Story 4-Interview Mary Schabert.

            Salt Lake City, capital and gateway in Utah, with the “greatest snow on earth”. Mary Schabert of Minneapolis, Minnesota caught the breathtaking view and beauty of this city while having the time of her life snowboarding down the mountains.

            Schabert has plenty of experience in this heart-racing sport since the age of 12. The winter of 2006 Schabert, her family, and some friends took a trip designated for just snowboarding down the beautifully enormous mountains in Salt Lake City for eight days. Spending hours among hours speeding down packed down trails, going off jumps, and hiking. Although Schabert encountered a scare after falling off of a box in a blind spot with snowboarders speeding above her and one had landing on her, yet she still got right back up with the courage and passion to just have fun. Snowboarding can be a very exhilarating sport but at the same time very scary. Schabert stated, “The faster you go the more fun it is. It is such a rush to be going down a mountain and barely being able to see.”  After a long day of boarding down the mountains Schabert, her family and friends headed back to their cabin-like hotel to jump into the nice hot tub to relax and sooth their sore muscles. Eight days had been just the right amount of time and they were on their way back to Minnesota. “Sadly, that has been a one-time trip. My brother currently lives in Colorado and I am saving up for a trip out there still,” said Schabert. A trip filled with long lasting memories doing what Schabert loves to do.