Life at 9,900 feet

Since Accenture has allowed me to take such a huge step and take a leave for three months, I have decided to create this sweet little blog. I am creating this mostly because I know these next three months will fly by and other than only remembering that I skied a little, I want to make sure I remember as much as possible. I'm not sure how these next couple months will play out or even the next year or two following, but one thing is for sure. This experience is definitely a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Maybe the last day of skiing

Today may have been the last day of skiing, which means I did not ski a million vertical feet, which I'm actually fine with.  I honestly had a chance, but when I made it up to the mountain today, I saw they had the Lake Chutes open for the first time in a couple of weeks.  Instead of bombing easy slopes, I just decided to head up to Lake Chutes.  After one warm up run, I headed up.  The hike to the top was really tough because it was half small boulders, half really slushy snow.  I again skied the headway of the Y chute.  It was amazing.  Unfortunately, I had to hike back to the lift, but I decided to do the hike one more time.  I think the hike took me twice as long the second time around.  The chute was amazing again, but my legs were spent.  I just decided to call it a day.  As I was skiing down to my condo, I fell.  I didn't just fall once, but fell TWICE on a green run back to my condo.  I think that is a perfect ending to this year.  Skiing the hardest line on the mountain, then later in the run falling twice on one of the easiest runs on the hill.  My legs have just hit a wall.  Skiing 31 out of the last 36 days is my limit.
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