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November 20, 2005
A Day of Rest
Phew! Well that has certainly been a frantic week, sorry for the lack of news but as you know I've been rather rushed. I've finally got a moment so here is a proper update.
I finally finished my training, the final "exam" wasn't bad and I finished in good time. They are going to be marked but the result isn't make or break for our jobs :o)
Afterwards the group (finally) went to the nearby bar for some cheap beer and to celebrate a frantic week.
On Monday evening we have a party to celebrate the start of the season and to get to meet the 2 other groups who have both been through training before us. Its a themed fancy dress - "the 80's" (you can imagine my joy...) so I'm going to head to the local charity shop this afternoon and see what I can find.
No snow for a couple of days (both past and forecast) as we are currently experiencing a bit of a heat wave, "the pineapple" (warm air from Hawaii) has rolled in and is keeping temperatures on the mountain at about 7*c. This has made all the snow on the mountain a bit slushy, but its better than the hard packed ice fields of the week before.
Its set to be here until Wednesday when more snow is forecast *fingers crossed*
Yesterday Ben and SK went out on the mountain, I decided my knee needed a rest so stayed at home. They were out for about an hour before I decided otherwise and joined them... having decided my knee could handle it ;o)
It turned out it couldn't really, so I'm having a proper rest day today (couch, pajamas, computer games, hot chocolate - the usual way to spend a Sunday)
Last night myself and SK went to the cinema to watch the new Harry Potter movie. I thought it was very well done (especially considering how much was covered in the book) and worth a watch.
There was also a trailer for a new movie called "Happy Feet", which looks quite silly - check out the trailer if you can.
Ben is currently on the mountain perfecting a few things and SK is at her first day of work sporting a quite funky uniform.
As you know I start work on Friday in the Kids Section of Whistler Base - its opening day for Whistler mountain so I'm expecting it to be hectic.
I might go in on Thursday and shadow someone behind the desk for a few hours - just to see how everything works for real.
I've just put up some new photos in the photo gallery, some you will have already seen, others are defiantly new.
It was good to see some pictures from the various recent climbing expeditions - Ali up to his usual tricks again :o)
Speak to you later
Posted by edwardnorthridge at November 20, 2005 09:46 AM