Today I went skiing again! And I went hard. I sent B off to do his own thing nearby and practiced on a green run for a bit, then started on some red ones (intermediates). I did pretty well which was surprising!
Got some amazing photos up near the peak:
We had hot chocolate at the 1000m hut which marks the point of being 1000m up a 1308m mountain. I am pretty sure this will be as high up as I go!
Then it was ramen for lunch (this ramen wasn’t the best, kinda like Australian snow food – the equivalent of a crappy hamburger really) and back out on to my new found red runs 🙂
At 3pm we met up and skied/boarded back over to the Hanazono side. I came down the green run which is 3.8kms long and almost wiped my legs out. It was worth it for this photo though which is just taken with my iPhone and not altered or changed at all.
After a soak in the onsen (which I really needed) we went out to Enya in Kutchan for dinner which is a yakitori restaurant specialising in meat on sticks. We ate with a couple who have just arrived at freedom inn from Perth and while we stuck to more “normal food” the other guy enjoyed chicken hearts, chicken gizzards and RAW SQUID. Yucky. I was very glad B decided not to participate and help him finish the squid off, I’m squeamish about seafood at the best of times. Both boys enjoyed tormenting us with the squids though :p
Our chicken skewers and shitake mushroom skewers were much more appetising.
Early to bed tonight, I’m determined to master some more intermediate runs tomorrow. Only 3 days left in the snow now…..
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