Skiing Adventure

Saturday was a beautiful day for February and I decided to join Zach on a trip up to Sundance to go Snowboarding, or skiing. I decided I would ski, after all I had taken two lessons and best of all I had found skiis and boots at a yard sale this past summer ($5 for the whole set). No rental for me... I had borrowed my sister-in-laws snowboard just in case the ski thing did not work out. Kevin did not like the idea of yard sale skiis and my inexperience heading up the mountain, but I assured him I was fine remember the lessons I told him. It really was beautiful weather for night skiing and all was good. Even skipped the bunny hill with toe rope, I was more advanced than that. About forty feet into our first hill I sat back a little too far and somehow ended up laying on my back with my knees totally bent and I could not get back up (we did not practice this scenario in the lessons) and I could not undo my feet. Zach had to back track UP the hill to save his Mom. I am sure he was thrilled he did not go with friends. Zach and I undid my boot and I stood up and I snapped my boot back in the binding and the binding broke. I was at the top of the hill, GOOD GRIEF. I take the skiis off and undid the tightness of the boots for the long walk down. A guy stopped and insisted on taking the skiis down for me, after I had walked halfway mind you. When the guy got to the bottom he sent the snowmobile first aide crew to save me, GOOD GRIEF!!! I told the snowmobile first aide guy, I am fine! I broke a binding I was not hurt. His response to me was "Get On Already" so I rode the snowmobile down and Zach and my brother were at the bottom. I told them I was going to switch now to snowboarding after I made my phone call to Kevin that I had just rode the snowmobile down the mountain, and what I should do now. Kevin is all concerned until I tell him the whole story, and then he can't stop saying how he told me so. Yard sale skiis need to be checked out by a professional or something like that. So glad that I took an alternative so I had options and the night was not ruined. Also glad that I did not get hurt, just a little hit to my pride from making such a scene. I think there are a couple morals to the story. First moral, two ski lessons does not make one a great skiier. Second moral, $5 skiis are not a great deal necessarily. On the plus side I really improved on snowboarding and I am starting to walk four days later without wincing from being so sore.


My Brother Cody

Zach and Cody