Stacy met me up at Alta at 3 this afternoon to get in some turns on Sunnyside. We have decided that telemark is too hard to try to learn in the backcountry, so we want to get some lift assisted time. We had time for only a few runs, but I have to say that she improved immensely from the first run to the last. We began to see what was throwing her off and we are on our way to fixing it. She is really the first person I have attempted to teach to telemark and I am doing my best to do so with patience and humility. This is easier than I thought since I really do enjoy being out there with her and I hope in the not-so-distant future we can spend some longer days together in the backcountry.
If you can teach her half as well as I taught you she'll be fine, but look out: the student has a habit of becoming the master in situations like this.
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