Replying to Thank You Shane McConkey

I was wandering on netflix this evening when I happened upon McConkey. I recognized the name from a ski magazine and Newschoolers. The video began and I sighed disappointedly after realizing it was a documentary. I expected to watch 15 minutes and move on to the next season of orange and black. Needless to say, I was wrong. By the end of the movie I had laughed, cringed, and ultimately felt the salty drip of water down my cheek more than my masculine tendencies would care to admit. I am 17 years old and did not start skiing until after Shane died. I cannot put into words what the movie made me feel. I saw something different in Shane, something that I cant understand or put into words. I don't know what I want to be or do with my life. I do know one thing that I want though. Some time during my life I just want to feel, if only for a moment, how McConkey lived. So thank you Shane, thank you for showing us life lived to the absolute fullest.