Thursday 9 February 2012

I am now a skier!!

I am home and I am in in one piece. I am no speed demon by any means but I did ski and from some pretty steep slopes in my opinion ( not my hubby's though). I have never skied before and I am terrified of heights. My first challenge was getting on a cable car, which I did but I had my eyes closed tight the whole journey. I did master this by the end of the week though to a degree. The second challenge was  trying to ski down a nursery slope which at the time felt like I was stood on Mt Everest. I did eventually master this and progressed to some blue slopes which really looked like Mt Everest. Apart from a few tears at the top due to fear of skiing of the edge of the mountain I did ski myself down, and I am chuffed to bits.





I do have some advice though, do not let your partner teach you to ski. My hubby has been teaching people to Ski for over 20 years with great success. Then he taught me. The first few days were great and I was progressing great, then I lost my confidence and he lost his patience. I think it would be fair to say we had different expectations. He wanted me to go faster but I was too scared of losing control. He was a great teacher but I think I was his worst student. I did ski from nearly the top of the mountain to the bottom which was about 11 miles but probably more like 15 miles with all the turns I put in. It doesn't matter though, I did it!



Some of the slopes I skied

I really enjoyed myself  so much so I have booked to go again next year. I am thinking of seeing a hypnotist before hand to try and get over this fear of heights. I would definitely recommend skiing but just watch out for bloody snowboards, they have there own agenda on the slopes!!



7 comments:

  1. o.k...so as far as I am concerned...." you are a ROCK STAR !!!!!" Wow wow wow....you have done what I wish I could do....I love snow and want to ski ......but......I just can't yet.....maybe you have done it for me! But.. wow... I am so impressed!!!!!!! So impressed!!!!!!!!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks Miss Holly, skiing is a brilliant holiday xx

      Delete
  2. FABBYTASTIC ,A BIG WELL DONE MISS X
    I'm terrified of heights so I totally know
    where youre coming from ,It looks like youve had a fab week and have acheived a lot ,you should be really proud ,I know I would be ..WELL DONE !!!
    XX Manda XX

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks Manda, yes i am dead chuffed. Cannot wait to go again xx

      Delete
  3. Yay well done Clare! That is very brave - I think you would find me waiting for you at the bottom of the slopes for the apres ski :-)

    One of my friends has recently renovated some appartments near a ski resort in Poland and I actually thought you could get dressed up at ski resorts in the evenings and walk around in high heels lol!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Hi Kitty, although heels are not advisable I did see some local wearing. They looked very odd. Plus easy jet is so tight on luggage allowance the only shoes I took was my snow boats and Uggs xx

      Delete
  4. Go you! Ive always fancied doing that, but too chicken to try. My 40 year old legs may not be as forgiving as they once were! Hats off (if I had one) to you, glad you had a great time x

    ReplyDelete