Farewell, NZ!

Hi all!

Just a quick note to say that I am leaving tomorrow for Canada (via Reno to pick up a van and drive 19 hours up to the cold). It was a freezing -38 in Canmore, Canada this morning (very close to where we are going) so I am not terribly excited for the climate-shock. Other than that, though, I am rearing to go.

My long-time teammate and fellow Olympian Ben Griffin will be joining me for the season, and we hope to have confirmation that our coach Nils Coberger will join us when it becomes viable within the next few days. More updates soon.

In the meantime, check out my column/blog with the Mountain Scene for the summer.

“Well, it’s that time of year again. Only this year it’s far more tortuous than usual – the hot and dry Wakatipu spring has given me my first taste of summer in eight years. On top of that, instead of heading to Europe for the early part of the season – which shares an autumn not unlike ours – this year it’s straight to Canada. It’s…”