Slush Fest

So yesterday we traveled out to Alyeska Ski Resort for the 34th Slush Fest with some of our friends. You can ask Josh why they call it "Slush Fest", it was 37 degrees and rained on us the whole entire time. However, that doesn't stop thousands of people to come out for all the events...it just makes everybody a little crazier.

After eating lunch at the Bake Shop, a local favorite and we found out why, we headed up to the slope for two events. The Idiot Swim and The Slush Cup.

The idiot swim is basically how it sounds, anybody can register to jump into the freezing water and try to swim as far as they can...nobody wins and there are no prizes...so you really have to dig deep to find the motivation for this. Though who really is the idiot? The people swimming in freezing water, or the thousands of people standing outside in the freezing cold watching the idiot swim?

In the second event, The Slush Cup, 50 snowboarders and skiiers go down the mountian and try making it over the water. They get judged on their outfit, tricks and if they make it. One cast member from Deadliest Catch was the judge of the event.