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March 11, 2006
Guess Who's Back....
The Mole man is back...
A stock image, but it looks the same
Hope I don't get to cold on the hill...
Today was my Friday, now starts 4 days off to enjoy the hill. No new snow (although some is forecast) so tomorrow I'll probably do (easy) trees or the park. I'll see how the knee feels.
I had a split shift yesterday so went boarding for 2 hours and got a couple of runs off the Peak which I had never done before - including my first double black, "Pacer Chute" a steep line on Skiers left of Whistler Bowl. All very exciting, made more so as I got to the top of it by accident, I was trying to take the easy traverse and started too high. It was a rather odd experience looking down this steep 30' wide chute surrounded by skiers - each of them wondering what a snowboarder was doing in Skier terrain.
I don't think I embarrassed myself too much in my decent - us snowboarders have a habit of looking a bit 'ungraceful' when things get really steep.
Either way I'm glad to have finally got one done - now I just need to tick the unofficial 'Triple Diamond' grade...
Work is going well. I have decided that fitting kids ski boots is probably the most frustrating thing anyone could try to do. However I decided to stay happy and smiling when fitting a family of 4 today. One 12 yr old girl and 3 triplet boys aged 9 - thought the parents had enough on their plate...
More drivel when it happens :o)
Posted by edwardnorthridge at March 11, 2006 09:48 PM