Interesting Day

Today was a great day, although interesting. I headed up right to the top of Imperial. The wind was blowing and it was snowing like crazy. As I started my traverse, I couldn't see a thing and I had no idea where I was. Suddenly, a huge gust of wind, at least 50 miles an hour, blew and actually pushed me back around 2-3 feet. I didn't realize I was so close to the cornice and felt right off it, tumbling 20 feet down the hill. Luckily, the snow was deep and soft, so I was able to stop myself without getting hurt. I continued down the mountain about 5 turns until I couldn't see the tips of my skis. As I stood there, waiting for the snow to clear, my head started to spin. It felt like I had just woken up 3 hours after drinking 15 adult beverages (not like I would know what that feels like). My mind couldn't comprehend which way was up and which was down, since I couldn't even see my skis. After a couple minutes of standing there, I felt something. My breakfast. I proceeded to throw up everywhere in the middle of Whale's Tail (the name of the run). I finally composed myself and realized if I looked at my orange boots, my mind could get some sort of direction. I finally made it down. Since the snow was so great, I decided to do one run on Chair 6 and call it a day. After 2 hours of lapping Chair 6, I made it in. The snow was great and after the first run, I felt fine. I'm heading into Denver right now to pick up Matt and Jeremy.