This was my first trip to haines, first time skiing out of a helicopter, first trip with JP and Michelle, first time shooting a kicker from a heli, first time getting pinched by a crab... is that enough firsts?

Okay one more....

It was also the first time i had to decide bewteen two heli trips(pretty rediculous) but i opted to hang with the PBP crew since haines terrain is undeniably HIffey and I had had enough of Kris Ostness for one season(haha love you kris:) ). 

As for the weather, lets break it down mathematically (I had symms help me out with these)

I was in haines for 26 days, and roughly 7.76543 of these days were sunny and of these 7.76543 sunny days, 5.34346 were flyable days.

That means when i went to sleep at night, there was a 20.2434325% of flying the next day.

our sunny day percentage was  29.893424%

We brought the sleds.... of the 26 days, we sledded 0 days!!!!!

 Our Sunny day Percentage  needed to be around 18-23% to safely snowmobile and not miss our chance for a break in the clouds and a chance to fly.

So the bottom line is, heli skiing is alot of waiting, i am excited for next year though. The absinthe guys were there, those guys have been going there for, i heard this was there, I think there 16th year, so the oppertunity and experience that i gained this year is worth every penny i  spent (note to self, get more HELI BUDGET).

The more i  go the better my segments are gonna get, the better awareness i will gain up there, and these guys pep and jp are gonna help me out tons THANKS TO YOU GUYS!!!