PQ Ski Team

We skied hard, we skied with authority, we drank a record 24 pitchers of Extreme, 1 pitcher of Blizzard, 3o random beers, and 3 shots.  Here is the Epic recap of our 2012 Canadian adventure…

Keith leaves India for Canada via Doha… Jim and Tobio leave work early to head to Albany to rendezvous with Pete… Snow to start the trip… Tobio’s illness threatens to derail the trip before it can begin… Das Beast and Das Boot in effect… Stop at Crossgates Mall for Orange Julius and pretzel dogs… Jim’s Warm Glazed Nuts…  “I’ve never been in a Dick’s this big before.”  “Well, a Dick this big has been inside me before.”… Pick up Pete at Albany airport, Southwest has lost his snowboard… extremely nice man at the Southwest baggage claim gets the board back for Pete… Albany Airport Bathroom Stall #4… Meet up with Keith at Moe’s Southwest Grill parking lot… find a place to eat… blinkers go on at the same time when we spot Outback… Sam Adams Spring Pilsners… Hyatt Place with Keith snoring and Pete and Jim sleeping on the couch and floor… Jim buys a $40 cable for his iPad that doesn’t work… 6 AM wakeup call to Steel Panther’s “Weenie Ride”…  Stop at Dunkin Donuts for a terrible steak and egg sandwich before continuing North… Keith spills 3/4 of a iced coffee all over his seat at the exit 21 gas station… Tobio’s murderous rage until he finds coffee… Border crossing with the two hottest Canadian border guards you will ever see wearing aviator glasses… Keith and Jim hold seats at La Diable for the metric lunch while others check in… Three Extreme pitchers before check in… Throwing snowballs at the Cabrio… Having snowballs thrown at us from other rooms…  “Mr. Thorpe!  Please stop that!”… I got my balcony hookers!  I got my balcony cocaine!… We’ll just do Tobio’s part… Off to the casino…  Tobio sleeps on the slot machines while the team rehydrates and loses money… Keith and Jim win some back at a Blackjack table that knows what it’s doing… Back to La Diable for more Extreme…  Watching “Operation Legacy” on the iPad while Keith passes out… Tobio takes an all day lesson while Pete and Jim dominate the mountain and Keith buys new snow pants… Metric Lunch where Keith is promoted to Captain of the PQ Ski Team…  Anointing Keith at both La Diable and the top of the mountain (on his knees)… Tobio’s instructor is a slave driver and he arrives dripping wet… Apres Ski at La Diable… Sushi dinner at Yamada with Boreales and Sapporos… Everyone dying the next morning from exertion and exhaustion… We’re getting old… -13 F with our toes freezing, but amazingly beautiful weather and visibility… Metric Lunch with three pitchers of Extreme… The Bartendress (Julie) pours Tobio half a glass while he is in the bathroom and about to leave…  Tobio is horrified and the Bartendress apologizes while filling the glass even more… Start of a record 10 pitcher Extreme day…  Apres Ski at La Diable… Apres Ski at La Diable again… Pete breaks out the A-Team stein and proceed to drink heavily from it at La Diable while we egg him on… Bacon Cheeseburger Poutine at the Poutinerie…  Pete’s horrendous gas (from onion soup and the poutine) offends the bartendress and she lights not one, but two matches… Pete goes on to horrify any bar patrons with his amazing drinking ability…  Bartendress buys us Rumple Minze shots (minus Pete as he is drunk enough)… Discussing Vicodin, Zoloft, Furries in Second Life, Balloon Loonies… How do you internet?… Do you guys know how to post videos to Facebook?…  Porn at La Diable… Jim suddenly slips and falls on his way out of the bar as Operation Rogue Straw claims the first of its two victims… Filming with the GoPro… Lots of mogul skiing… Horrifying people on the lift by saying the word “Great” about 72 times… Mountain is very crowded… Apres Ski at La Diable… Pete puts on a show, Keith Instigates, Tobio is immortal, and Jim dies… Quick casino trip nets $300 in 20 minutes… Jim dies on the last day… Pete and Keith dominate the afternoon while Tobio dominates all day… Keith and Pete dominate the casino one last time while Keith forgets about $190 in his pocket… Pete goes back to claim the money while Keith dies… Final team dinner at Le Shack… Calming down our antics… Pesidence Inn… Better WiFi than at home… Life saving McDonald’s… While the ride home is generally short, it seems to take forever… Until next year…

But it’s clear and sunny for some reason.

Keith Baker has been promoted to CAPTAIN of the PQ Ski Team. Congratulations, Captain Baker.

Keith Baker has been promoted to CAPTAIN of the PQ Ski Team. Congratulations, Captain Baker.

Keith just asked for a second pitcher about 20 minutes into the trip. Our Wifi reaches la diable. The bar has a Wonderbar that shoots clamato. Finally, It’s snowing and the Extreme is in rare form.

Pete woke us up at 6:00 AM to Steel Panther’s “Weenie Ride”. Tobio is about to murder everyone if he doesn’t get coffee.

It’s 5:55am – first drops of extreme are only 5 hours 35 minutes away.

Off to a great start. Southwest loses Pete’s board and we’re having trouble finding Keith. …nope, found him. Game on!

Hooray!

ETA three hours until this guy: