Chamonix, France
45° 55' N 6° 52' E
Mar 21, 2007 08:35
Distance 0km

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A day off

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Yesterday was my first day snowboarding EVER.

I did ok considering a) age b) ability and c) curvature of the earth.  It's just like water skiing.. in powder snow I was fine could carve it up with the best of them, but on the piste where there was ice and snow it was a different story.  I don't like hitting hard stuff at high speed.  Well.. not that I did... I don't remember falling over.

It was an interesing day. Darren was teaching me how to board... having boarded for many years he is a bit of a pro. 

I am writing this the next morning.  Jo has hurt her knee and is asleep in bed and my legs are no longer strong enough to hold my weight.  I am feeling a lot fitter and now have stomach muscles that I never knew I had.  I even managed to tear the zip of my ski gear yesterday... that's the sort of speeds I was stopping suddenly from.

I am feeling quite fit actually. :-)

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Photos / videos of "A day off":

This is a quick mashup of my first day's snowboarding. It was cold, it was snowing but here was lots of fresh powder. I'm getting old It was a cold day. Tina is very covered up.. she feels the cold after all.. Tina prepared for the days skiing Tina and Me... notice the height difference? Tina Jo and Gerald on the chairlift taking a picture of the photographer taking a picture of me taking a picture... Tina Tina and Darren Tina having a 'bit of a rest'
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