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When did this actually happen? February 27, 2016
We went skiing with the research group (the skiing seismologists) in Les Houches, France (because even though we are living in Switzerland, driving all the way to France and skiing there for a weekend is cheaper :p ). Now, if you remember the previous post I wrote about skiing for the first time, you will remember that that did not go so well (and that is, indeed, an understatement).
However, this time I wasn’t the only one who had never been on skis before, so me and two colleagues decided to take a class (smart idea!) to actually learn skiing instead of slowly (or quickly) skiing to our death.
The class was freaking awesome! None of us fell! And at the end I was actually quite comfortable to follow the instructor and ski down a (I guess green) slope. It was really, really nice. Our instructor was also a really nice guy: every time we tried something new (such as letting go of our poles, getting on the conveyor belt to go up, getting in the ski lift!, doing turns, etc.), he would gladly cheer us on and scream: “See, you didn’t die! Hooray!”. He really knew how we felt.
After our class, the three of us didn’t manage to ski down the blue slope to the restaurant for lunch where we were supposed to meet the rest of the group (we asked our instructor if it was possible to go there after our first lesson. Response? "Impossible". We were all secretly relieved…), but we had a nice lunch in the town: yes, we went back to the town and got rid of the skis. Even though the skiing was now very nice, the boots still hurt like hell!
After going back up the mountain to make some beautiful pictures, we went to Chamonix, where we strolled around, bought souvenirs and had a lovely dinner (with the rest of the group this time).
As always, the mountains were stunning!
Being happy on the mountain
Me and my fellow first-time skiers!
At the bottom you can see the ski-lift we took! So we actually skied down quite a bit, huh?
Day 1 of the ski-weekend was a big success! Plan for next year, concerning skiing: take a long weekend off together with one of my fellow first-time skiers and then take classes every morning and practice every afternoon, so that we are prepared for the next ski-weekend!
We went skiing with the research group (the skiing seismologists) in Les Houches, France (because even though we are living in Switzerland, driving all the way to France and skiing there for a weekend is cheaper :p ). Now, if you remember the previous post I wrote about skiing for the first time, you will remember that that did not go so well (and that is, indeed, an understatement).
However, this time I wasn’t the only one who had never been on skis before, so me and two colleagues decided to take a class (smart idea!) to actually learn skiing instead of slowly (or quickly) skiing to our death.
The class was freaking awesome! None of us fell! And at the end I was actually quite comfortable to follow the instructor and ski down a (I guess green) slope. It was really, really nice. Our instructor was also a really nice guy: every time we tried something new (such as letting go of our poles, getting on the conveyor belt to go up, getting in the ski lift!, doing turns, etc.), he would gladly cheer us on and scream: “See, you didn’t die! Hooray!”. He really knew how we felt.
After our class, the three of us didn’t manage to ski down the blue slope to the restaurant for lunch where we were supposed to meet the rest of the group (we asked our instructor if it was possible to go there after our first lesson. Response? "Impossible". We were all secretly relieved…), but we had a nice lunch in the town: yes, we went back to the town and got rid of the skis. Even though the skiing was now very nice, the boots still hurt like hell!
After going back up the mountain to make some beautiful pictures, we went to Chamonix, where we strolled around, bought souvenirs and had a lovely dinner (with the rest of the group this time).
As always, the mountains were stunning!
Being happy on the mountain
Me and my fellow first-time skiers!
At the bottom you can see the ski-lift we took! So we actually skied down quite a bit, huh?
Day 1 of the ski-weekend was a big success! Plan for next year, concerning skiing: take a long weekend off together with one of my fellow first-time skiers and then take classes every morning and practice every afternoon, so that we are prepared for the next ski-weekend!
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