Summary
by Monica Ali Hopelessly uncoordinated...caught in an avalanche...more aprEs than ski...why Alpine virgins everywhere will take heart from this celebrated novelist's tale of skiing woe WHENEVER I travel somewhere new, the first thing I do is buy books. When we started going to Portugal, where we spend most of our holidays, I read travelogues and histories.
When we went to South Africa, I read Nelson Mandela's autobiography, Doris Lessing and J.M. Coetzee.See the full content of this document
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Ali in Wonderland
So when I was getting ready for my first ski trip, I started casting about.
I found nothing - apart from Aspect Journal, an online publication 'devoted to grassroots ski writing by talented and passionate authors'.Here's an example: 'Streaming roostertails of spindrift detonate from the summit ridge at particle accelerator velocities, aiming at the shark's tooth of Monte Viso invisible on the far horizon, way beyond the Italian frontier.'Perhaps that should have been warning enough.Of course, writing and skiing are mutually exclusive activities. You...See the full content of this document
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