WHAT! A busy week.
I hardly had time to blow my nose this week. And I ALWAYS make time to blow my nose. A lot of emails sent. A lot of Skype conversations had. A lot of work done. I’m trying to get all the various projects I’m working on under control before my friend Phil arrives on Tuesday. I’m going to take as much time off work as possible this week - and go skiing.
Phil and I have been talking about starting ski-mountaineering together since I moved here 2 years ago, and we’re finally going to get started. It’s a big step for me going from following more experienced skiers to actually leading myself. I’ve got a few different ski-tours planned, plus a run on the Vallee Blanche and some other off piste stuff on the Grande Montets. I’m a bit concerned about the weather - it’s supposedly going to snow a lot this week, which hopefully won’t limit our options too much. New snow is great, but can make the mountain dangerous with an increased avalanche risk especially in areas which aren’t skied very much because they’re off the beaten track. So perhaps some transceiver practice would be the plan for the first day, and maybe some crevasse rescue training later in the week when we get stuck into to skiing on the glaciers.
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