First annual spiney / ADR ski reunion!

[mmglobal]

4/23/07... edit to put video link here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJNLwV8pdNs

4/23/07... end edit
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Regarding skiing this season.... continuing discussion from this thread....

http://www.ispine.org/forum/showthread.php?p=564

Let's pick a long weekend in January... maybe Wednesday through Sunday... Thursday through Monday? There is a cabin to rent near Paulette. It'll be the first annual spiney / ADR ski reunion!

The only question is if January will give Paulette enough time to train for skiing with 'the old man'.

Gramps

[letteski]

The cabin across the street from me is what I call old Tahoe. It sleeps plenty just very rustic and is 2 minutes away from Heavenly. For those of you that skiing is not your bag there are great places to snow show right across the street and South Lake Tahoe is well known for it’s night life.

Queen of Hearts is in are there any other takers?

Gramps may need someone his own speed

[mmglobal]

I'm starting to get a bad feeling about this. Doreen and Paulette are among the toughest few women I've ever met... I sense that they may gang up on me. 3 ProDiscs against 2 Charite's... how can that be fair?

[chasswen]

hahah looks like mark may be in trouble.
for some reason i dont feel bad for you!!
chuck

[letteski]

Hi All

Mark and I have scheduled a ski trip for Feb 22-25 here in Tahoe. We need snow bad so I'm asking for your prayers with our crazy weather these days. I hope that this trip is able to go off. I will be getting rooms at The Ridge Tahoe if anyone else is interested in joining us. Queen of Hearts are you still game?

[mmglobal]

Wow... flights from Orange County are < $200. They get in late at night and depart early morning. I'm thinking of arriving Thursday or Friday night and departing Monday morning.

OK... now I've got two weeks to get in shape. Does anyone have a magic program that will take me from totally deconditioned to ready to kick Paulette and Doreen's butts in just 2 weeks?

[mmglobal]

The results are in... the vote (1) from the judge (me) has been tabulated. Except for the speed contest, some of these were very close. Here are the awards from last weekend:

Best ski outfit: Doreen

Most gracious and incredible host: Paulette

Most outdated and obsolete gear: Clark

Can hold her liquor better than the rest of us: Doreen

Coolest antique retro-gear: Clark

Fastest skier while making a whole bunch of turns to scrub off speed: Paulette

Best face plant: Doreen

Fastest skier: Mark

(As I told them when we said goodbye... the first one to post can make it up!)

Mark

PS... I'd like to post more about the weekend, but what happens in Nevada, stays in Nevada

[mmglobal]

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Best ski instructor: Paulette

Worst ski student: Mark

[mmglobal]

I watched some of the video that my friend shot...

I feel like I'm making beautiful and graceful turns, but I look like a freak'n cave-man on skis! Paulette... next time, I'll be a better student! If you teach me to make graceful turns, I'll teach you how to not turn. (It's easy... just disengage your brain.)

Mark

[letteski]

Now that I have recovered from our ADR ski trip and made it though a very busy week, I have time to share a few stories with all of you from the trip. We dropped out a side door of the Resort and skied our first run in the trees to the chair lift. After surviving their fist 5 turns, Mark and Doreen were ready for anything. The first lesson was how to put the lift ticket on, technology has changed but Mark friend, Clark, would not have anything to do with that as he clicked into his 1980 straight skis (I wanted to hide). I realized right away that Mark was a true adrenaline junky as he shot by me going mock speed sleight dead ahead. Doreen on the other hand is a beautiful skier with great form and grace. I wanted to give back to Mark for all his support by sharing a few ski tips but he would have nothing to do with that so I gave up on him because his full body rotation did cause the skis to make some turns. We caught the last chair ride up at 4:00, yes this was Mark’s great idea and I should have called it, but instead Doreen sacrificed her face for the group. Good thing she was OK. All and all the weekend was a blast and I want to thank Mark, Doreen and Clark for coming to visit and making my dream come true. The months before my surgery I dreamed of skiing again and sharing my dream with others that have suffered the same situation. I though my life was over during those dark days of pain. So for those of you on the other side, I would say dream your dreams and have faith that you will be able to join us next year for our 2nd annual ADR ski trip.

[Maria]

While I don't ski, have never done so, and not even ever wanted to do so, the posts on this trip sound/look like such a blast I'd just like to be a resort bunny next time 'round~ perhaps maybe next year I'll be able to handle my booze 1/5th as well as biggest lightweight!!!

thanks for sharing the fun~ I keep telling some of my very skeptical friends that ADR can render positive results (not saying it will tho it can and has) that allows people to return to incredible activities~ *fun-ctionality*

[marijo]

Well! I have sped red the thred!! What fun. Now if you ever plan such fun again, can I come? I have never skied, and for me right now it would not be a good idea, but I'm not against learning on the baby slopes. For me that would be a challenge. I really need some excitement in my life, and the idea of turning around the spinal condition, into a good reason for being alive is verfy appealing. I'm up for a challenge as well. Anyway I would be very good at making coffee for the skiers when they got back from a hard day on the slopes. You are all so very optimistic, its contagious. I wish I wasnt geographically so far away from all of you.
M.x