Monday, February 23, 2009

Was the Last Day of Snowboarding worth it?

For the Reading Week off from University I embarked on an adventure to Fernie with my boyfriend's family! Our crew consisted of my boyfriend's parents, his 2 brothers and their girlfriends. We had a sweet condo on the hill that we could snowboard into at the end of the day. All in all the trip was great right up to the last day..great weather...good base of snow....great company....great food and drinks....great hot tub.....and even a good little Jenga tournament ha ha. After the third day of snowboarding I thought this is one great trip..the only thing that could be better is some nice new powder! So the fourth day and final opportunity to go snowboarding came along and I was contemplating whether I should end off on a good note or squeeze in more day. So in the end I decided a half day would be just enough for my soar and tired body. So I headed out that afternoon all ready to go hard for the last day! First run went real well and I figured it would be a wonderful day of snowboarding in the sunshine. Needless to say I should have just stayed at the condo and lay low....like my body was telling me to do! Instead I took some hard spills on the ice... ending with a final jump that resulted in me falling....jarring my lower back and cranking my neck....I even heard my neck crack! After that I had to inch my way down the hill and head back to the condo. On the way back to the condo, already mad that I had to leave the hill early, I biffed real hard on the icy trail back to the condo further injuring my lower back. So the 9 hour trip back to Saskatoon the next was a real long ride... but I had a lot of time to contemplate whether pushing myself the last day on a snowboarding trip is worth it.....and in my opinion... no it is not! Three days in a row is my max and anything more than that is for hot tubbing and relaxing! But all in all I am still ready for the next trip out to the mountains!

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