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Helen has been coach to the British Cross Country Ski team, so we were hoping to pick up some useful tips!! It was move over Franz Klammer; as 3 Eddies (the eagle) geared up and set off.</p> <figure id="attachment_7973" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7973" style="width: 480px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-recalc-dims="1" fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/high-Pike-ski-01-01-10-001.jpg?resize=480%2C360" alt="" title="high Pike ski 01 01 10 001" width="480" height="360" class="size-full wp-image-7973" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7973" class="wp-caption-text">Gearing up at the car park</figcaption></figure> <p>We had hoped for sun, but this soon changed to snow showers and whiteout; somehow we finally found the top!!</p> <p><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/high-Pike-ski-01-01-10-011.jpg?resize=480%2C346" alt="" title="high Pike ski 01 01 10 011" width="480" height="346" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7974" /></p> <p><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/high-Pike-ski-01-01-10-013.jpg?resize=480%2C160" alt="" title="high Pike ski 01 01 10 013" width="480" height="160" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7975" /></p> <figure id="attachment_7976" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7976" style="width: 323px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/high-Pike-ski-01-01-10-020.jpg?resize=323%2C480" alt="" title="high Pike ski 01 01 10 020" width="323" height="480" class="size-full wp-image-7976" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7976" class="wp-caption-text">The top!!</figcaption></figure> <figure id="attachment_7977" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7977" style="width: 360px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/high-Pike-ski-01-01-10-022.jpg?resize=360%2C480" alt="" title="high Pike ski 01 01 10 022" width="360" height="480" class="size-full wp-image-7977" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7977" class="wp-caption-text">Anna re-hydrates on the top!</figcaption></figure> <p>The ski down didn’t go without its mishaps, but it was all over far too soon , with the descent only taking 10 minutes or so…….. and with the flat light it was often impoosible to see what was ahead or if it was up or down.</p> <p><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/high-Pike-ski-01-01-10-026.jpg?resize=379%2C480" alt="" title="high Pike ski 01 01 10 026" width="379" height="480" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7978" /></p> <p><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" 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