The Adventures of Luke Tanaka: May 2009

Funny story really....

I was riding the chairlift at Big Sky and my phone started ringing. I answer it to find out that it is none other than Joshua Randich. The conversation went something like this:

J: "When are you coming up to Alaska?"

L: " Uhhh, I'm broke, probably next year."

J: "What if i told you I had cancer? Would you come up then?"

L: "Uhhh, yeahhhh probably not still...."

J: "Oh yeah?.....What if I told you that I can take you heli skiing for free?"

L: "I'll be there in a week, see you at the airport."

and so with that, I headed off to Alaska for my first ever heli experience. The trip ended up being a success. We got our one heli day but the avalanche danger was high due to the layer of volcanic ash. This limited us to the mellow terrain, but was still a great experience nonetheless. We flew behind Alyeska and shredded Winner Creek which I must say has some incredible terrain possibilities. I also got epic pow all week at Alyeska and Turnagain Pass. Even though I was only there for a week, I managed to get in a ton of pow!