Monday, January 10, 2005
Tour ski
On Saturday we went with the Scorpio club on a tour ski trip to mount Vlasic. It was a perfect day. We left very early in the morning and drove for two hours to the site where we were supposed to start from. There we met the guide and got the equipment. It looks like ordinary slalom skies and boots, but they have special bindings that let the heel come loose so you can ski horizontal with them. There is also a mechanism for locking the boots in place when you go downhill. The group was around 10 people and it was a sunny and warm day.
The first steep climb really knocked the wind out of me, and I was huffing and puffing heavily. The others seemed less affected and where probably in a lot better shape then me. After the first steep climb I got a hang of it, and everything went more smoothly. It was really lots of fun and we worked ourselves up the mountain. After about 2 hours we reached a cabin at the top and had our lunch there. The view was magnificent.
After lunch we went exploring a bit and saw some excellent climbing spots. Then we readjusted the skies for downhill and went down the same path we had come up. The snow was a bit wet and very heavy and the slope was very steep. It was hard work getting down as well, but brilliant fun. Just when we got back to the cars it started to get dark.
In the evening we were invited to after ski pasta dinner at Johan Sjöbergs place, and pasta has never tasted this good before!
A perfect day out in the sun! We hope to do a lot more of this.
Ciao.
The first steep climb really knocked the wind out of me, and I was huffing and puffing heavily. The others seemed less affected and where probably in a lot better shape then me. After the first steep climb I got a hang of it, and everything went more smoothly. It was really lots of fun and we worked ourselves up the mountain. After about 2 hours we reached a cabin at the top and had our lunch there. The view was magnificent.
After lunch we went exploring a bit and saw some excellent climbing spots. Then we readjusted the skies for downhill and went down the same path we had come up. The snow was a bit wet and very heavy and the slope was very steep. It was hard work getting down as well, but brilliant fun. Just when we got back to the cars it started to get dark.
In the evening we were invited to after ski pasta dinner at Johan Sjöbergs place, and pasta has never tasted this good before!
A perfect day out in the sun! We hope to do a lot more of this.
Ciao.
# posted by Expatriate @ 1/10/2005 01:54:00 PM 
