Walking in the Woods with Big Sticks on My Feet

As a downhill skier, I've never really gotten the cross-country thing. I mean, why go slowly in the flats when you can haul on mountains?

This past weekend, I decided to give cross country skiing a proper attempt. I joined a crew of ROCers up to Prospect Mountain which is a genuine cross country area with grooming crews, etc. I must say, it was reasonably fun and my impression of the sport has improved.



We did a couple of different trails and even checked out a black diamond (shudder) trail. I am amazed at how little control there is on the downhill. I missed edges. But some of the moderate downhills and flats were fun to crank out the speed on.

A lot of us were first time skiers and we all managed to line up for a demolition derby style crash. This was truly epic.



Can't you feel the carnage? Noice.