Spending the day with George, the Ski Club of Great Britain rep, was best. Even though my skiing sometimes was embarrassing and even though I\u2019d missed him twice, his laddish, anachronistic manner was a delight. All this \u201cCome on chaps!\u201d and \u201cLet\u2019s go sir!\u201d had me in quiet stitches. His little boast about his sexual conquests were a bit off-putting, but I ended up really fond of him and wished we had longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yesterday was certainly one of my favourite skis. Off-piste through the trees was very taxing and required far more genuine skill and precision than any route I\u2019ve done before. It would be an incredible buzz to be good enough, and with someone good enough, to slalom down in one shot. George would rarely ski for more than 20 seconds. Perhaps not even that. Then \u201cLet\u2019s go sir!\u201d and down we\u2019d ski. So hot, and with the snow, as George pointed out, still clinging to the trees, the contrast between our bodies and the mountain was itself exhilarating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Burning faces and thighs, with icicles showering off the ski-lifts. Some magical moments of skimming and turning through snow the consistency of whipped cream, glistening under-ski. Trees plump and iced with frosting, flashing in the sun. Not a glimpse of piste for minutes at a time, valleys with boulders, tree-stumps, branches to avoid or jump, mini snowballs trickling downhill from the apex of a turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
George: \u201cMakes you appreciate the mountains more like this, don\u2019t you think?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Spending the day with George, the Ski Club of Great Britain rep, was best. Even though my skiing sometimes was embarrassing and even though I\u2019d missed him twice, his laddish, anachronistic manner was a delight. All this \u201cCome on chaps!\u201d and \u201cLet\u2019s go sir!\u201d had me in quiet stitches. His little boast about his sexual […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n