Go skiing

How I did it: I got with a group of friends who wanted to go snow skiing. We booked our flight to Heavenly Lake Tahoe and started preparing for our journey. I had taken snow skiing classes at my University, but subsequently you can't exactly learn to ski on a hill covered in wet AstroTurf. We made it to Lake Tahoe and I started out on the bunny slopes. It was a little nerve wrecking at first but after a few go's I felt comfortable enough to try a green. After skiing down green paths the entire day I felt ready to try a blue. I did that fairly easily so proceeded to try a different blue. Apparently someone forgot to mention that the first blue was like a "light" blue (what I call easy) and the latter one was a "dark" or hard blue. I ended up wanting to die on the last one. I fell more times than I can count, got stuck almost every time, got really discourage, and tore something in my knee. I was so frustrated I started crying out of pain and disappointment with myself. I ended up making it down but just sat at the base where there was a bar and drank for an hour. The next day skiing was hard for me due to knee pain and lack of confidence.

Lessons & tips:

• Make sure to have good core strength before going and that your legs can handle endure hours of flexing and turning while going downhill.
• If you do happen to hurt yourself, have someone look at it or take it easy. My knee is still messed up to this day.
• If you get scared, Coors Light in Lake Tahoe is amazing and helps take the edge off. I say that to be funny more or less. It helped me but most people will probably tell you not to drink and ski. 
• Have supportive friends that are willing to help you learn and stay behind with you while others go ski harder trails.
• If you don't have supportive friends, take lessons. Me and my bf got in a lot of stupid arguments over it because he said he would be helpful but just got frustrated.

Mar 17, 06:32PM PDT | 0 comments | 2 cheers