When Jakob
unwrapped his skis and ski-boots underneath the Christmas tree he immediately
wanted to try the boots on, get onto the skis and “walk” around in our living
room. Back thenwe bought time and told him, that we would go out onto the
meadows of the Prater as soon as there was snow . Given the spring-like winter
in Vienna with temperatures far too high for December and also January and as
a consequence no snow at all in the capital we still haven’t had a chance to do
so. On Saturday morning Markus had to travel to his parents anyway and he
decided to take Jakob along and on the way home stop by in Moenichkirchen, a small village with
a few lifts on the Wechsel not far from where his parents live to establish the
first contact between Jakob on skis and the snow.
After a
good snack and some playing with grandma, grandpa, Stefan and Viki the two boys
headed towards the hill and Jakob used the 20 minute drive for his lunchtime
nap. Once they arrived he was immediately switched on and ready to get into
gear. In order to be able to show Jakob what to do Markus decided to also put
in his full gear (including his helmet) and like that they set of for the
children’s fun park. The few metres from the car to the slope were probably the
biggest obstacle as walking in skiboots on heaps of snow is even more
exhausting than walking in a shop or at home. Eventually they reached their
final destination and Jakob was all excited. He however also realised that it's
slightly different to walk on skis on a carpet at home or on snow and probably
that was the reason why he very soon wanted to walk on the rubbermats slightly
uphill in order to ski down. Markus had a deja-vu as also when it came to
walking Jakob always wanted to jump one or even two steps ahead.
It has yet again
been confirmed that the big boy is a real fighter and thus he made it all work:
putting his hand on his knees to get into the right body position and with a
little help from his dad his skied down a few metres in order to walk right
back up to the top. After several repetitions he started to talk about the next
level as he wanted to get on the moving belt which carried the children a bit
further up the hill and at one point Markus gave in. Jakob neither struggled to
get on or off the moving belt nor did he have issues on the way down. He could
not care less about making any turns or attempting to stop, but enjoyed the
“speed” and was all laughing when Markus was to slow to stop him in front of
the nets at the bottom. He simply asked for help to get up again and walked
straight back to the lift. After approximate 50 minutes on skis he decided just
after getting off the lift on the top that is was enough. Markus could convince
Jakob to ski down to the bottom one last time but had no plan to argue for more
skiing for several reasons: Firstly, there would be no point anyway. Secondly
Jakob was skiing already much longer than Markus could imagine. And lastly
Markus was completely drenched and exhausted himself.
The two
boys enjoyed a decent snack and warm tea they brought all along from home just
by the slow and Jakob was closely watching the other children going up and
down. He was definitely done for the day with his first day of skiing and did
an extremely good job. After a good rest on the comfy couch beside the
children’s fun park the two set off for their journey home thinking and talking
already about the next time they want to hit the slopes together.
Julia,
Jakob, Kerstin & Markus
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