Now deciding to go skiing in the winter of 1975-1976 was no small deal.
In 1970 I had suffered a severe leg break of both the Tibia and Fibula, directly at the top of the ski boot. The leg did heal but to this day my right leg has a slight bend at the point of the break and a “collar” grew connecting the two broken bones. The day that the “collar” separated between the two bones was exceedingly painful, but that’s another story.
I tried to take skiing up again after the break. However, the pain of the break zone at the top of the ski boots was unbearable. Essentially I had not skied since 1970. Diana encouraged me to take it back up again as a very loving gesture.
Diana, while an excellent skier herself, does not actually like to ski much and really dislikes the cold environment. She was really trying, against her own best interests, to help me get back something that I truly love and enjoy. But there was hope.