Ah, skiing, that exorbitantly expensive and wholly addictive winter sport. When you’re soaring down a freshly powdered piste under a bluebird sky, it’s an unbeatable high.
But it comes with a lot of distinctly unglamorous moments: clomping around in silly boots; schlepping and sweating into your thermals; freezing your face off on a windy lift; and watching tiny French children in ski schools zoom down the runs with more grace than you’ll ever achieve, while you partake in what is essentially a controlled fall down a mountain with two sticks clipped to your feet.
