Although Zac briefly lost both his shoes and his glasses in this feat, the only blood lost was that of his tongue. He bit it. Hard. That is nothing close to how much pride and dignity he gained considering it was his first try at the jump and he hit it dead on. I wish I could say the same for Nathan Ballard and Spencer Hansen. I can't tell you how many times they each tried but unfortunately there was embarrassingly no success.
Bryan Farnsworth made it over the jump multiple times. This time he went down penguin style. Almost like he is mocking those who can't hit the jump.
I even made it over the jump. Unfortunately Zac did not record it. He claimed this was an accident but I call it sabotage. I will tell you how my jump went.
Once I finally psyched myself up for the jump, I decided to use the circle sled instead of one of the longer, safer sleds. As I made my way down the hill I noticed myself starting to spin ever so slightly. Right then I knew my fate. If I was going to hit the jump, I would be backwards. I thought for a split second that maybe I would miss it this time and be safe, but as I turned my head to look for the jump, I saw I was about to hit it straight on. No turning back now. Suddenly I was up in the air, knees bent arms flailing as I let go of the sled. I landed on my knees and rolled backwards. It was awesome! I think the exciting part for me was that I was going to be able to see it on video as soon as I got up the hill, but as I started to make my way up, I was informed that it had not been recorded.
So instead you get this lame video of my first attempt at the jump and my obvious fail, but know this. I lived through that jump and there were witnesses so even if Zac decides to not admit my accomplishment, I know the truth!
Soon after, we decided to start doing trains. If you are unfamiliar with this term you have not been fully living. The more the danger the more the fun right? That is how I see things at least. A train in sledding is when you link however many sleds needed to support however many people you have. For example in our train we used three sleds for five to six people (Zac did not participate the first few times). This was the attempt that actually was successful. That's right all the way over the second hill and almost to the lake.
We also had another awesome run with Zac included but it was not recorded due to loss of cameraman (Zac).
I would like to say thank you to all those who participated in this amazing sledding day. Also many thanks to public schooling and the laws that keep children there. It would not have been as much fun without you. Thank you Bryan Farnsworth for living next to an awesome location in which this event took place and also for the hot cocoa afterwards. Thanks to the sun for deciding to come out for a few hours and keeping it from being as bitter as days past. Also thank you Zac for driving us there safely. Bryan, Nathan, Spencer, Nicole, and Zac thank you oh so much for inviting me and also participating it was definitely a good way to spend a day off.
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