Photo: Kenny and I trek up the the last steep section of a mountain overlooking beautiful Lake Tahoe.
Skiing is way harder than I had anticipated. I tried it once when I was 6 and remember it being not too difficult. I'm a southern California kid, so the snow is a whole new environment for me. I had heard that telemark skiing is super hard from many people around here in Tahoe, but I was willing to give it a try.
I met Kenny while climbing at the gym, he is a strong climber and also happens to be a skillful telemark skier. We got to talking about skiing and I asked him if he could teach me some backcountry stuff and he agreed. Here is a link to his website:
Backcountry Tahoe is absolutely gorgeous. I was amazed that we were able to hike around out there. Even more impressive was the fact that we could walk up hills with skins attached to our skis. The whole time while we were going up I couldn't help the thought that we were going to have to ski all the way back down. Going down was way hard for me, my legs kept wanting to go in different directions and I got to practice my crashing in depth. The good thing is I made it down the mountain in one piece. Super thanks to Kenny for taking me out and being patient with me.
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