This weekend we went to Villars Resort for a full blown weekend of snowboarding, but also participated in this charity event called the 24 hour race. Teams get sponsored, and raise money by how many laps they do in a 24 hour period. It's a pretty big deal. Our entire DTS was volunteering at this race. Our big job was just being people who stand by and make sure that if and when people crash, we wave our arms frantically so that the skiiers are distracted by us and slow down and thus preventing the "pile-up" situation. We were staying in a bomb shelter downtown with lots of other people who were all part of the race, or volunteering to help. What's fantastic about bomb shelter bedding situations is that they're all 3 layer bunk beds that have a thin mesh attached to the beds next to it. So if Pooja Handa beside you decides he/she wants to move around as much as possible getting into her/his bed, your mesh moves up and down and flexes your spine in ways you never thought possible. I'm fairly certain that these bedding situations are the main cause of paralysis in Switzerland. Hopefully there's no reason any time soon for the masses to flock to their local bomb shelter or else the Swiss would have a spinal epidemic on their hands.
My shift was 230am - 530am. It sounds really horrible, but i was actually really excited for this shift. So I snowboarded all day Saturday and then we went to bed at around 730 pm and slept till midnight. When I did arise from my sleep, me and about 8 others, decided it'd be nice to head to the mountain a little early, grab a coffee, and just all hang out together before our shift started. What we didn't realize was that at the top of the mountain they had set up this massive stage/dance area and had one of the best DJs I've ever heard. The music seemed to have a natural gravitational pull and before we realized it we were in the middle of it all dancing to tiesto and pink floyd remixes. It's quite a sight to see people decked out in snowboard gear on a dance floor made of snow. It was nothing short of awesome. Within 25 minutes we saw about 9 different fights, in which we responded "keep the battles on the dance floor".
I'm pretty sure we were the only non-inebriated bunch there. It all ended at 2am in which the dj responded "I'm only hired until 2", and then we started our shift. The best part was that we got loads and loads of free stuff. We all got a hoodies, cans of red bull, water, sandwiches, tea every 40 min, a wide variety of protein bars and twix bars, moisturizer, lip balm , free lift tickets for saturday and sunday, caps and full access to a walkie talkie for 3 hours. When we first arrived at the mountain, the first group looked like they'd been through a tour of Antarctica. They were all freezing, glossy eyed and appeared sympathetic to the fact that we were all about to go out there. I was expecting the worst, but I can honestly say I wasn't cold for one minute. I danced, sang, and yelled (for the snowboarders) pretty much for 3 hours straight. It was surprisingly fun, and my voice was completely gone by the end of the night. The tea guys would come by and hang out for a bit, my friend Stephanie was only like 25m away so we'd entertain each other with increasingly awesome/embarrassing dance moves that rocked skiers worlds. All in all it was a interesting weekend. I can't say that Canada has too many legit bomb shelters and spontaneous mountain dance parties that cause more fighting than actual dancing. So I got to experience a part of Swiss culture I never planned on experiencing. And on top of it all I got free stuff. All in all, an excellent weekend.
Cheers.
P.S.S. I briefly saw Timee on the mountain, so awesome. We hung out a bit. I'm hoping to run into him again soon.
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