Less oxygen and ice cream!

Hey everyone,
Here in Breckenridge we are at about 10,000 feet above sea level - thats about 3kms in metric terms. Why Americans still use imperial I will never know. It still amuses me when I see a street sign saying something like "Lane ends in 2000 feet" - just let me get my calculator to work that out, whilst driving on the wrong side of the road....sheesh! We're currently watching a documentary about Mt Everest and whilst its obviously not as high as Everest, you can certainly feel the lack of oxygen up here!

I would consider Josie and I to be above average fitness. However on the treadmills here we both feel like nuffies! What takes us 25 mins to run at sea level takes us 30 mins here. I knew it was going to hurt but when we run it feels like we only have one lung - and a smokers lung at that! I am told we will improve, but not to our "sea level" times - looks like our future treadmill sessions are going to be brutal - not something I am keen on!

Anyways back to something more enjoyable - snowboarding! After a few days away from the mountain, we headed back to Breck - the sun was shining so we took a few video shots - a couple of still images below:



Despire only trace amounts of new snow we still managed to a couple of fresh turns - nothing spectacular but some fresh snow is better then bulletproof ice (just like back in Oz!)

The weather forecasters have spun the lottery wheel and reckon it is supposed to snow tomorrow - Am running out of snow dance routines so they better be right!

Oh off the topic, you may or may be suprised but I have a sudden liking to ice cream here - in particular Ben & Jerry's ice cream. Holy crap this stuff is amazing! Yes it is super sweet so I can only handle 1 or 2 tablespoons at a time. If I had any more I would probably turn diabetic! Still if you happen to come Ben & Jerry's Karamel Sutra - give it a go! Here's a picture!


I figure we are snowboarding, hiking and going to the gym on a daily basis so I can afford 2 tablespoons of ice cream :) Don't worry I am still feasting on my fruit so my diet hasn't changed - We avoid buying food on the mountain (what the hell is clam chowder anyway?!), make sandwiches for lunch and cook at home for dinner. We are doing everything we can to avoid the "American Pound"!

later!
CLS