Skiing C/D

we bought 3 day passes as part of a package through the hotel we were staying at. it included ski hire and a full day lesson. Thing is we had paid the full price which was adjusted by our hotel booker when we arrived in Aspen. When we went to Buttermilk to pick up our passes, they credited our debit card again, I guess not realising we'd already been discounted. so they ended up paying us $5 to ski!

i snickered all the way down the mountain.

...this time last year...decent conditions, I think?

-- gbx (in....) (webmail), Today 10:05 AM. (skowly) (later)

have you considered working at a resort for a season?

Yeah, I'm still thinking about it. I'm an Irish citizen, so getting work in France or something should be cake.

Laurel: I had to go SO BAD. Going to the bathroom back at the Lodge would have been a 35 min roundtrip, no joke.

Simon Dumont was coming up soon. SIMON DUMONT, LAUREL.

:(

I want to go skiing again, but I don't know that I can be arsed with the place Rumpie is talking about even though it is about ten minutes away from my house. For the reasons Madchen mentioned (about queuing for ages and then going down it in about three seconds).

I love skiing. I wish we could just get a decent snow season in Scotland (even a decent weekend when neither me nor the mister is working) - my skis must be totally rusted through not having used them in forever. Every year we talk about going abroad for a skiing holiday, but we never do it.

I forgot to respond to this earlier. Okay, so you know how people get those little squinty crows's feet from looking into the sun? And then when they smile, the corners of their eyes kind of crinkle up? Sucker for those. Yikes.

Look, I was BEHIND the little spectator barrier. The only people that could have even figured it out were the guys next to me, who knew me.

I like those, too.

My favorites are the old, tanned, unbelievably fit, ex-hippies that lucked into real estate in the 70s are just chilllllllllllllin'.

Yeah, some skiers and snowboarders are assholes. Assholes also play golf, swim, and drive cars. Some of them sometimes drink beer and get drunk. They vote, too.

"Marc-Andre is still himself, joking with his visitors and nurses, and singing songs," said his sister, Rachel. "But there is a very long road ahead of him with a new reality we need to prepare for."

a guy i used to ski with in Aspen is in a coma because of an accident at a freeskiing comp

My interest in downhill and backcountry skiing kinda died a tragic death by boredom, time issues, traffic and cost. I still do nordie stuff tho because you can leave home at 9, ski hard for 2+ hours and be totally spent, and then be home by 3:30. Still, its classic enough.

beer never tastes better than after skiing
-- mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:20 AM (1 year ago)

still true

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"CHOICE OF ROUTE - You must choose your route in such a way that, when coming from behind, you do not endanger others ahead." - http://youtube.com/watch?v=XMuCMrHClpE (skip to 2:50 for the carnage)

beer never tastes better than after skiing
-- mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:20 AM (1 year ago)

still true

Everything tastes better after skiing. The feeling of getting into a warm lodge/house after a long day out skiing and getting warm eating/drinking etc. is one of the best feelings ever. I just wish it wasn't such a an expensive hobby. I haven't been in ages.

rip shane mcconkey

i am going to skiing school

not atm, but next week

natasha richardson

encouraging

sorry, i'm sure it's a blast

classes cancelled

snowing so hard right now in town, an inch an hour maybe.

this winter ill be putting my 5 y/o kiddo on skis for real. last year we went a few days. i did a total of 5 runs in 4 days on my own, so it was sorta :( .

who's got ski plans?