my gear wish list (santa, please take note)

Thanks to the ice axe not only do these gentlemen

look happier but also WAY more awesome. Just

imagine how they'd look with a snowmobile!

+ Snowmobile: Not only can I just ride around for the heck of it but my homies and I can use it to access sweet backcountry skiing before, during and after the lifts are open.

+ Beacon, probe and shovel: I will most likely be getting myself this backcountry skiing essential gear by 2011. It tends to be expensive but I'd like to think my life is worth the ~$300 price tag.

+ Kayak: Do I know how to whitewater kayak? Nope! But what better way to learn than to get a kayak :) Plus, you get to look bad-ass driving around with it on your roof- BONUS!

+ Road Bike: Biking for hours along the seemingly endless paved trails and climbing the multitude of mountain passes around here seems to be pretty popular (stinky! Lucy just farted and ran off! That ruined my train of thought... where was I?) So it'd be fun to get to experience all of that and go on long rides with friends.

+ Bright pink long-johns: Waaaaaait.... I already have some!

+ Ice Axe: It's an ice axe, even if you never use it the awesome factor is high just for owning one! But I'd actually use it to do some winter hiking of 14ers.

+ Crampons: I'd prefer not to slip off a mountain when I'm hiking up it in the winter. AND they also double as a meat tenderizer!

+ A -15 degree sleeping bag: I really want to start doing some winter hiking and you definitely need a warm bag for that.

+ AT bindings and skins: I'll likely get these before the new year as well. It'd be fun to get in some moonlit skiing and do some hut trekking.

+ Technical Hardshell Jacket: These tend to be spendy (+$350) but uber-durable and weatherproof. I have my eye on a few and as soon as I can snag one on sale I'll be all over it. Right now I'm rocking a bulkyish snowboard jacket (works great but I've had it for 5 years now and ready for something lighter) and/or a softshell (LOVE my softshell but need something more burly for the middle of winter)

+ Flannel Underwear: Just kidding :) Do they even make those for women?!

+ Pocket-sized camera: Right now I 'only' have a digital SLR. It takes sweet pictures but I can't really take it skiing or running because it's bulky and I'd hate to fall on it or whack it into a tree and be out mucho money.