OMGeeezieee...this makes me feel so old! I went to Chamonix when I was in college, over spring break my freshman year. Chamonix was my first trip to France, and totally amazing spring skiing. I snowboarded down L'Aiguille du Midi (the Vallee Blanche) which I still think is pretty freaking awesome. It was the only time, in my nearly 2 decades of snowboarding/skiing, that I wondered if I had gotten in over my head. I mean, we passed someone who had fallen into a crevasse, and was at least 20 feet down (it really does happen, they aren't kidding when they warn you to watch where you turn). But I made it down, in one piece, and absolutely thrilled by the experience. As I'm sure you can glean by my excessive use of adjectives.
Anyway, I haven't taken a destination ski-vacation since Chamonix, and that is a shame. Oh, right, I guess I really haven't skiied/snowboarded since my little concussion incident in 2010. I apparently can snowboard down the Vallee Blanche, but give me an ice patch and a group of four year olds blocking the traverse....yea...that's a story for another day. Anyway, time to suck it up, get a helmet, and GO!
Skiing/snowboarding (for the record, I can do both) in Chamonix was just stunning. I wish I had a better camera, but hey, this was 2003, and these photos look epically ancient.
I'd love to go back to Europe for more fun on the slopes....hopefully someday soon.
Skiing/snowboarding (for the record, I can do both) in Chamonix was just stunning. I wish I had a better camera, but hey, this was 2003, and these photos look epically ancient.
I'd love to go back to Europe for more fun on the slopes....hopefully someday soon.
Chamonix, France
And My "Last Slope"
Right Before the Incident That Shall Not be Named...Jackson Hole, WY
Right Before the Incident That Shall Not be Named...Jackson Hole, WY