First time skiing this winter

I have been skiing every winter since my childhood here in Finland, except two winters, first winter1964-65 when I was in Cyprus in the Finnish Contingent of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force, and second time last winter when I made my round the world trip. I knew only cross country skiing until I was almost 30, when in Cristal Mountains, in Washington State near Seattle I first time tried downhill skiing and almost killed myself on the icy steep slopes there.

So today, first time this winter, I took my skis and went to the nearby forest where there were already good trails for skis, and after half an hour came back home refreshed and reinvigorated.