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November 27, 2005

The Ache

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Lots of exciting updates, okay not exciting, but updates.

Friday was spent skiing with Mark up on Whistler, fairly average conditions and nothing much of merit to talk about. Ads, Mark and I went to Merlins at the base of Blackcomb in the evening and got pleasantly drunk, finding a half empty paint can on the way home we took turns in trying to sell it to innocent parties in the village, Mark put up a sterling performance to one couple who were on the brink of taking it until they saw me and Adam crying with laughter 10 yards away.

Was up at 8am on Saturday hungover like a loaf of bread to aim for the first full day for a while, and boarding. I was with fellow beginners Laleisha and Adam (who has an astonishingly good attitude to boarding, if you fall over, get up straight away - it seems to be working as he's progressing remarkably quickly), 3 runs down the green on Blackcomb and several bruises later I was beginning to feel slightly more confident about the whole thing. Since there was a few cm of new snow and I was bruised all over I strapped on my skis for the afternoon and took Adam out on a few difficult blues which should have killed him but he got it suprisingly well.

We sat in the bar from 4pm for some apres and were joined by the staff of the restuarant at the top of Blackcomb, or more we crashed their party and stole their beer and nachos but it was a good laugh, so much so, I left at 9pm to come home to bed...

Up again at 9am Sunday to the pleasant suprise of an inch of snow outside the window, riding on my own I went up Whistler for 11am and dropped into some of the bowls straight into fresh powder - being alone on the lifts is a great experience, I met and spoke to about 4 or 5 different groups of people. I can honestly say I've spoken to more random people in the past 4 weeks than in my entire life, Whistler and its locals are incredibly friendly and open which the tourists all seem to adopt upon arrival. Not to mention the number of people you see regularly in the village, be it locals or seasonaires who you don't really know but will stop for a chat. Do that in England and you'd get stabbed.

Sunday night, I ache ALL over and I'm finding myself hoping it doesn't snow overnight so I don't feel the urge to go boarding tomorrow as I really need a rest. Man cannot ski for more than 5 days solid, it's not possible.

Izzy is making a big roast and lots of people are coming over this evening, always a good way to spend a Sunday evening. Oh and it's locals night at the Longhorn which is an even better way to finish spending a Sunday evening.

39 hours on the slopes - will add to the list of completed runs later.

Posted by Mark at November 27, 2005 5:28 PM

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Posted by: Greg at December 10, 2005 1:01 AM