Ski Trip

View from the mountain



View from the top

Stretta before tackling the slopes

Ski pros


We went skiing today about an hour outside of Santiago. About fifteen of us made the early morning trek up to the slopes on a bus with a tour guide who was very clearly ripping us off by charging us $15, then $20, then $30 for the trip. He did manage to navigate his way up the side of a mountain in a bus pretty well though. The trip up was slightly horrifying, slightly fun. The horrifying part being the 47 cut backs (all numbered and named), the fun part being the 80s video mix tape that was playing on the bus DVD player the whole time. We made it up on the lift around 11:45 and didn't stop until 5 o'clock. The slopes were great and the views were amazing. The slopes were quite different than slopes out west as we were well above the tree line. They were mostly very well groomed, which played nicely into my skills, which hardly amount to much. Stretta braved the snow board and some good falls, but overall was pretty good. Matt skis with reckless abandon, but he does it well so it's all good. It was a very fun day overall and we're exhausted but getting ready to head out for our last night in Santiago. Apologies for the boring post, but Hard Candy is on TV and it's hard to be witty when Ellen Page is being real creepy.

Bus ride starts tomorrow so we might be out of touch for a while. Hope all is well stateside,

Dave