FML

I've had some bad days on the slope before, and today was the first of this holiday. A new week signals the swap over to the other instructor - Dwight. Yesterdays rainy spell had not relented overnight and the temperature at the base was +3*C. This meant that the wheels on the chair lift pylons were pissing out grease and oil that had melted. I drew the short straw in the lift line and was sat directly underneath the cable, so ended up with brown speckles all over my jackets and pants. I was not happy by the time we reached the top. Then to make matters worse we hiked up to Mitchy Chutes for our warm up run, and on the traverse i felt an all too familiar twinge in my left knee. 

I was in a downward spiral from then on. I had a mental barrier stopping me from skiing properly due to worrying about injuring my knee again, which made me ski badly. We had some nice runs through the trees in Timber bowl but i was in the the back seat all the time, and in the end i got so angry with how i was skiing that i headed home after lunch to book a physio appointment.

The day did get better after coming off the mountain, we had a tech session in the evening which was entertaining and informative as to what to expect when we start out ski touring lessons, along with what equipment we will be using. The skis were pretty straight forward, but the splitboards looked an absolute nightmare! I knew there was a reason why i skied instead!