STRONGING IT OUT
arly morning conditions had been stunning. A light overnight dusting of snow had covered the landscape in a sparkling, dazzling white blanket, forming a magical carpet for my skins to glide forwards smoothly and silently. Despite the cold air irritating my post-COVID inflamed airway, the amazing spectacle around me—and the rhythmic lope of kicking, gliding and pole pushing that makes skiing up a gentle incline so addictive—had seen me transcend the teeth gritting, ‘just-get-up-and-get-on-with-it’ horror of a sub-zero
