Work and play today! Derin actually allowed me to train her in technique – in exchange for a little bit[…]
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Alp Day 6
Today was all about getting Alp onto some far longer suitable runs that would provide far more opportunity for feedback[…]
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Quite an impressive amount of skiing today from Derin. We started with a non-stop descent from the Grande Motte chair,[…]
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Today was mainly reinforcing and consolidating progress. Notably we returned to the blue piste several times (instead of the usual[…]
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Derin – after riding up the Funicular for the first time ever. (Mont Blanc to the right – Mont Pourri[…]
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Another freezing day – but no complaints from Alp. Today’s focus was mainly on building confidence. Greater speed provides clearer[…]
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Derin’s return to skiing began with a slightly wobbly few runs on the Bollin and then we were off –[…]
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Today Alp’s boots were one full size smaller – which he didn’t really notice because we told him they had[…]
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Alp began the day with his batteries fully charged up and with impressive confidence – showing mastery of all the[…]
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Although Alp had spent a few hours on skis before, we started completely from scratch. Alp’s natural caution was immediately[…]
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