| I started during my junior year in college at age 20. My roommate (Joe) had been trying to get me to try skiing for some time. I woke up one snowy morning and said to him, "let's go skiing today." We took off to Mount Southington. During that first visit he took me to the top of a black diamond there (pretty lame slope actually, but it looked like a cliff to me at the time). After surviving that run and looking back up and thinking to myself, "I did that?", I was hooked.
I skied one more time at Southington that season and went and bought brand new skis, boots, poles and clothing that summer. We hit Mount Snow and Haystack many times over the next few seasons. College students could get $25 lift tickets on weekends then.
I'm going to try to get my daughter on skis next spring. Probably nothing serious - maybe just plastic skis in the yard. For the 2006-07 season, look out. Ski school will be the norm for her. I really hope she takes to it and truly enjoys it. |