25
Nov
Why do we ski?
The other day, my son asked me about skiing. No stranger to the endeavor himself, he asked me why I like to ski.
Big question. At first, I was hard-pressed to answer. I spent a few moments letting my mind wander and tried to come up with an answer a 6-year-old would understand.
I went from thinking about big explanations of the mountain lifestyle and being free and a whole host of other things, and finally, as his patience was wearing a little thin, I simply said, “I ski because it’s … More