2 posts tagged “skiing”
The holiday weekend has brought with it a revelation of weight gain. Skiing in Mammoth Mountain I was reminded that I've been enjoying Google cooking for about 6 months now. And it has not been without cost.
During vigorous skiing, my ski pants now come forcefully unbuttoned!
This brand of wardrobe malfunction doesn't have the potential for comedy that you might think (no half-naked skiing). My ski gear is difficult to remove even with extraordinary focus and force of will. So the pants stayed on. But it felt wrong--I'm supposed to be buckled-in, locked-down, zipped-tight and buttoned-up! -sigh-
Aside from this, the ski trip was a success. The most serious injuries were banged-up toes and one finger that I accidentally nicked while trying to cut a squash.
Also: Angela had a mega-Scrabble-win. "Montage"... all seven letters!
The conditions at Mt Rose yesterday were so-so. They hadn't opened the chutes (or really much of anything) so we skied the same run all day :-) To keep it interesting, I tried one-legged skiing (right and left), backwards skiing, one-legged backwards skiing (not recommended) and some very tiny jumps. The jumping is what got me into trouble with my boots. These boots don't fit quite right and now I've got the black toe (nail). It was still worth it.
