November 25th, 2007
Tomorrow morning I will begin a short, timely, and long overdue period of my life. I am setting out in my Subaru from Ithaca, NY to Park City, UT where a condo I have rented for the winter awaits, along with 5 of the worlds best ski resorts, and hopefully a winter full of large storms.
Am I going to be a ski bum using my hard earned education and job experience to load people on to chair lifts? Not exactly. While our new company, Cambridge Semantics, is in a heads-down development phase, I will be hitting the slopes during snow storms, and working on my laptop for the lion’s share of the remainder.
The length of my endless winter will be determined by snow conditions, the state of Cambridge Semantics, and the availability of my condo, presently only leased through January. However long my adventure, I hope to improve several aspect of my skiing and fitness, including big mountain and back country, as well as dive into the lifestyle and culture of the mountains; an environment I have only witnessed, rather than experienced through my trips out West and weekends at Killington.
Though I’m driving the 2000+ miles across I-80 alone, I will not be alone in Park City. Joe Betz, a longtime friend, adventure sports teammate and colleague at Cambridge Semantics will be there as well. In addition, I hope to have lots of friends visit, and of course Lauren will be there as much as her Latin teaching career allows.
Look for pictures and accounts of our winter in Utah on Chronicles of Gnarnia.