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Title: I miss downhill skiing, do you?
Post by: ChrissyRyan on September 27, 2025, 08:49:06 PM
Post by: ChrissyRyan on September 27, 2025, 08:49:06 PM
I miss downhill skiing, do you?
Title: Re: I miss downhill skiing, do you?
Post by: Lori Dee on September 27, 2025, 08:56:27 PM
Post by: Lori Dee on September 27, 2025, 08:56:27 PM
You asked something similar here:
https://www.susans.org/index.php/topic,251809.0.html
https://www.susans.org/index.php/topic,251809.0.html
Title: Re: I miss downhill skiing, do you?
Post by: ChrissyRyan on September 27, 2025, 08:57:28 PM
Post by: ChrissyRyan on September 27, 2025, 08:57:28 PM
Yes, I did.
This weekend I realized how much I miss it.
This weekend I realized how much I miss it.
Title: Re: I miss downhill skiing, do you?
Post by: sandrauk on September 28, 2025, 03:56:47 AM
Post by: sandrauk on September 28, 2025, 03:56:47 AM
Still go skiing at age 74 and have just booked for next March to Montgenevre in France. Like Lori I first went skiing in Germany in 1974 while there with the RAF
These days I take it very slow and just enjoy being in the mountains and the fresh air while gliding gently down the slope. I go with my daughter so she can make sure I don't get lost.
We always book a place in a small chalet with about 40 strangers where they supply a bottle of wine with dinner so makes for a great evening to go with the skiing.
Next year, because of my age, the ski pass will be free
I'll be going as long as I still can. I'm usually the oldest in the chalet by a long way, but don't feel it, thanks to HRT
These days I take it very slow and just enjoy being in the mountains and the fresh air while gliding gently down the slope. I go with my daughter so she can make sure I don't get lost.
We always book a place in a small chalet with about 40 strangers where they supply a bottle of wine with dinner so makes for a great evening to go with the skiing.
Next year, because of my age, the ski pass will be free
I'll be going as long as I still can. I'm usually the oldest in the chalet by a long way, but don't feel it, thanks to HRT
Title: Re: I miss downhill skiing, do you?
Post by: Tig58072 on September 28, 2025, 06:27:18 AM
Post by: Tig58072 on September 28, 2025, 06:27:18 AM
I prefer my legs unbroken so not gonna try it.
Title: Re: I miss downhill skiing, do you?
Post by: Maid Marion on September 28, 2025, 07:14:45 AM
Post by: Maid Marion on September 28, 2025, 07:14:45 AM
I played golf with a random partner who broke his leg in a skiing accident twenty years ago. Golf was the only sport he could do after breaking his leg. We walked six holes together on a hilly golf course. I went on to play thirty holes of golf, eventually catching the group behind us.
Title: Re: I miss downhill skiing, do you?
Post by: KathyLauren on September 28, 2025, 04:49:02 PM
Post by: KathyLauren on September 28, 2025, 04:49:02 PM
Although I have done some downhill skiing, I was more into cross-country skiing when I lived near the Rocky Mountains. But I have lived for too long near both the west and the east coasts, and coastal snow just isn't the same stuff. It is pretty hard to wax for it, and mostly not worth the hassle. I do miss it.
Title: Re: I miss downhill skiing, do you?
Post by: ChrissyRyan on September 28, 2025, 07:03:37 PM
Post by: ChrissyRyan on September 28, 2025, 07:03:37 PM
Quote from: Tig58072 on Yesterday at 06:27:18 AMI prefer my legs unbroken so not gonna try it.
Try the beginner hills.
Title: Re: I miss downhill skiing, do you?
Post by: ChrissyRyan on September 28, 2025, 07:06:00 PM
Post by: ChrissyRyan on September 28, 2025, 07:06:00 PM
Quote from: Maid Marion on Yesterday at 07:14:45 AMI played golf with a random partner who broke his leg in a skiing accident twenty years ago. Golf was the only sport he could do after breaking his leg. We walked six holes together on a hilly golf course. I went on to play thirty holes of golf, eventually catching the group behind us.
That is a lot of holes to play in a day but if you are in good physical condition, it can be a lot of variety.
Chrissy