Last Saturday we went skiing at Crystal Ridge, a small hill about 1.5 hours drive from Libertyville.

I was terrified about the idea of skiing. Every time I got to the top of the hill I was nervous. But surprisingly it's not too hard to learn. I was better at turning right than left. It's a wonderful feeling cruising down the slope and knowing that the only two possibilities are to keep going straight and pick up more speed, or to crash violently and roll down the hill.

A beer is needed to calm the nerves.

I hereby nominate Caryn for the David Hookes Memorial Trophy for Misfortune and Misjudgement for failing to navigate around some trees during her descent. Caryn showed the some of exceptional qualities needed to win an award of this nature by skillfully manouvering neither right nor left, then ploughing over a safety fence, before finally coming to rest in some evergreen shrubbery. Well done Caryn, you have represented Australia well!