Was out of pocket this weekend on a skiing trip. The town of Garmish Partenkirchen is always beautiful with its mountain backdrop of the Austrian Alps. This was a fun trip although it seems my skiing skills have atrophied a great deal. This could be due to the mountain being really difficult ( my preferred explanation) or my increased fear of the consequences of falling. ( Probably closer to the truth).
The weekend could have been a disaster however, but fortunately that was avoided. I'll explain: to get up to the top areas you have to ski from the blue trail (European beginning level / more like US intermediate ) to the lift via either a black Diamond run ( European expert / American suicidal ) or an intermediate run that is really steep at the bottom. I was really scared on the second run over there and the S.O. fell and kept sliding down the mountain like the Wide World Of Sports ski jumper. Fortunately for us both, the only thing injured was pride and we kept on.
P.S. I still hate snow boarders.
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