From Rat Race to Road Trip: Overlanding With Four Dogs!
Previously, we discussed why it is that “With Great Powder Comes Great Responsibility.”
I also mentioned that the prospect of skiing down seven Chilean volcanoes was how we discovered our tried-and-trusted way to get into the back country safely.
A side-effect of all this was that our skiing improved IMMEASURABLY! So pull up a pew and I shall tell you how!
We went to bed in rapt antici…pation of an early start and getting first tracks, but our plans went horribly awry at midnight.
The Vikings arrived!
We got a small sense of how the monks of Lindisfarne might have felt in AD 793. We cowered in the dark while doors slammed, voices shouted and a multitude of feet echoed as they ran up and down the stone stairwell.Continue reading “A Viking Charm Offensive – and Other Oxymorons.”
“Do you want to ski down seven Chilean volcanoes?” “COUNT ME IN!”
This was how we discovered our tried-and-trusted way to get into the back country safely. We still have a few mountaineering skills to learn (and a head for heights to gain!) before we tackle “The Magnificent Seven” – and I’m not sure that we could take the dogs…
However, before we get on to that, I would like you to understand why it is that Great Powder demands Great Responsibility.
Continue reading “With Great Powder Comes Great Responsibility!”
We awoke to a very different Monday morning.
We were up with the larks at,er, 11:30! After our journey of 1000 miles, we both felt like we had been bulldozed.
It was a beautiful bluebird day but neither of us felt anything like skiing. With no new snow for some time, the conditions were quite icy and hard packed. Unlike our previous 1-week skiing holidays, where we were queuing for the first lift and did not return until dark (with a maximum 20-minute break for lunch) it was so lovely not to feel like we HAVE to spend every waking minute on the slopes. We wanted to make sure that the dogs were settled and happy in the apartment before we left them and after all, we are here for 3 months. There will be snow. Sometime. And we will ski. Sometime!
In the back of our mind, however; was this going to be a repeat of our road trip in the summer that didn’t actually go anywhere…?
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