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lal_truckee writes
wrote:
Ski season is almost here. Hence, the following is a list of
exercises to prepa

Ah, yes. But do any of the activities on this well established, indeed
ancient, list even approach the true joy and wonder of skiing?
Diminishing minds want to know.

Where's the bit where you go into a mountain restaurant and gorge on
pastries and eau-de-vie, possibly accompanied by coffee, on the pretext
of needing to warm up?

Where's the bit where you're swimming in unexpectedly deep soft snow,
groping around for a missing ski, not knowing whether you should try to
reach firmer ground first or try to reattach the ski first, and a
ski-school class of tiny children files by giggling at you?

Where's the bit where you sit on a restaurant terrace in the sun having
another bier(e), watching it melt and drip off the trees, sparkling
against the blue sky, and you don't give a damn?

Where's the vast panorama of mountains fading into the distance, as you
ski slowly backwards, uphill, ready to promise your soul to Cthulhu if
he'll get you out of this wind?

Where's the bit where it's got dark while you were in a bar having a
quick apres and you can't remember where you left your skis - and there
are only about 300 pairs outside?

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Sue ];(