Blogger vs Facebook of DOOOOMMMM!!! + Snow

Hi,

Recently I have been swept up by this wierd phenomenon known only as facebook (and by swept up, I mean spend 15 mins a day on). I face a bit of a conundrum as I have now potentially to choose where to spend my posting time. I guess to tell the tales of the life of Stu, blogger will still reign supreme, however for easiness of use and the ability to track down and amass more and more friends till I rule the facebook world!!! ahem, facebook will do the job.

So, if you want to find me there, just type in my name (Stuart Lee) and look for the handsome young Atlas holding the steel beam. :)

As for the snow, well this trip (#3 for the season) was fairly interesting. I went down with friends from church and we stayed at the Jyndabyne backpackers from Friday-Sunday. As snow trips go, it was the worst conditions I have ever skiied but it made me appreciate how good the good days are!

Friday there was gale to storm force winds. All the chairs were on wind hold even in Smiggins so it was T-bar central the whole day.

Saturday it rained. No snow or sleet, just rain. Too warm. However, it made me realise how I need some new gloves which I bought on Saturday night and are in the photo below.

Sunday was good. Parked at Smiggins and traversed across to Blue Cow and Perisher. The day was clear but the previous two days of T-bar joy had wrecked me for the Sunday.

From Blue Cow centre.

Snow Trip 2

Last weekend I went on my second snow trip this year. I went down with a friend's church ski trip.

It's kind of weird this year, I am going 3 or 4 times (I guess a benefit of living in Canberra) when last year I went once and that was the first time in about 5 years!

The first day we went to Thredbo which was pretty good. The snow was a bit icy which meant that it was difficult to ski. The company was good though which more than made up for the icy snow. Above photo is at Merritts. I got the prize for 'biggest stack' from going down Wiamea and hitting some nasty ice. The prize was a mug with 'no guts, no glory' and a black diamond on the side. It of course has gone straight to the pool room!

The second day, only about 6 of us skied and we went to Perisher. The snow was heaps better and I felt alot more confident about the whole thing. Did a few tasty blue runs which were quite enjoyable. I'm certainly not up to double blue or black yet but should progress some more by the end of the season which is a good thing.

The next snow trip is on the 10th-12th of August which should be great!