Monday, August 16, 2010

Gone Skiing!

Well I had the opportunity to go skiing for my very first time in the Andes Mountains! It was so much fun to get to see SNOW and MOUNTAINS! Everyone kept giving me a hard time, because I like a kid in a candy store. I was so giddy and excited! Until...I actually got into my skiing class. haha. I realized that they make it look easier than it actually is, and that it hurts. ALOT!

Right out of the gate in our ski class, I pulled a muscle cuz my skis went both ways. This caused a painful split, that I didn't know I could do. After that we practiced how to stop using our skis. Well I did so well this time around and fell. My instructor, a goofy guy, came over to help me up. He told me to jump up as he picked me up. However, as I did this my skis clipped him and he fell on top of me. Quite funny and embarrassing all in one! Thankfully everyone took out the instructor at some point in time!

After our 2 hour long ski class, we took a break and ate lunch. The most exciting thing was to sit down! haha. Then the other beginners and I ventured to ski on our own! I fell many more times, but it happens. Two of the others decided they had enough, but my buddy, Dylan, and I wouldn't give up. We went back down the hill a couple of times and practiced on the ski machine a bit.

Funny story though: Before we went back down the hill, we saw some friends by the netted fence. We ventured over to them to take some pictures, chat it up and take a breather. The funny part is that as we were leaving to go down the hill, one of my friends asked if she could help me any. As I was saying no, I slid right into the netting and got stuck. After getting out of it, I went to go to the ski lift and slid right back into the fence a little ways down. When I looked up, I was stuck right in front of another beginner's class. The instructor asked if I was alright, but all I could do was laugh! So embarrassing!

The biggest accomplishment, though, was that I made it down the (little) hill without falling, and that we got on and off the ski lift with our skis on perfectly! Success!

It was so much fun, gorgeous and exhausting all in one!




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