I’m writing today from a ski lodge in Lake Tahoe. My partner is an avid skier and has been here for about two months, taking advantage of his lack of responsibility in New York to do what he loves most. I came to join him for a week and a half.

Bringing my “I like to be good at things” attitude to the mountain, I thought I’d crush it. News flash: This shit is scary as hell. I don’t believe I fall into the category of people who look down a cliff and think, “Yeah, let’s bomb down this.”

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