With Paralympic selection imminent, has our favourite skier done enough?
During one of the quietest periods on the mountain, we took out our speed skis for a few runs. Coming back down to the mid station, with just the four of us boys on the entire slope, we all hit 60mph plus. We were nearly line abreast, holding a clean carve and balanced at speeds that gives you goosebumps – I am really proud to be a skier with Tim, Russ and Sean. The smiles from that run took a long time to come off, and they still emerge whenever I think about it. The training then moved onto the Stubai Glacier, which continued at a slightly slower rate. We had three days off to begin with, the first day on the hill was a complete white out and then it kept on snowing. Our coach got ill and was unable to come up on the hill for a few days in the first week, so Tim and I spent our time out of gates practicing drills. A number of guests in the Gasthous that came down with a ‘cold’, so Tim and I were being extra cautious, eating oranges, taking paracetamol and drinking lots of fluids.
