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Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Glad to hear you got out there anyway - and loving the other stories about adult learning and facing fear!
I have a weird love for cat tracks. I remember fearlessly zooming down them as a kid and wishing they were steeper so I could go faster, but then coming back to skiing as an adult there has been more than one slightly yikes moment on narrow trails (although I have always managed to save myself with a couple of turns or a hockey stop). That being said, I initially learned on Whakapapa so there are/were a lot of fairly narrow, solid "runs" which I think is why I'm less worried nearly anywhere else, because there's just so much space comparatively!
I have a weird love for cat tracks. I remember fearlessly zooming down them as a kid and wishing they were steeper so I could go faster, but then coming back to skiing as an adult there has been more than one slightly yikes moment on narrow trails (although I have always managed to save myself with a couple of turns or a hockey stop). That being said, I initially learned on Whakapapa so there are/were a lot of fairly narrow, solid "runs" which I think is why I'm less worried nearly anywhere else, because there's just so much space comparatively!