Tree: 1, Andrew: 0
I engaged in a bit of aerial acrobatics this past evening. My friend J has some new buddies from work and they took us out to Spirit Mountain, an exaggeration if I ever heard one.
Regardless of its pathetic status as a pseudo-mountain, Spirit was brutal to me. Read on for pictures and more...
The highlight of the evening, as I'm sure J will agree, occurred on the way back down the hill. I was poorly traversing a somewhat steep downhill and failed utterly to keep my weight far enough back.
I saw the ground in front of me.
I saw the sky above me.
It was a beautiful forward roll, perfect in its execution, ruined only by the fact that I wrapped myself around a tree at its conclusion.
Bensbane.net tip of the day: No matter how small the tree, it wins. Do NOT, I repeat, do NOT, attempt to destroy said tree with your back. It's a poor plan.
Not two minutes after I picked myself up off the ground, I thought to myself, "Self, that went pretty well...why don't you try it again?".
Bensbane.net tip #2: Leave well enough alone.
Bensbane.net little known fact of the day: Rocks are even harder than trees.
Hopefully sometime in the near future my pictures and stories of where I was will be more interesting that what it did to me. As always, I'll keep you posted.
