Trying out a new sport: skate skiing

As a xmas present a few of my friends and clients bought my girlfriend and I day passes to the Callaghan, Whistler Olympic Park.  The Park has ski jumping, classic and skate skiing, not to mention beautiful views.

We took advantage of the generous gift and tried out a new sport on January 1st : skate skiing.

We picked up our rental gear and started out on this new adventure.  Driving up the road we began to feel excited and nervous.  At the lodge we managed to get the skis on and tried out the poles...we soon found out that Kelly had brought gloves far too large to fit into the pole straps....after some technical difficulty we were on our way...

The first few minutes on snow were a challenge.  We spent most of the time learning how to get up after falling flat on our butts multiple times.  After 20 minutes we felt ready to tackle the first of 3 green runs of the day....after about 15 KM and 3 hours we were both pooped and ready to head home.

We both felt challenged by the new experience and have decided to add this new sport to out training routine next season....Thanks again Heather, Allison and Amanda for the new, fun experience.