The black diamond of death
Published by Jeremy White February 24th, 2006 in Torino 2006So the other day, I was given the day off. I decided to go ski with Mike who also had the day off. We went to Claviere which is on the border of France and Italy. I have only skied one other time in all my life and that was four years ago. I am a rookie. I’m not a pro, triple A or even single A. I am t-ball.
My plan was to ski a few green runs and then maybe a blue run or two. There were no green runs, but I was doing ok on the blue course. So we head up even higher. Now I am on a red course. There is only one problem. I can only go straight down. I can’t really go from side to side. I flew down that course like a bullet. Had I hit a tree I would have gone right through it.
Mike told me I would probably be dead by the end of the day if I kept skiing like the maniac I was. So he brought me on as his padwon and trained me in the ways of the ski force. I was getting better. My Jedi Master taught me well.
Unfortunately, my Jedi Master Mike turned out to be evil. We found a place where I would ski a red and he would ski a black diamond. But Jedi Mike used his powers and somehow t-ball Jeremy ended up skiing down the black diamond of death. I have never seen a steeper hill in all my life. I crashed about every 10 feet. My body still aches 2 days later.
Mike later claimed I took a wrong turn, but I know the truth. Oh yeah, I still kept on skiing. But then the fog rolled in and I couldn’t see more than 30 feet ahead of me. I will never ski again… maybe.
 Anakin White