Skiing China 5: Our Own Private Mountain
And, as if by magic, with a little lot of help from Ski School videos, everything comes together. It’s snowing! It’s snowing, for this arid...
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Skiing China 4: Sun Mountain Yabuli
We awake to a blanket of snow, carpeting the shrubby elms and larches and softening the contours of the disappointing hills, chow down on our...
Skiing China 3: Only in China…
You may have noticed, gentle reader, that I have a tendency to embark on insanely difficult projects without adequate research, and then whine about it....
Skiing China 2: In Which I Attempt a Slalom
“The black run is short,” Li explains. “After, blue.” “What about that one?” I say. “Dangerous! Lots of rocks!” Well, I think stoically, that’s one...
Skiing China – Episode 1 – Getting Yabuli Wrong
The Chinese are the most inventive nation on earth when it comes to winter fun, but skiing in China is a very new thing. And,...