Of course a few feet of fresh would have been ideal. Nonetheless, I attended my first Mini and got to ski with a bunch of very cool maggots at Alta - most of which I'd never previously met. It wasn't hard to see the rust chipping away as Buzz remembered how to ski again; in fact, before his legs turned to rubber, he was really gettin' with the program.
I also saw the pride in Comish's father's face when Comish won his bright red t-shirt that said HolyFuckingShit at the GMD apres ski party. Moments like that don't come along every day.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
Science-fiction author Robert Heinlein
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