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16 February 2006 20:09![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mandragoraFirst of all a belated thank you to the very nice (hmm, interesting note, too) person who gave me the Valentine's Day rose. I'm enormously touched.
So, came back from skiing with no major injuries. Duffed up the duff shoulder (from the major skiing accident that resulted in hospitalisation and a month off work a few years back) and I think I've got a touch of whiplash (from when the head banged on the slope as I slid down it). They still hurt. A fair bit. But they're getting better (I think). However, I'm still annoyed that I fell on a slope that I really shouldn't have fallen on. An easy red. Bah!
And why did I fall? Well, you see, I wasn't paying attention. Sadly, I wasn't admiring the really rather lovely scenery - pristine white snow, and fir trees, which the slope wound through very satisfactorily. Nor was I thinking what a beautiful day it was. Although it was. Sunny, and clear, although a tad chilly. No, I was too bloody busy wondering how good skiers John and Rodney from SGA are, wasn't I! *g*
I mean, I reckon John is most likely in the expert range. This isn't me merely extrapolating on the basis that JF is a good skier - you don't go heli-skiing if you're not, because it's all off-piste and therefore intrinsically more dangerous than on-piste skiing. It's just the vibe I get from Sheppard. It's not just the surfing, you know, but you can bet he's done his fair share of skiing, as well. He's most likely a skier rather than a snow-boarder, because he would have learnt young, before snow-boarding really took off. If he was ten years younger he'd probably be a boarder, but as it is, I'm thinking skier. A very good skier.
But what about Rodney? Just because he's Canadian is no guarantee that he's ever even been on a pair of skies and he evidences absolutely no enthusiasm for, well, exercise. But, it's skiing, you know. My thought is that either Rodney has never strapped on a pair of skies in his life. Or, he learnt as a child, really enjoyed it, and is also an expert skier. You know, I favour the latter, if only because the idea of John and Rodney trooping off to the slopes together when back on leave on Earth is really fun to contemplate. As is![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
astolat's story where Rodney and John discover an Ancient skiing resort. Sort of. *g*
As for my ski trip, well, we only had one day's really bad weather (snowed heavily all day) and we had at least 3 really fantastic days, the snow was fabulous - some of the best I've skied. The hotel was absolutely marvellous, from the sauna in the (enormous) bathroom, to the masses of wardrobe space in the (ginormous) bedroom complete with CD player as well as TV, to the pool, the jacuzzi, the gym, the spa treatments (including one free treatment for every guest), where you could have a massage, or reflexology, or a sauna, or body wrapping etc etc. And then there was the food. Oh my God, the food. It was pretty much the best ever! A seven course dinner every night and breakfast was eggs (cooked to order), and bacon, and sausages, and meats and cheeses and masses of fruits and yogurts, and cereals and ten different types of bread and twelve choices of fruit-juice - or you could squeeze your own etc. The sad thing was I never did breakfast justice - there was just too damn much.
So, yes, would definitely consider going back. The slopes were pleasingly uncrowded, too, absolutely no lift queues. There was even free internet access, in a booth next to reception. Crap speed, though - I couldn't get into LJ at all. But, well, it was the Austrian Alps, not a major metropolis, so frankly it was a surprise to have free access at all. Yes, of course you can get all of the above at hotels in cities, but they're not usually so evident in skiing hotels. At least not in Europe.
And the best thing? Despite the gap of six years (and how the hell did it get to be that long a gap since my last ski trip?) I hadn't forgotten how to ski and I still have better technique than all but one of the lads. Hah! OTOH, they all skied faster than me. I've slowed down rather a lot since my major skiing accident (when I was carted off the slopes in the meat-wagon), you see. *rueful smile*
So, came back from skiing with no major injuries. Duffed up the duff shoulder (from the major skiing accident that resulted in hospitalisation and a month off work a few years back) and I think I've got a touch of whiplash (from when the head banged on the slope as I slid down it). They still hurt. A fair bit. But they're getting better (I think). However, I'm still annoyed that I fell on a slope that I really shouldn't have fallen on. An easy red. Bah!
And why did I fall? Well, you see, I wasn't paying attention. Sadly, I wasn't admiring the really rather lovely scenery - pristine white snow, and fir trees, which the slope wound through very satisfactorily. Nor was I thinking what a beautiful day it was. Although it was. Sunny, and clear, although a tad chilly. No, I was too bloody busy wondering how good skiers John and Rodney from SGA are, wasn't I! *g*
I mean, I reckon John is most likely in the expert range. This isn't me merely extrapolating on the basis that JF is a good skier - you don't go heli-skiing if you're not, because it's all off-piste and therefore intrinsically more dangerous than on-piste skiing. It's just the vibe I get from Sheppard. It's not just the surfing, you know, but you can bet he's done his fair share of skiing, as well. He's most likely a skier rather than a snow-boarder, because he would have learnt young, before snow-boarding really took off. If he was ten years younger he'd probably be a boarder, but as it is, I'm thinking skier. A very good skier.
But what about Rodney? Just because he's Canadian is no guarantee that he's ever even been on a pair of skies and he evidences absolutely no enthusiasm for, well, exercise. But, it's skiing, you know. My thought is that either Rodney has never strapped on a pair of skies in his life. Or, he learnt as a child, really enjoyed it, and is also an expert skier. You know, I favour the latter, if only because the idea of John and Rodney trooping off to the slopes together when back on leave on Earth is really fun to contemplate. As is
astolat's story where Rodney and John discover an Ancient skiing resort. Sort of. *g*As for my ski trip, well, we only had one day's really bad weather (snowed heavily all day) and we had at least 3 really fantastic days, the snow was fabulous - some of the best I've skied. The hotel was absolutely marvellous, from the sauna in the (enormous) bathroom, to the masses of wardrobe space in the (ginormous) bedroom complete with CD player as well as TV, to the pool, the jacuzzi, the gym, the spa treatments (including one free treatment for every guest), where you could have a massage, or reflexology, or a sauna, or body wrapping etc etc. And then there was the food. Oh my God, the food. It was pretty much the best ever! A seven course dinner every night and breakfast was eggs (cooked to order), and bacon, and sausages, and meats and cheeses and masses of fruits and yogurts, and cereals and ten different types of bread and twelve choices of fruit-juice - or you could squeeze your own etc. The sad thing was I never did breakfast justice - there was just too damn much.
So, yes, would definitely consider going back. The slopes were pleasingly uncrowded, too, absolutely no lift queues. There was even free internet access, in a booth next to reception. Crap speed, though - I couldn't get into LJ at all. But, well, it was the Austrian Alps, not a major metropolis, so frankly it was a surprise to have free access at all. Yes, of course you can get all of the above at hotels in cities, but they're not usually so evident in skiing hotels. At least not in Europe.
And the best thing? Despite the gap of six years (and how the hell did it get to be that long a gap since my last ski trip?) I hadn't forgotten how to ski and I still have better technique than all but one of the lads. Hah! OTOH, they all skied faster than me. I've slowed down rather a lot since my major skiing accident (when I was carted off the slopes in the meat-wagon), you see. *rueful smile*
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Date: 16 February 2006 20:51 (UTC)I think Rodney would be an expert skier. For much the same reasons as you lol
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Date: 16 February 2006 21:20 (UTC)Glad to be back. Sort of.
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Date: 16 February 2006 21:09 (UTC)no subject
Date: 16 February 2006 21:21 (UTC)Yep, that'll teach me, all right.
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Date: 16 February 2006 21:10 (UTC)no subject
Date: 16 February 2006 21:24 (UTC)We didn't really know that much about the hotel prior to getting there, but thought, well, it's 4-star, how bad can it be! *g*
We had a couple of non-skiers with us and they were also hugely enthusiastic, are even talking about going back to the hotel in the summer. So, good all round, really.
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Date: 16 February 2006 22:29 (UTC)Well, I was born and (mostly) raised in Colorado, and I've never been on a ski slope in my life, so....
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Date: 16 February 2006 22:36 (UTC)Ditto Coloradoans (even though I think it's a crime that you lived in a state with all that fabulous skiing and never went, you heathen, you. *g* I mean, all we have in Britain is Scotland. And the skiing there really isn't up to much).
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Date: 17 February 2006 00:45 (UTC)no subject
Date: 17 February 2006 08:41 (UTC)no subject
Date: 17 February 2006 02:12 (UTC)I'll take the massage and the suna, and indulge my inner Rodney with the food.
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Date: 17 February 2006 08:44 (UTC)I hired skies this time, because mine are very old and enormously long compared to the carver skies that are now in use. Pity they're worth nothing, else I'd sell them, as I'm never going to use them again - I'll probably hire skies from now on.
But yes, I'm a lot more risk-averse than I used to be. Old age, you know.
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Date: 17 February 2006 02:16 (UTC)The place sounds marvelous. Where is it BTW so I can make a note of it for future reference. Not that I ski, because the last time I tried I was 12, but the amenities sound great.
I hope you don't feel sore for long.
$:-)
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Date: 17 February 2006 08:46 (UTC)And, thanks. It *is* getting better.
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Date: 17 February 2006 07:29 (UTC)Rodney skiing, huh? Hmmm. I can see it either way, tbh. In an AU I have plotted out so much it shocks me, I have John and Rodney going snowmobiling (well, I call it snowcatting but when I use that term I get blank looks LOL). One snowmobile. Rodney riding shotgun. Shep of course gunning it and going way too fast and Rodney really doesn't think snowmobiles are meant to fly through the air and as they do another jump into the air off a snowbank, R: "OMG! I'm going to die! Sheppaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaard!!!"
wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Ahem. Sorry. Got a little carried away there for a moment.
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Date: 17 February 2006 08:49 (UTC)And, yeah, I can just see John and Rodney as you describe.