On balance however, it still beats sitting at home and complaining about the winter.
Behold, here is a list of skiing by the numbers:
1. Grade I started skiing: 6
2. Number of years I didn't ski due to it being too expensive and me being too poor: I figure at least half a dozen or so. Most of it was during my college years. I was not one of those kids that took ski vacations during winter break.
3. Number of times we have skied this year: 6 (Vic and I)
4. Number of times the kids have skied this year: 5
5. Number of sets of skis/boots I have had: 2.
6. Number of years I rented equipment: many
7. Temperature on the ski hill today: -5 degrees celcius
8. COLDEST we have ever skied: -20 degrees celcius
9. Number of black diamond runs I have done: only a handful. I am pretty cautious on the whole, but working my way up so I can feel more confident on those runs.
10. Number of ski lockers we have had to keep our stash in: 3 (our current one is the biggest and means fewer trips to car/less stuff to haul)
11. Elevation of the ski hill we have a seasons pass for: 1,915 m (6,280 ft) - at the top.
12: Number one tip for skiing with kids: start them in lessons with experts. The ski hill has a great school.
5 comments:
This is awesome. I have only skied a handful of times. I'm pretty bad! ;). But, my husband used do be a ski instructor and even he said he is putting our kids in ski school!! :)
I have never skiied
I've only skiied once. After getting over the indignity of 4 year olds blowing past me, it was pretty fun. Though on my very last run down for the day, I took an awful skiis-in-all-directions-head-over-rear-over-head tumble and severely strained my rotator cuff, and couldn't drive my stickshift or write on the chalkboard in my classroom for almost 6 weeks. I prefer cross-country skiing, which I've done much more often in my life, ha.
This is really on our list to do some day. I have never been skiing either.
You guys are pretty much rock stars in my book :)
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