I didn’t have ski goggles on because I lost them the day before. The band fell apart and I somehow lost it during my downhill ski. I know it is going to be a huge challenge to ski with normal sunglasses or nothing on, but I will try. Nothing holds me back =)
Mrs. CA covered in snow.Our ski teacher is a middle aged French woman called Nadine and I must say that she is the best ski teacher I have ever had. I have learned from her the basic of basics, something I have never learned from my other teachers in my 4 years of skiing. Maybe I was too stubborn before? Anyway, she explained every WHY to me, and armed with this logic, I became confident in learning the proper technique.
Because of the snow and the mist, Nadine decided that we will ski between the trees which means we will not be going up and that we will be taking drag lifts. They are such a pain in the ass. The evidence: the French girl in our class lost her balance and fell from the drag lift. Fortunately I saw her fell down and I managed to avoid climbing on top of her and falling down as well! That was a very close call. Falling off a drag lift is one of the things that you do not want to happen to you.
So we had to wait for French girl under the cold. She will have to walk back down on foot and then take the drag lift back up to the slope again. The waiting took a long time so that gave me the opportunity to take pictures of the surroundings. Mrs. CA, the courageous English woman who had a ski accident 5 years ago had an idea. She will persuade Nadine to call off the ski lesson and to go back to town so we can sit in a bar and order something warm to drink. Of course, we quickly agreed to the plan. We could not wait to get off the slopes!
As we wait, snow kept falling and the mist has thickened. By this time I began to worry because I don’t have ski goggles. I have also decided to stow away my sunglasses inside my pocket as they just block my vision due to the fog forming on the inside lenses. This means I will have to ski downhill with unprotected eyes. SCARY.
French girl and Nadine arrived and Mrs. CA told Nadine her, well our, wishes. Nadine agreed! Ugh, its about time we get off the slopes as we cannot ski in this horrible weather. So off we went downhill.
The slope was quite narrow and I have to say that I went down really fast. The wind sharply slashing at my eyes and the snow blinding me. I could not see a single thing! Thus, the expected happened: I WENT OFF PISTE AND CRASHED. Luckily it was nothing serious. Nadine told the class that we will ski down together slowly. When it’s snowing, your vision gets blurred. How much more if you have nothing on to protect your eyes? I felt like a blind woman skiing =(
At any rate, I survived the downhill ski and we landed at a bar restaurant and enjoyed warm drinks and some nice chat. Afterwards, the ski school treated us to some local classics and wine as a closing off fête for the week’s class.
Next time, when it’s snowing, I will never ever ski without ski goggles on! Promise.
Moi here with my mascara running under my eyes because I do not have ski goggles on!
Visibility is just a few metres away... not good for skiing.
Nadine, the best ski teacher I have ever had.Back here at the ski school grounds for the closing off drinks. Due to the snow and mist, many of the ski classes have returned earlier and we heard many stories of people falling down and skiing off piste due to bad visibility!
Travel Period: January 2012
