When I left you at the end of my last post I was heading for the gate for the last leg of my flights to my final destination of Kuusamo. To my delight, there were fellow wave three skiers waiting on the same flight! Ruedi Mueller from Switzerland was the first one I met. He is a retired engineer who has skied Border to Border before. His first piece of advice was don't go out too fast the first three days (ahead of the 88k day. There was a group of 17 Slovenian skiers there as well. As it turned out, I sat next to the leader of the group on the flight to Kuusamo. I believe he said this was the 21st time he has skied the Border to Border. He discussed the rough conditions on the last day three years ago when it was warm and snowing and no one seemed to be able to get the wax right to keep the snow from sticking. Someone ended up discovering that sunblock was the answer.
Destination Kuusamo!
Destination Kuusamo!
Destination Kuusamo!
When I left you at the end of my last post I was heading for the gate for the last leg of my flights to my final destination of Kuusamo. To my delight, there were fellow wave three skiers waiting on the same flight! Ruedi Mueller from Switzerland was the first one I met. He is a retired engineer who has skied Border to Border before. His first piece of advice was don't go out too fast the first three days (ahead of the 88k day. There was a group of 17 Slovenian skiers there as well. As it turned out, I sat next to the leader of the group on the flight to Kuusamo. I believe he said this was the 21st time he has skied the Border to Border. He discussed the rough conditions on the last day three years ago when it was warm and snowing and no one seemed to be able to get the wax right to keep the snow from sticking. Someone ended up discovering that sunblock was the answer.