Rúnar Karlsson | Wednesday May 6 - 2009

Backcountry skiing is surely for girls

First full day of skiing. Leaving Hesteyrarfjordur

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Our last weeks trips will be memorable for a long time. Eight Icelandic girls showed up at the airport in Isafjordur all wearing the same Cintamani made softshell jackets, bearing a logo "Arctic Terns Adventure Club". They were dressed to kill and I wondered about the days ahead. One of the difference between the genders is that females love organising things, males don´t. The first night they came up with the first party games and entertainment prepared the weeks before. I won´t go into details but the night ended with dancing on the deck. I wondered if we would do any skiing but it turned out they were excellent skiers and great to hang around with. They skied the steep chutes, kayaked, swam in the sea and fell in love with Siggi´s cooking.

After arriving to Isafjordur, it was time for a proper bath, dinner and dancing at the local pub among the multi national skiers who had finished the Fossavatn ski marathon the same day. Finished off with the remains of my wife´s fish soup at my place before calling it a night at six in the morning.

I´m not sure who had more fun that week. Them or me and Siggi.

One thing I can say for sure is that this was probably the most beautiful group we´ve had so far and I think it won´t be matched in the near future. Unless they have sisters.

Comments

Thursday 07 May | 17:32 Gisli wrote...

Think their matching swimsuits are even superior to the softshell jackets!

Friday 29 May | 00:38 Jarad wrote...

Runar and Siggi,

You guys ROCK! Life is good, eh!
What"s better than a boat full of: beautfiul women who can ski for real, plenty of beer, great food, sunshine, and plenty of pristine snowy mountains at your doorstep??
NOTHING!!!!
Sorry, but you both are now tarnished!!

Thanks for an incredible trip. We did some great skiing in the Troll Range after our departure, but the highlight was this sailboat trip.
This was a trip of a life time and you two made it so easy!!
Can't wait for a reunion!

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