Total
number of days in a year think about skiing:
How
many days does a year have?
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Total
number of days on snow since life:
Before 1994, total 10 times; From 1994 to 1996, 12 times each
year, 1997, 15 times, 1998, 24 times, 1999, 35 times;
2000, 38 times; 2001, 41 times; 2002, 50 times.
These numbers are just approximate. Adding all of them together, I skied
249 times in my life. Whistler
opens 200 days a season. Blackcomb open for summer skiing too. Comparing to
a regular Whistler skier, I only skied a season, not even a year.
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Total
number of runs had been on Whistler and Blackcomb:
Whistler and Blackcomb have 201
named runs. There are still 14 runs that I have never been to after six
years skiing on the two mountains. All of the runs are black and double
black runs. They remains as big challenge.
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Average
number of days on snow in the last three seasons:
2000,
38 times; 2001, 41 times; 2002, 50 times.
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The
largest number of people skied with at one time:
It's fun to ski with a large
group of people at one time. It's not practical to ski for the whole day
because you have to stop a lot to wait for people in order to avoid people
get lost. Do it for the first couple of runs and the last runs are good. I
hope to ski with over 100 people at one time. I need you.
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The
largest number of lessons took in one season:
In the season
of 2001/02, I had
17 ski lessons and 3 days at Atomic Dave Murray Camp.
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Total
numbers of mountains have skied:
In
Ontario, I skied Blue Mountain and another small hill few times. It’s a two-hour drive north of
Toronto. I also skied a small hill in Quebec a long time ago when I was in
University, but I can't remember the name now.
In Alberta, I skied a couple of small local ski
hills in Edmonton and Jasper, a fairly big mountain. In Banff
area, I skied Lake Louise and Sunshine each more than a dozen times, Norquay, a smaller hill in Banff, a few times. Further from Banff, I skied Panorama
once.
In Vancouver, I have skied all three local mountains, Cypress, Grouse, and
Seymour. And of course, you should have known it, I skied at Whistler most
weekends in the past few seasons. I have been gone to Mount Baker in the U.S. twice.
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Total
number of skis had since skiing:
My first
pair of skis lasted about six
years. Then I started buying at least one pair of skis each season.
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Total
number of years
of skiing since as a beginner:
I
started skiing more than 10 years ago. Actually, I can’t remember when I
started. In the first many years, I skied once or
twice a year. I don’t know if I can call it skiing. The years really
don't count.
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Total
number of skis had at one time:
It's the love of skis. I can't
help.
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Total
number of seasons skied at Whistler Blackcomb:
I
used to ski lots at Blackcomb, but now I ski most of times
at Whistler.
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Total
number of ski boots ever had:
This is not love of boots. It's a
learning process. Forget about getting your first pair of ski boots right.
It can never get right. Your best luck is getting the second pair right. If
you are still on your first pair of boots after couple of years, you are in
big trouble.
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Total
number of skis have now:
I love to have more skis. Every
ski performs differently. But I can't use them all. Only three pairs left. By
the way, many people I ski with have three pairs of skis.
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Total
number of seasons had Whistler season pass:
I
calculated every season and tried to find reason not buying
a season pass. But I ended up with buying.
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Total
number of snowboards ever had:
I
like snowboarding too. But most
people I know are skier. And the love of skiing won't share the time for
snowboarding. It's a big problem.
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The
smallest number of people skied with at one time:
Of course, as a lonely skier, I
skied many times by myself. You may have heard that it's not recommended.
Because if you had got hurt, or got lost, no one can help you, especially
when you venture into some tough terrain.
But life doesn't always give you
the choice and ski partner. When I had desire to ski, it doesn't matter if
there is someone to ski with me or not. I have to go. On the other hand, I
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Total
number of times can't get up to go skiing:
Do
I have to explain? Skiing is always better than sleeping.
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