Snowboarding: Day 1

The biggest thing to note about the first day was that I didnt know how to use the lifts. The indoor slope I use has button lifts, but Cairngorm used t bar lifts, which were difficult. I was able to make it up the tow most of the time, but the guy I was with never made it more than 10 feet. For the end of the day and the second day, he switched to skiing and was able to get up fine on the skis. Once, I fell off and attempted to roll out of the way for the next person, I rolled, but my knee and snowboard stayed still. I heard a "pop" come from my knee, and thought I was done for. I was able to inch of the way and then got up and was able to board, so I guess it wasnt that bad. It still hurts some, but I was able to do both days on it.

I did manage to make it to the top of the mountain, but the winds were around 50mph and it was blowing ice. I tried to take a picture to show how little viability there was up there. The camera actually ended up with a better picture than what i could see, because I couldnt see the second pole, but the camera shows a decent stretch, but not much else. I tried to inch my way down following the poles, but with the wind and no visability I had no idea how fast I was going. Once, I fell really really hard, so I was going faster than I thought. Another time, I fell over and I guess I wasnt moving at all, just felt like it with the wind.

So it was a bit of a frustating day between the lifts and the weather at the top, but still loads of fun.