Winter has arrived in Central Oregon, and with it a new pastime.
Nick has been running Cross-Country competitively for many years, and the XC season ends as soon as the snow falls. But now that we live in the mountains instead of at their feet he’s taken up a new sport: XC Skiing.
His new High School has a Cross Country Skiing team and he’s decided to join, despite never having put on the skinny skis… ever. The team started practice, in the form of running and general exercise after school a few weeks ago, but yesterday was their first venture “on the snow.”
We drove up to Mt. Bachelor and they took to the Nordic Center courses en masse. I tagged along with my camera.
For years, I used to use a Nordic Track for exercise, and had never gone Nordic trekking. The first time I did cross-country skiing, I had all the body knowledge necessary. This reminded me of Ender training for war in Ender’s Game.
But you never fell off of your NordicTrak Glenn!
He’ll get good with Dr. Zog’s Sex Wax…;)