Business trip?

Well it seems that I have my first business trip coming up soon, and its even being paid for by Salomon and Atomic skis. I am traveling from Ohakune to Christchurch this coming Monday the 20th for some training in this years ski equipment. Turns out I will be the demo rep for Salomon and Atomic this winter along with working at SLR ski rental shop. Half of the day will be spent with each rep so I can learn as much as I can about the products before I return home.

I am taking the bus from Ohakune to Wellington and flying from there to Christchurch, where they just had a massive earthquake again so hopefully it will be better when I get there. My flight leaves the 21st a week from today and I will find some place to stay once I get down there. Wednesday will be spent with the reps for Salomon and Atomic and then I will fly back out Thursday to Wellington.

I am going to stay in Wellington until Saturday morning where I will catch the bus back to Ohakune for the weekend and hopefully have a bit of a party somewhere. The mountain is suppose to open this coming weekend but it is not looking good, the weather this week is suppose to be "nice" which is not good for skiing. We really need the storms to start rolling through the area so that the mountain can have a good base of snow for some epic riding and hiking. I have talked to friends and have been looking at the prices of crampons and some ice axes so that I can do some good hiking to find the good snow and the great lines. A friend has some crampons that I can use the next thing I will need is to find some ice axes at a good price.

Let us hope the weather takes a dive and gets cold so this season can be EPIC
Alex