Many many many years ago, I skied and managed to damage my knees, after which, I swore, I would not ever ski again. Schools take children skiing from Doha, so no matter how much pressure was exerted on me by Teagan, no one, not anyone could ever, except for Teagan herself, convince me that I would ski again.
Holding true to my failure and fear of on-going pain, I gradually eased (NOT) myself back onto the fibre planks holding metal sticks and attempted to follow my ten year old. I do console myself, that I did somewhat better than Ross who did not make it off the nursery slopes and returned his skis two days later to enjoy the ambience of books and beer in the local restaurants!
We enlisted the services of Henri Gordon the downhill snowboarding champion for France in the 1980s. He guided me down the blue and red slopes ensuring that I was determined never to ski red again but boosting Teagan's confidence so much that no doubt I will ski those reds again (as it turns out skiing is "an activity that is special for us both Mum!")
We took the cheap option of self-catering and self booking flying Lufthansa from Doha and renting our skiis from the local ski outlet in Petite Chatel (France) a one hour drive from Switzerland. The ski field we enjoyed the most was Prex la Joux.
And yes, Teagan intends skiing next year!
Unfortunately, many of my GoPro clips were corrupted in transfer but I think I had enough material to work with.
201602 February 2016 Skiing in Port du Soleil from Kirsty Merriman on Vimeo.
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