I always find it amazing how far I can fall behind on things. The articles that I want to post on my blog are building up. I haven't even written about my trip to Napier and that was on the 15th of July. To my detriment, I don't adhere to my self-imposed daily publishing schedule. Two weeks ago from tomorrow, September 7, I went skiing at Mt Hutt with a graduate student, Dan, and another graduate student's brother and sister, Tom and Ruth. I borrowed a season pass so I only paid for gas and rental skis. The day was gorgeous, as you can see in the photo of Dan and me. The scenery was spectacular and those are the Canterbury Plains in the background. But the terrain was rather blah. The lift lines were short, but we used only one lift. There weren't many ways to go down the mountain. We tried one extremely steep trail. I didn't ski it well, because it required some aggressive jump turns. If I had done the turns at the beginning, it would've been easier. Like most things in life, a little aggression pays off.
As you can tell from the tone of this post, I'm not an avid skier. However, now I can say I've skied the southern hemisphere and skied in September.
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