Apres ski

(Some filling up to do after all that hard work!)

(Probably one of the very few africans with his own skiing equipment )

(Who's the hotshot?)

(Sitting pretty)

(What a great view!)

(I am no stranger to sun!)

And so the fay finally arrived where I could once again put my ski's into action - after about 2 years of inactivity. Karin, Claudia and I left Munchen at just after 6am the morning in the direction of the Austrian alps. With 230km behind us we finally arrived just in time for the slopes to open at 9am. It was a quick investment in a day ski card and then to the slopes.

Initially I had a little trouble to get my rythm back, but didn't fall, even on the hard red slopes we went on. The Obertauern resort is really huge - with tons of slopes to really satisfy my skiing needs. A further bonus was the weather - a very pleasant 7 degrees with only a very light wind, which made for easy skiing conditions(no need to stop after every 2 runs because of the cold as in Sweden) - although this also meant that a lot of "fake" snow (or snow made by snow machines for the SA'ns out there).

Pre-lunch I didn't have one single accident but I must be honest that by the end of the day (and one black slope later) I had clocked up 3 quite spectacular falls. I'll blame it on being out of skiing shape - nothing which some practising cannot fix. I don't know whether Claudia was just being nice or whether she really meant it (I believe she meant it) but she said that I really impressed her with my skiing abilities ("for an african", whatever that means!). I'll just take it that at least I didn't look a complete fool

And so, after 7 hours of skiing, we were tired but happy and headed home. This day would definately rank as one of the highlights of my tour!!!!!

OBERTAUERN WEBSITE: http://www.obertauern.com/