SKIING!!!

First day of skiing! Plenty of pictures were taken, much to the chagrin of Nic and Manual, and a few will be posted. I rented a pair of massive parabolic Atomic RC8s and a pair of Salomon boots. The skies were awesome, not too fast but perfect for the snow conditions and totally fun. The boots, on the other hand, didn’t really fit right but it didn’t bother me too much. Nic got some off-pist double tipped skies, so he spent a significant percentage of the time on the slopes skiing backwards. Visibility was low, but that just meant there was no one else on the slopes as far as we were concerned. We were able to careen reclassly around the alps like the stupid Americans we were (we co-opted Manuel into this group). The slopes here seemed MUCH larger than what I am used to, also, there are far fewer safety precautions and no ski patrol to speak of. The sunsets and it gets pitch black around 3:00, so we worked our way over to Manual’s favorite Alm for a huge “lunch.” It’s a tiny hut, hidden under the snow that features some awesome food that makes only one meal a day necessary. I had schnitzel and this crazy soup with ham. We ate way to much, and didn’t need dinner until 11, but we made our way down to the car in the dark, and had did some ice driving (Manual should be a stunt driver, I can’t believe there are no dents on the 7).
We gambled the night away with this dice game called Metch, then hit the sauna for 3 cycles.