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December 19, 2005

Artists. Deka and the Mountain

Artists. Deka and the Mountain: Create and Experience are two words I think of when I'm around Deka. This guy lives life to the fullest. If you doubt me, check the pic above. And, if that's not enough for the experience side of things, check out his article in our first edition of Dork. His fashion sense is bananas.

Recently, Deka hit up the Andes mountains in Argentina for a Snowboard expedition. Below we have a brief photo/journal account of the experience. Deka is one cool dude.

Deka: Here is the line I did out in the Andes Mountains back country Argentina. Looks simple but once you get to the top it's scary as hell. It's a real mental test. You find out what you're made of out there. It took us about an hour to hike up to the peak. The view was amazing. Up top it was sunny but at the base it was cloudy with low visibility. Here are a few pics of the hike and ride down. Yeah I know what you're thinking... it's true I'm a crazy mo fo!

My boy Marz takes a pic while I start hiking. Wanted to be the first black dude from brooklyn up top lol

Being 18,000 ft above sea level is tough on your lungs. Low oxygen levels makes you take a lot of breaks.

Getting closer to the top. Thats when I started to question myself "Why am I doing this crazy shyt?" to late to go back. As you can see there are mad loose rocks on the Andes. Bad move to hike back down.

We made it to the top of the peak. I was the first one up, and I couldn't tell from far away it was a straight vertical wall I had to ride down off the cliff. You had to traverse to the other side. I walked to the other side of the cliff and took a piss. I was really scared. Jedi mind tricks was in full effect. I don't pray much, but I actually kneeled down and prayed because I was shooked! lol

To give you an idea of the height. You are looking at the top of clouds, where underneath is a whole another weather system!

We had to ride through these jagged rock formations. One wrong move and it's your ass!

We made it down alive lol. That day changed the way I view life. You only get one so live it to the fullest!

Posted by taj at December 19, 2005 12:26 PM

Comments

Deka, Shaun White has nothing on you. That looks like quite an adventure. Big ups!!!

Posted by: James at December 19, 2005 01:08 PM

Sizzle, you doin’ it up REAL BIG BRUH!!!

For all of y’all that DON'T know, this is a Renaissance Black Man… he is a Creator, a Thinker, a Doer, and a Chronicler… yeah that’s about the size of it!!!

Stay low, keep firin’ bruh!

Posted by: Adrian Bryant at December 21, 2005 02:59 PM