Anyways, in my effort to connect with the environment this past weekend I took a ski trip to Wintergreen Resort in VA with my stepmom [Cole] and brother [Luke]. Snowboarding has been calling my name ever since I started skiing when I was 10. So when Cole called me and told me that we were going, I was thrilled to finally start being "one of those cool people who snowboards."
I was basically pro by the end of my lesson on Saturday... a pro beginner that is. I was owning those bunny slopes. I got up Sunday thinking, "Heck yeah, Im so cool! I can snowboard!" Little did I know, the resort couldnt make new snow that night, and what was left from the previous day had hardened over. I literally put on my snowboarding gear, strapped up outside the rental lodge, and next thing you know Im cradling my broken wrist in my hand, face first in the snow. After people realized, "oh snap, theres a girl lying there in the snow" the ski patrol came down and whisked me away in their wooden basket. From the uncomfortable wooden basket, I spent the next hour and a half in the ski recovery room waiting for the patrol guys to find my family on the ski slopes. Once they found my stepmom they splinted my arm up and we drove 50 miles to the nearest hospital. After that everything consisted of alot of pain and waiting in hospitals (I was told that I had a fracture on my radial bone).
With all this time sitting around, I had alot of time to debate about whethere it was worth it coming out this weekend only to end up with a broken wrist. Then I remember standing on the top of the slopes, on top of the mountain, feeling literally on top of the world. And I remember the rush of starting down the slope. And how awesome it felt to just sit there after falling and let my breath come back while I tookin the beauty of the scenery around me. I was in no hurry to get up, just enjoying the whole experience!
So if you ask me, it was worth it. Plus I have this cool pink cast, and a great story to go along with my first broken bone!
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