It was quite beautiful on the mountain yesterday.
The skies were bright blue, the sun was out, the snow was gleaming on the trees, but the skiing was terrible! Besides the snow we had the night before, the mountain maintenance staff, had the snow guns going full blast all night and then all day while we attempted to ski. I appreciate their efforts, but I must tell you, freshly blown snow, packed down by the wind, is like cement, lumpy cement, and that does not ski terribly well.
I was skiing with George and Carol. They are both far better skiers than me. On one run they both went down, and there I was, still standing. I skied over to George, made sure he was okay, then skied over to Carol and made sure she was okay, and then stood there and Carol said, “Imagine you being the last one standing!” And I said, “I felt it was up to me to carry on!” LOL!!!
The next run, they decided to sit it out, but I went up determined to have a good run. Needless to say, this is when I took my nose dive! I did get down the mountain, but went in to chat with them about whether or not to ski anymore.
We decided to quit for the day, but to come back today after they have a chance to groom all the snow that they have made. So off I go to try again. I’m not happy it’s so windy, but what the heck, I’m just going until 11, so I can take a couple of hours of being blown around!
Let’s hope I actually ski more than I fall this time!
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Oh, I have taken some bad spills. I spent one school ski trip in the First aid building of the chalet because they thought I had a head injury. The entire right side of my face was scraped off and swollen. It had rained the night before and then it got really cold so it was crappy, but we had this trip scheduled so we had to go.
beautiful picture! I took a couple shots yesterday morning and they came out with that same blue-ish tinge!
Not only do I give you credit for skiing in the first place, I give you extra credit for going back.:)
Such a beautiful photo!
And at least you manage to actually STAY on your feet as you’re descending a hill mostly; I’d have frostbite all over my face from the amount of times I’d be on it rather than upright. :\
I’ve never been skiing, but it looks like it would be fun!!