Drew Fazzino

One brisk December day in the northern providence of British Columbia. There was set to be a great ski race, between two of the country’s greatest skiers. Anna was the best skier British Columbia had ever seen, she was younger and did not have much big race experience. Jennifer was an Olympic gold medalist for Canada as well had many other medals under her belt. On the line of the race was acceptance to the following years Canadian Olympic team, as well the recognition of being the best. Anna was very nervous, as she knew she was fully possible of winning but still had small reserves of doubt. She had watched Jennifer her entire life fly down the mountains, taking medal after medal. Jennifer on the other hand had confidence through the roof, thinking of this as just another race. They decided to meet up two days before the race for coffee at the base of the mountain. As they say at the bottom of the run they conversed about there own experiences and where they came from to get wh...

There once were two Sibling bears Sasha and Jacob that lived deep in the San Angelo National forest in the mountainous Colorado. They were preparing for the upcoming hibernation period by collecting food to suffice through the length of winter. Jacob the older of the siblings suggested getting a surplus of berries and pinecones because this would last all winter. Sasha agreed, and they split up to find as many resources as possible. When they regrouped a week later Jacob brought enough to last 2/3 of the hibernation period. Through this length of time Sasha was unable to find any source of food, and when Jacob asked what she found she said enough to last 1/3 of the hibernation period.   Jacob accepted this answer and went on with his day preparing his den where they would stay.   The elk spirit was watching over Jacob and saw Sasha did not collect any food, and remembered what Jacob had done for the elk community years before. Three years earlier the elk population w...

On a nice cool fall day in September chad set out on a trip to trek and camp in the Rocky Mountains in the beautiful and wild Alberta, Canada. He told his friends and coworkers where he was going and to expect great pictures and stories when he returned. He set out on his trek at the beginning of the month and was planning on staying out for two weeks. Chad hiked in to a nice little secluded spot he found on google earth that seemed to be the greatest spot, overlooking a glowing and amazing section of the mountain range. The first night he set up camp, made his dinner and enjoyed the sunset. Throughout the next few days he enjoyed hiking to the peaks and watching the wildlife, making small drawings and taking pictures of the beautiful scenery. After the fourth day he noticed the water he had packed in was depleting rather quickly and he had not accounted for this.  His phone had no signal because he was in the mountains and he had no idea where a water source could possib...

Tom was an All-American hockey player and was the best in Pittsburg. He had major dreams of going to the NHL one day but now he was only 17 and could only work on perfecting his craft. He cam up through the ranks as a young boy being the best on any rink he stepped foot on. He once had a teammate whose name was Jared, who he had done wrong to unintentionally, but Jared never seemed to forgive him.   They came up through the ranks together all the way to their senior year where both of them ended up being drafted by the Pittsburg Penguins. They were both climbing up the ranks on the team and found themselves to be two of the best on the team, let alone in the NHL. Time came and the captain of the Pittsburg Penguins at the time retired. The coach had two guys in mind to take his place, Tom and Jared. Tome was in the better position to take the job because of the connections he had made with the rest of the teammates, but Jared would not let this stop him.   Because way ba...

Cody Smith was a professional bull rider who had worked many years to get to where he stands today. And that is at the entrance of the PBR World Finals. This is where the elite of the elite ride and shoot for that eight seconds. Cody was a man who loved what he did and could not see himself doing any other profession. One of his biggest enjoyments of bull riding was seeing and riding different bulls each month that are brought to competition. Cody was getting ready for the first night of competition, getting his gloves and bull rope together. He would get in his pre-riding zone blocking out all distractions, and that’s when he knew he was ready. The announcer called for all the riders to come draw the bull that they were going to rid that night. Cody walked to the office and drew his number then walked over to the board where the list of bull names was posted. Cody stood in shock, this night he was bound to ride Midnight Magic the 2,500 lbs  of pure muscle bull. This is not...

There once was a quaint little family of chipmunks that lived in the heart of the Rockies on Mount. Quandary. These chipmunks thought they had everything they could ever need, a small stream running by their tree, a field with a plethora of berries and nuts and the greatest view in the Rockies. On the other side of the valley there was a mother eagle with that was raising her young eagle to be big, strong and independent one day. When the young eagle was big enough the mother gave him his first big task. She said, “Across the valley I have seen this family of chipmunks that live in the tallest pine tree on the north side, are you capable of tricking the family to coming over to our house for us to have a massive feast?” “Of course, mother!” said the young eagle eager as ever. The young eagle spread its great growing wings wide and took flight for the trip across the valley. As he made his way closer to the tall pine tree he landed just a little before the chipmunks c...