We Gave Up Our Jobs to Tour in a Caravan with Four Dogs!
Tag: Skiing in Monte Rosa
If you read my last post, you will know that we are suffering a few issues with a full scale Viking invasion.
Last night, The Vikings went a’Viking once again. Yes –you might not know that Viking, or more correctly, Vikingr, is actually a verb used to describe men behaving badly with beards, backpacks and broadswords.
Eventually, defined by their terrible behaviour, these men became known as ‘The Vikings’… Continue reading “That Monday Morning Feeling…”
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!”
