Josh and I went to Homewood on Valentines Day to take in the breathtaking views of Tahoe and get some skiing in. A bunch of Josh's buddies from home were in town so we met them up there and took a few runs together. Now I know at times Josh acts a little crazy and maybe younger than he really is, but these guys made him look like a safety dad. I felt like I was the chaperone of a group of trouble-making boys at an alternative highschool on a field trip. The conditions on this day were fast and icy as it hasn't snowed for a week or so. After lunch, Josh decides that it would be great if I would stay down by the lift and could video tape him and his buddies coming down the face of Homewood. This face I must say is marked very clearly "experts only" and is incredibly steep. I agree. So I wait for them to get all lined up at the top and get the video rolling. As I am thinking to myself what a great video job I am doing, one of the guys falls in the back. The rest of the guys make it to the bottom and are hootin' and hollerin' when I realize that the man down is Josh and he is not getting up! I climb up the hill towards him and when I approach I say, "how did you fall, " he looks at me with his goggles crooked and snow on his face and says, "I didn't fall I am just sick to my stomach and I think I passed out." Okay, ski patrol! Josh is increasingly confused telling some that he has whiplash, others that he is nauseated, others that he passed out. The ambulance arrived and we spent a romantic evening in the emergency room in Truckee. The doctor agreed that Josh just wasn't coming to as he should so he ordered a CT scan of the head. Luckliy it was negative, and Josh was rewarded simply with a Grade 3 concussion, which totally gives him bragging rights as it is the highest grade. Thank goodness he was wearing his helmet or the outcome could have been much worse. Josh woke up in the night with a killer headache and a sore neck and he can't quite figure out why. So, here is the video. Josh is the guy in the back. Later he told me that he thought he would stay back and reduce the risk of being taken out by one of his lunatic buddies. So much for that theory...
