Risk Acceptance Descriptions

You mental state in a situation usually dictates how things turn out. If you are totally sketched and pucker-up, the chances of things turning south increase greatly. Confidence and not second guessing yourself usually pays off. I find this true mostly in climbing but have applied it to skiing as well. The second you start thinking about the “what-ifs” it is best bail.

I am referring to the things in your control not issues like weather and snow conditions. If you are in that sort of situation you best have done your homework before hand.

So absolutely true!
Visualizing failure  or a bad outcome before a run is def one of my (many ) problems.
Skied a line on Sat that was a goal of mine. Was starting to go into negative visualization loop but realised that and closed it down. Committed to the run with confidence and was in control as a result.

Committed to the run with confidence and was in control as a result.

I had the opposite situation happen to me yesterday on Kaleetan. I was on new skis that I didn’t like, boots that I have been trying to like but hate and the snow sort of sucked. I have ripped this line many times but yesterday the weather moved in, there was much less snow than normal and I was not on my game. I ended up sided slipping the narrow part off the summit rather than jump-turning like I should have. I feel very disappointed in the way I skied the line. Guess I will have to go back again.

Live every day like your last, but don't make it your last.

It's more important to get to the bottom than it is to get to the top. 

I'm probably the least "motivated" of all the folks I ski with regularly, when it comes to big objectives.  For me it's a lot more about having fun than it is about skiing something big and challenging, though I definitely enjoy the times when I combine the two.  But a day spent skiing -- whether it's meadow skipping, walking in the rain with the sticks on the back, or picking apart a difficult line -- is always a day well spent.

"There have been joys too great to be described in words, and there have been griefs upon which I have not dared to dwell, and with these in mind I say, climb if you will, but remember that courage and strength are naught without prudence, and that a momentary negligence may destroy the happiness of a lifetime. Do nothing in haste, look well to each step, and from the beginning think what may be the end." — Edward Whymper

(Edward Whymper (27 April 1840 – 16 September 1911), was an English illustrator, climber and explorer best known for the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865. On the descent four members of the party were killed.)

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