MissySki
Angel Diva
As I've mentioned elsewhere on the forum, this weekend is finally go time for my AIARE 1 class. I am WAY more nervous than I thought I'd be.. I'm wondering all sorts of things like if I'll be able to stay warm enough with the weather coming into Mount Washington tomorrow, if I'll be able to ski the terrain without too much trouble with a large backpack I'm not used to having on my back, if I'll have the stamina to get through 2 full days with lots of hiking (cardio is NOT my strong point), etc.. I also have a somewhat irrational fear about having to use the bathroom on the mountain, which I know I have to get over in general.. I'm okay with having to pee, but anything else is just a bit mindboggling with thoughts of achieving such feats on skis. So I really really hope that can be avoided in a class setting, but obviously not something you can fully control for when out for 8 hours..
Basically I'm also chastising myself on why I didn't do more skinning (with weighted backpack) to prepare for this?!!? I did ski my backcountry setup in the resort a handful of times for full days and feel very comfortable on it now after bringing them everywhere including bumps and trees etc., but now I'm wondering why I didn't decide to do more prep than that until now! Oh right because I'm a huge procrastinator! This is an all ladies class and some have done extensive touring and backcountry skiing while a couple have never done any at all. So I am hoping I'll at least just fall somewhere in between even though I'm on the really low experience side of things..
I'm hoping some others here might be able to put my mind at ease (or tell me I'm right to worry haha) on what your experiences were like when you did your AIARE 1 class. I don't feel like I have a great understanding of how much we'll actually be hiking (I know about how far it appears that we'll go for tomorrow anyway, but do you hike the whole way or stop a ton along the way??) versus standing around learning versus actually skiing etc.
Basically I'm also chastising myself on why I didn't do more skinning (with weighted backpack) to prepare for this?!!? I did ski my backcountry setup in the resort a handful of times for full days and feel very comfortable on it now after bringing them everywhere including bumps and trees etc., but now I'm wondering why I didn't decide to do more prep than that until now! Oh right because I'm a huge procrastinator! This is an all ladies class and some have done extensive touring and backcountry skiing while a couple have never done any at all. So I am hoping I'll at least just fall somewhere in between even though I'm on the really low experience side of things..
I'm hoping some others here might be able to put my mind at ease (or tell me I'm right to worry haha) on what your experiences were like when you did your AIARE 1 class. I don't feel like I have a great understanding of how much we'll actually be hiking (I know about how far it appears that we'll go for tomorrow anyway, but do you hike the whole way or stop a ton along the way??) versus standing around learning versus actually skiing etc.