5 things I love about skiing

The winter here is very much over but I would love to remember why I love it so much and why skiing is my favourite sport. This post is devoted to things I love about skiing.

Bodrost

1. The preparation for the big day/big week of skiing is my top favourite. Trying my equipment from last year and imagining being on the slopes when you know that this will happen very soon. Anticipation is the best thing!

2. The morning before you go up high in the slopes. You are all prepared and you eagerly want to start skiing but there is a huge line for the lift. The ski booths make it difficult for you to walk. You start sweating waiting on that line. It sounds like the worst experience but actually it is not. After this is over you have a even greater satisfaction of finally being on the top of the mountain.

3. The mountains, the clean air, the smell of cold and the chimneys, the snow, its magical sparkle when the sun is shining, the view from up top - it creates a sense of greatness, it gives you the best relaxation, even better than a good massage...at least for me. I love the tranquility of the mountain, when you hear nothing but the sound of ski.

4. The soreness in your muscles after a whole day of non-stop skiing. It is more of a happiness than soreness. It is the memory that you have skied that makes you satisfied with yourself and you pay no attention to the soreness.

5. The best thing about skiing is taking of the extremely uncomfortable, tight ski booths. If you have not skied in your life, you will never understand it. Every skier appreciates the most exactly this moment after his/her feet have been tightened in those booths for 8 hours.