Word: skiing
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...winter, of course, there is always snow in the Colorado mountains, and usually a lot of snow. In most cities, even in ski towns like Aspen, the snow seems to turn brown as soon as it hits the ground. But in Vail, even nature has some kind of reverence for a beautiful scene...
...Harvard ski teams competed in an eight-team tournament last weekend to prepare for this weekend's Division II Championships...
...ski instructors, like wise, are no help at all. My instructor, gleefully named "Bill!" had a vocabulary of two words, "Noooooo Problem...
NOTHING in the world is more humiliating than being passed on the slopes by a five-year-old tot on skis with a sticker on the back of his jacket reading "Eat my exhaust, sucker!" Unless of course, you count the myriad pre-schoolers who sidle up to you in the ski lodge, look at your ski pass and yell to their moms, "He's only a novice! He's only a novice...
After my first ski trip, I calculated the amount of money I would have to spend to become an adequate skier: $50,000. $500 for equipment, $500 for lessons from "Bill!", $500 for lift tickets and the remainder for confidence rebuilding by psychiatric professionals...