. Geronimo assembled warriors from Chokonen. The warriors collected arms and supplies for the warpath. Geronimo convinced Nedni Apaches to join their cause. He acted as a guide in Mexico to sneak the band in Sonora. When they almost arrived at Arispe they camped. Eight men rode out from the city to parley with them and Geronimo’s band killed and scalped them. They did this to lure the soldiers out of the city. That night they posted sentinels and didn’t move the camp but rested up for the next day. Early in the morning the next day they prayed for strength for the upcoming fight. At 10 o’clock the Mexicans came out with two companies of Calvary and two companies of infantry. Geronimo recognized the Calvary soldiers as the ones that killed their village. He told this to the chieftains and they allowed them to lead the charge. The battle lasted for two hours and at the end of the battle only Geronimo and one other soldier was left. He was elected chief at the end of the battle.

Raid on Mexico

Geronimo led the summer raid of 1863. Geronimo hand selected three warriors to accompany him. They traveled south in Sonora, camping in the Sierra de Shuaripa Mountains. They were about forty miles west of a small village called the Crassans. They decided to attack this village. Geronimo noticed around midday no one was stirring so they planned to attack at this time the next day. Quietly the group snuck into the town. They were armed with spears, bows, and arrows. When the war-whoop of the group was let out the Mexicans fled. They managed to shoot down only one Mexican. Since all the Mexicans were gone they looked through all the houses. Geronimo and the other warriors had the pleasure of taking whatever they pleased. They drove a herd of horses and mules into the city. After that they packed as much as they could on them. They then traveled back to their homes in Arizona with everything they got.

Last Football Game of the Season

Last week we played Chimicum for our last football game as 8th graders. They destroyed us 25-0. We were out coached, they executed their plays perfectly, and they had some talented people. I didn't feel pissed off that we lost because we were beat by an amazing team.

They had a spectacular offense that could run and throw. On there first play they throw a huge touch down pass on us that was at a least a fifty yard pass. The worst part of that was the player who caught the pass was my man. It was 0-7 and we were getting pissed. Then we got the ball and they completely stopped our offense so we barely got anywhere. Now everyone was pissed because we couldn't even get our offense started. They got the ball and scored on their second offensive play. Two plays , Two touchdowns and all it was was a run to the outside or a stretch play. After that our morale was down and it was hard to get anything started.