Jackson Hole 4,
Jan. 31, 2024,
Hi Everyone,
The forecast for today was cloudy with sunny periods later in the morning. I made a decision to stay a little later than usual for my medical conference. I was up at 6:00 for breakfast and attended the conference until 11:00 minus 1 hour for a ‘private lesson’.
By 11:00 the sun had come out at the top of the mountain giving us 5C temperatures and spring like conditions. This really is not what I am used to in early Feb. The snow was heavy, heavy wet with big moguls, reasonably easy for the ‘expert’ skier to manoeuvre. I have been trying to ‘carv’ but this is an impossibility in these condition. I kept my skies 10 inches apart, the usual distance for carving and went for an early tumble. That makes 3 falls in 3 days which is 3 more than my total for last season. Watching other ‘expert’ skiers, I realized that you must keep your skis closer together in ‘heavy wet snow’ and semi jump the turns. I landed on my left shoulder again, lost a pole up the hill and sat around for a few minutes to recapitulate. I seem to have replaced my shoulder with the fall, as it did’t hurt me for the rest of the day. 2 volterans to night and I should be ok for tomorrow.
I bought a machine called CARV this season. It has an in sole with 75 receptors that you place between the outer and inner boot. It takes a ‘younger’ person to set it up so Marion set it up for me. The insole then connects to a battery placed on the outside of the boot, which bluetooths to your phone and then to your iPods in your ear. Have I lost anyone yet? Once set up a nice lady then makes comments on your skiing and gives you pointers on how to do better. You can set it up for a score at the end of the run or have the lady comment on each turn with instructions on how to improve your skiing. It’s quite incredible as she even knows what trail you are on and in which resort you are skiing. She knows when you stop and gives you a run down for 30 seconds when you are on the chair lift. When you are skiing alone, she makes a nice companion. Perhaps 1 day I will get to meet her. She reminds me of the GPS lady that accompanied me on my motorcycle trip in Germany last summer.
I am finishing off my bottle of Italian red wine that I started in the Italian restaurant where I ate yesterday. They were very nice to have kept it for me.
Love,
Brian
Brian
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