For you Chris, blue skies and snow!

Today the Friluftsliv class went off piste! We headed up to the local hills and set off between the pines through acres of fluffy white powder. The sky was blue, the snow deep and endless and, well, it was awesome. We headed off around the side of a hill, steadily climbing all the while.





This is pretty hard work for a novice and I was soon stripped down to a thermal and fleece. When Eivind, the lecturer, asked me if I was cold I looked at him in astonishment. Couldn't he see the snow melting in a large circle around me as I pumped out the equivalent heat of a small power station?


Lunch was taken at the civilised time of 12.00 in a sheltered spot. I learnt a few more words for sky, clouds and sun and persuaded Tone to give me some wood. We headed back via the top of the hill we had been circling, which meant a long and scary traverse across hard snow/ice before a wonderful descent through knee deep powder. This skiing lark is alright!