20221205-07 Snowsports Mammoth Lakes
我和另兩位雪友應好友Joseph 的邀請，12月5日一大早在他家集合，然後開車到長毛象湖去滑雪三天。Joseph 已是單、雙板的高手。James 雖然滑雙板已是高手，但這是他第一次學滑單板。Merry 則是雙板初學者。我從1979年冬天開始滑雙板，第一天下午就能上中級雪道，第二天上高級雪道。基本上，我所去過的滑雪埸𥚃早已沒有太多難得倒我的雪道了。可是，雖然我已練習過3個半天的單板，但連初級雪道都還不能應付。真是老狗難學新花招。這三天，我滑了三個半天的單板。現在已能用腳跟或腳尖滑。但兩種滑式之間的轉換還待加強。第三天早上，有一次在嘗試轉換滑式的時候摔了一個大車輪跤，把右膝及小腿扭到，疼痛到以為要請人下山去叫救護人員來用雪橇擔架將我送下山。不過，在休息幾分鐘之後，右腿疼痛減輕許多，又能行動自如。這也證明我的老骨頭還算硬朗！在這一次滑雪之旅有一項特殊的行程，就是第二個晚上到長毛象湖機場南邊的一個野溫泉浸泡。停車之後，我們要在冰雪地上走約半英里路到一個簡易的溫泉池。水池不大，大概只能容下10人。我們在初升於山頂之上的明月照耀下，白雪環繞中，泡在溫泉池中，真是人生一大享受。
長毛象湖玩單板，
老狗難學新花招，
白雪皓月泡溫泉，
又得浮生三日閒。
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I and other 2 snow-sport friends were invited by good friend Joseph to meet at his home in early morning of December 5, and then drive to Mammoth Lakes to ski/snowboard for 3 days. Joseph is already an advanced skier and snowboarder. Though James is an advanced skier, this is his first time snowboarding. Merry is still a beginning skier. I started skiing in the winter of 1979. I was able to ski on intermediate runs the afternoon of the first day, and black runs the second day. For all the ski resorts that I have been to, there weren’t many runs that I could not deal with. However, though having snowboarded for 3 half days before, I still could not handle the beginner’s runs. Old dogs can’t learn new tricks easily! In these 3 days, I snowboarded 3 half days on beginner runs and had improved to be able to do heel side and toe side pretty well. However, I still had problem switching between the two technics of snowboarding. In the morning of the third day, I fumbled and cartwheeled while switching from heel side to toe side, twisting my right knee and leg. The pain was so severe that I thought I would need to ask someone to go down the slope to hail a paramedic to come to take me down in a sled. However, after few minutes of rest, the pain receded substantially and I was able to snowboard easily again. This shows that my old bones are still pretty tough. A special treat of this ski/snowboard trip was the soaking in a wild hot spring located south of the Mammoth Lakes Airport on the 2nd night. We needed to walk about half a mile on the snow and icy trail to the primitive hot spring pool. The pool can accommodate about 10 people. It was a great experience soaking in the hot spring while surrounded by the white snow and under the full moon just rose over the mountains top. If you like to view all the photos and videos, please go to https://www.smugmug.com/app/organize/Shuai-Family-2022/221205-07-Snowsports-Mammoth-Lak.
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