On 16-Jan-2005, "Tinkerntom" wrote:

Surprisingly, all I heard was
laughter as they untangled themselves and their skies and poles, and
with out missing a beat, they took off down the moguled slope. The ski
instructor holding the leash of the blind skier, and then I realized
that the blind skier had only one leg.

Some of the best cross-country skiing I've done was guiding a
blind skier. She was a paralympic competitor and really put me
thru the paces. She set the line downhill and I had to set my
line accordingly without falling. The most challenging skiing
I've done and the most rewarding. It makes it hard to listen
to whiners telling me how tough their skiing is, though.

Mike