Feb. 4th, 2015 Lakeridge Night 2.5 hours It took me 1 hour to drive from my work palce to the resort though it is only 50km away. I left office about 5:30 and got on lift about 7:00pm. I did not prepare supper but luckily there were a lot COSTCO cake in kitchen today:) The lift ticket cost me $25. Many trails open for night ski including 2 black diamond and Mogules. The black is short but I still have fearness on them even I skied both of them 2 ~ 3 times. The one in the middle cannot reach without passing a long uper hill slop. I have to ski very fast to rush to the edge. There are 2 angles on that black diamond. Upper part is easier, the lower part is steep. There were less people after 8:00pm.So I ski back to the lift near tubing trailfor mogules. They are small but sharp and icy. I tried many times. Unfortunately I did not get any feeling on mogules. I totally lost the skills for planting and pivating. I saw everyone can do nice ski on them except me. Very depresive!
HPSC的教练都是些老头，有些脑子明显有点迟钝。 2015-1-3 Saturday MSLM --5 In the morning took lesson from Instructor Don. Drills: teapot, a hand on downhill knee, a hand point to 45° of fall line. push knee to turn. Lift both hands when transit from turn to turn. Short radius turn, it is incomplete turn. Advice to me: mileage. In the afternoon Skied with 圣山常客们。第一次见snowbunny（网上早知道她），后来又和她一起滑了很多趟。我觉得她非常nice，温文尔雅又不傲慢，很喜欢她。A牛给我的指点是腿的伸缩还不流畅到位，内脚承重；snowbunny说我上身前压不够（我想一陡就本能转身了）；lulu说转的时候上下分离，大腿有个扭力，练单脚滑。这些在练习中要好好体会。 我现在觉得mileage不够动作定不了型，上课就是约束提醒自己按正确的动作做。课后自己要反复在不同的道上练。冲坡每次也要冲几个，体会自己脚底稳不稳；双黑每次也要上，克服心理上的障碍。 2015-1-1 Thursday LakeRidge --4 With Nuanxing, Tianyuan. They are nice and easy going people. Nuanxing skied very well. We skied from 12:00pm to 6:30pm with one hour lunch break.
2014-12-29 Monday LakeRidge --3 Ski along 1:30pm to 6:30pm with half price 5hr lift ticket. 2014-12-19 Friday MSLM -- 2 Missed bus $27 due to weekday morning traffic, drove up and get $5 lift ticket. Took STEP 7 lesson with instructor Michael and students David, Ted. Drills: turn without planting but drag poles on snow beside legs. Giant S turn. Hop to recentered when transit from one turn to another. Advice to me: keep moment up and down. 2014-12-14 Sunday LakeRidge --1 It is 1st time to visit this small ski resort, which is less than 50km from my home. Trails are good but short. The lifts are quite slow!!! The lighting in evening is poor. Met Colleen，Skiied with her from beginning to end. Used old Fisher skiis. Very nice day and trip. Goal Easy following friends during group activities Mogul basic STEP 8 skills Visit a few more ski resort or trial
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没找到人carpool，要么花$25坐Bus，要么自己开车去。最后决定自己开车去，这样时间上灵活一点。闹钟上在早上六点，又睡了一会儿才起来。收拾收拾吃了早饭出门已经七点十分，HWY404一直向北走到49号出口，Mulock，这条路不好，红绿灯太多。到Burthust又向北转了一段，换到Davis，直接上HWY400。 大约八点半左右到达雪场, 车停第一排。从停车场到lounge的路上全是冰，走路都要小心翼翼。喝了半瓶Boost，换好鞋，穿戴齐全,九点钟坐上缆车。雪况不错，没冰、又不松软。天气多云，无风，温度适中。我换了Spider的黑夹克，戴红底有黑如意图案的头套。一连滑了十几趟，直到10：30am之前5分钟去上课地点集合。STEP 7 的人仍然是最多的，想滑慢的站左边，想滑快的站右边。我在右，教练还是Richard。五个学生，4男1女。今天的课堂气氛不错，大家比较友好。教练组织地也更加有序。Hands forward，slid skis back and forth with anchors (used in end of turns), step ski (use a lot energy), single foot ski, hold poles horizontally and face fall line when pivot and slid, hockey stop firmly with single pole support. Turn with feet, lower body. 网上提的比较多的转弯的时候压板头也在体会。教练说我这周进步很大，其实也不知哪里改进了。不过上次课之后,做了很多单脚滑的练习。从脚根本抬不起到多数时候能抬起了，确实是个突破。还有今天雪况好我就不会后坐。12：00pm下课了我觉得还没太累也没饿，决定先不休息。又去mogul滑了几趟。今天的蘑菇浅，虽然能看到一些冰但并没打滑。滑的时候还是有些畏惧。一开始就是逃生模式。 午餐和Jaqi，Emma，Lulu，笑鱼，Larry及A牛一桌。牛先离开去教课了。吃饱稍息我又出发了。舒展了两趟趁膝盖还未疼得先去滑mogul。滑mogul很累，本打算滑4趟，后在lift上碰到Richard 和Peter教练，他们愿意给我示范一次，我当然求之不得。Peter说在包上不要carving，要slid。开始还听另一教小孩的教练说不要在包上hockey stop。跟着他们滑时，注意力在跟进，分散了畏惧感。偶而也有没来得及转的弯。发现自己还有一畏惧是跳沟里转，其实能转可老担心滑倒。他们带我滑了两趟。他们告诉我当我畏惧、后坐、乱了阵脚、不会滑了时，应马上停下，想一想再重新开始。我打算把所有技术都去好好练习几遍，然后回来再滑mogul。回来又滑了两趟，未觉得有明显进步，下了mogul继续滑还有点累，难怪两教练每次都在半中间停歇一会儿。若干年前就能滑蓝树林了，现在却越来越胆小，也可能这快板太重，在mogul上跳太费劲，明年试试旧板。 今天滑雪的人不多，基本不用排队等lift，就这么上去又下来，直到last run，我滑了61趟！太没节制了，没有人这么不知疲倦的。换鞋，又吃了块红薯，一根香蕉，歇了歇，自己开车回了。在94出口加了油，$57就滑两趟雪！路费成本太高，carpool是大问题。 很多人一出现就滑得比我好，可是好多人都从雪道上消失了。能一如既往地坚持滑也就是我的一点追求。同雪们的热情起着不可缺少的推波助澜作用。
8:00am从Elgin Mill／HYW404出发，到BM和上次一样应该十点半之后了，磨蹭了一下一看十点五十五了，从P2滑到P1估计赶不上上课了。果然到了P1已经看不到集合的人了!几个穿教练服的人在排队上缆车，但好像是单板的。做了缆车追上山顶，一下看到了Sandy的身影（花衣服）和几个上课的小组，先问了一组是S T E P5的，追上Sandy那组一问正好是S T E P 7 的。教练是一个年轻的Lady，好像叫Letita。问她我可不可以跟她一起学，她答应了。今天学单脚滑，这是我的软肋。要求把重心放在外侧脚上。我根本找不到感觉，脚抬不起来，甚至抬错脚。教练说可以把两个杆撑在后面以帮助平衡抬起一只脚。有一点帮助。这个动作我就是跟在Sandy后面也模仿不出来。这是我上过的最没有收获的一堂课，但还是要找机会练，因为所有滑得好的人都能做这个动作。看来还是对技能有帮助的动作。 下了课赶去P2吃饭，人很多，很热闹。lisa的朋友带了很多好吃的东西，但我因为牙疼只能尝她的红薯。吃完饭在P2滑了几趟，就到P4去找Chris他们。每次一到就看到他。第一趟下Elevator sharf，专家推荐的练胆量的双黑道。刚刚转了两个弯就被冰滑倒了，一下从山顶坐滑梯到山脚下才停住，大约50〜60米。因为我的板子在侧面，头朝下所以板子没法卡雪，在坡上停不住。我觉得这是心理准备不足造成的。在冰道上要吸一口气快速转弯，而不能指望通过转大弯来减速，因为板子肯定比我的身体移动得快。转大弯最后身体的重心自然会落后然后一屁股坐在地上。这一跤哪都没摔疼，但把恐惧感给摔出来了。 在P4滑了几趟之后接近groom的时候了，于是返回P2。他们要去喝咖啡，我怕牙疼没去。在P2滑了几趟又去P1。压雪车正在压Cruise trial。先在左右几道滑，直到Cruise trial open。我没有赶上第一趟，但感觉还行。后来看见喝咖啡的家伙门出现在坡顶，在base等到他们一起冲坡。他们都快得不得了，跟了几趟觉得太累怕失控，V大说我滑的时候腿分得太开。可想而知，快得我要失控了，所以，加宽脚距求稳。是要注意。于是按自己喜欢的节奏滑，自然速度。亮灯前天色最暗，亮了灯也没见好多少。按预约7pm返回，应该还没到我就撤了。不喜欢在天暗风冷的时候滑。
Day 3 It is some what regret I have not ski enough challenged trial at Killington in last 2 days. I was thinking how I could go some trials that I have not skied without lost myself by return time. We only have half day to ski today. I plan to escape today's lesson. After 2 warm up runs, Terry, Lyne, and Sassine came. They all STEP 8 skiers. If I go with them, they have to wait for me a little. When they invited me I was more than happy to join. I feel I was extreme fast to chasing behind the three faster people. We did not find Needles' Eye trial until 5th attempt. We also entered a big mogul trial by mistake. Since it covered by fresh snow, I could manage to ski down. The energy I spent in the morning should be more than the whole day of previous day did. Unfortunately my iPhone 5 did not record any run! It was a very nice ski day. Full of sunshine, no wind, not feel cold though I still run nose frequently. In some area, the lift chair is only 5~6 feet above snow ground. What great time it is!We had lunch at Killington Peak. It has very good food options. I ordered chess pasta with shrimp. We met Bill Bates at lunch. He is an instructor, retired like Ray. I heard he can ski very fast though I did not see. afterwards I heard he taught STEP 7 today. If I stay for lesson, I could learn from him. I was so tired and decided not ski any more after lunch. Terry and Lyne joined me. We ski down from peak. At base, Terry asked me if I can ski the green one more time. Well, after all the challenged runs, the green run can give you more great feelings. We will leave Killington a couple of hours later. Why not to ski a little more? There are best green runs at Killington. Terry and I skied as fast as we could. It must somewhat interfered the people taking beginner lesson there. Sorry！ We only reserved 2 hotel rooms as change room. Some people even want to take shower. We left later and took more time on the road. Finally I arrived home about 1:00am Monday morning . Like bus trip to Quebec last year, on the bus to home I felt something tight stretched at the back of the wounded knee.
上次滑雪之后感冒比较严重，这是今年第二次。星期一上班，鼻子象关不紧的水龙头，滴答不停。喷嚏一个接一个。键盘上全是病毒不要紧，传染同事是大事，周二在家上了一天班，终于把＂水龙头＂堵住了。由于几个月前定的killington ski trip 周四就要出发了，十分担心病重了滑不了。连日来一杯接一杯喝了应该有好几桶热开水。还好出发前鼻子已经通气了。 Killington Ski trip 2014-02-06 to 02-09 Ski 2.5 days Go with High Park Ski Club (HPSC) 41 people in which about 6 instructors; half of people in their 50s, 60s, even in 70s; half of people are advanced skiers in STEP 8,9 no matter how old, fit or fat, tall or short they are. I don't see them wear brand name outfits. They can fly on slops. In this trip I finally feel comfortable stay at STEP 7. I definitely have distance to reach STEP 8.I am the only Chinese in the trip. Everybody are friendly. Trip leader prepared wine, ginger ale and many snack for the bus trip. Of course it also have movie DVD to play. It is a long trip 9-10 hours driving each way. Day 1 I did 2 green runs before the lesson. After talk with instructor, Ray, he thinks I should be in STEP 7 or 8. So I take lesson with STEP 7. Laura is today's instructor. Killington's trial map is too complicated to read. She can find right trial quickly. We have 5 people today, I am pretty fast. Only one people is a little slow, She is good but she does not like go too fast. She had cancer surgery a few years ago. She looks about at late 50's or early 60's. A fter lesson We had lunch with instructor at K1 lounge. The soup was most expensive salty soup I have ever had! In the afternoon 4 ladies we made several easy run on blue and green. Zrinka from Croatia and I ran a little more. The lifts close at 4:00 pm , we took the shuttle bus back hotel. The dinner was not ready at 7:00pm . Some of people were drinking in the bar. Some people went to hot pool. I would go there, too, if i knew. I am a nut and don't know how to chat inEnglish culture. I feel sleepy when talking too much. The dinner was good especially the roasted pork. After first run, the food has almost all gone! No desert , I drake a cup of coffee, it made me sleepless the whole night. My eyes and body seems rested well though.
Don't remember why I did not go skiing for 3 weeks. May be I was sick after swimming in cooler water on Jan. 2nd. 今年第一次去BM。7：43am出发，9：27pm抵家。三个星期没锻炼了，除了累，没啥感觉，小腿，大胳膊都快要抽筋了。 10：30am在P3买好票，鞋还没换，一看表都10：44am，离上课集合只剩六分钟了。匆匆穿戴齐全就溜了。 今天step 6 有4个学生，Jacky 和Jim夫妇，Wing和我。上次的同学Yvon也来了，她老是说个不停，继续在Step 5。今天的课上的每啥意思，Wing经常拖后退，Jacky基本不会平行滑，但他们和教练熟，教练关注她多些。Jim总坚持最后滑，不知他滑啥样。只有一趟教练让我跟她，才有机会模仿她的动作。 下课后赶去P2和同雪们聚餐，晚了点，他们先上山了。吃完饭又赶去P1找他们，和他们在黑道上冲了几个小时。我就是拖后腿的了！ 4：00pm左右又去歇了一下。坐下就不想起来了，但又舍不得就此不滑了。这时候气温更低了，风很大。P2刚刚压过雪，冲起来很爽，可我已经累了，我老担心最后没劲刹车，彻底失控。面罩湿了结冰帖在脸上无法忍受。后来去了P1，401滑了几趟，遇到一些滑夜场的同雪。我彻底不想滑了。去换了厚面罩，从P1滑到P2取了包又滑到P3，特别是走那几段平道，我就快虚脱了。好在回来有同雪开车，我休息了一路。 滑雪，一定要有好的体力！ 下午5：00pm之后用ski track纪录了最后几趟，最高时速59km／hr。这东西肯定不准，我的速度不应该是尖的脉冲啊！
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