|
|
Tanbara ski resort in Gunma
The day was basically a survival adventure....
1. Snow chains snapped whilst whizzing down the motorway. Yoski slams on the breaks and we come to a sudden stop on the hard shoulder.
2. After having taken off the snow chains we enter snow country, turn into a rest area to put a new set of snow chains on and begin to slide towards a post. Yos slams on the breaks, a language which falls on deaf snowy ears, and we slide straight into a post and over a mound. Scary.
3. Put on the snow chains and had deeper into snow country and up the mountain. Yos accelerates round a corner and we spin. He manages to tame the car...scary.
4. We get stuck in a traffic jam for a couple of hours just a few hundred metres from the pistes. 5. We arrive, some 6 hours after departure. Yos hires his gear and we get in the long long line before the lifts. 45 minutes later we get to the top, and I realise my bindings are at a strange angle. I ask the guy at the top to fix them. This takes 20 minutes. At 2:35, we make our first descent and all is forgotten!! It's great to be back on the slopes, free as a snowboarder.
6. We have lunch and then 2 more wonderous descents in beautiful soft powder before the lifts close for the day...Bugger.
7. On the way back, Yos nearly falls asleep because he only had 2 hours sleep the night before. ...although his attempts at keeping himself awake are funny, we decide to pull over and watch tv for a while. This does the job and we get back on the road feeling wide awake!
8. Sleep. A long and safe sleep.
(My camera battery runs out when we get to the slopes so I can't take any pictures of the action)
posted by PA on Friday, December 31, 2004
|
|
