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...decision. Collapse has many of the humiliating fatal flaws involved in Option 2 above, including what seems like the quite real possibility of actually dropping dead. Its only merit is that it does not involve making a decision of any kind. I can just sit back, keep trying to ski up this nasty little hill, and it'll happen all by itself. Risky, embarrassing, potentially deadly - better to come up with a better option before this just happens...
...feet), leaving me completely out of sorts before the race even began. My resting heart rate had inexplicably doubled, settling in at about 90 beats per minute, my bowels were not working right, I got winded getting out of the car, and I had mysteriously forgotten how to ski during the trip from New Jersey. I felt terrible, and just for encouragement I was going up against the best biathletes in the country, two of whom had just completed the European World Cup circuit and were in the top 60 in the world. Twenty k was not only farther than...
...NICK OREDSON: INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST The taxi deposited me at Newark International with an impossibly large pile of stuff. Multiple pairs of skis, poles, clothing, waxes and a portable ski bench only rounded out half the load. The other half included various shooting accessories including, of course, my rifle. During my years of working summers in Alaska I transported firearms regularly during travels to the last frontier. However, no matter how many times you do it, there is nothing like walking through a crowded airport with a fully functional firearm and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in your bags. It never...
...hill I stepped on my right foot and planted my right pole in the snow. Next I went to push with my right pole and step onto my left foot, thus moving myself forward. Instead of the expected motion forward, this reliable method of propelling myself on skis resulted in net zero progress. I've fallen down skiing countless times, I've stumbled, I've crumpled, I've flopped. I've jammed a pole into the snow between my skis and raked it up my crotch. I've explored just about every awkward motion possible while trying to ski...
...resorts are low-cost and open to anyone: they don't require visitors to sign up for a cure or a stay at a thermal hotel. Other delights include solariums, waterfalls, fountains, waterslides, saunas and mud baths. If you like to soak or wallow in a large town or ski resort, go to the "Grandes villes" or "Au ski" sections. Links lead to sites on the royal spas of Europe and vapor baths of the world, as well as hot springs in California and Japan...