The DU Lounge

It must be exhilarating.

The beauty and strength of figure skating is always compelling. It would be interesting to see what it feels like to be held up high in a lift by your male partner.

I've done some cross country skiing years ago when my husband was stationed at K I Sawyer AFB in the upper peninsula of MI - it's exhausting. And, we had no idea that there was uphill involved. Before I mastered the necessary technique, I remember having to remove my skis so I could walk up one of the uphill portions of a trail, sobbing "Who in the hell decided that trying to go uphill on waxed pieces of wood was a good idea?"

My late parents belonged to a curling club for many years, and my dad traveled to bonspiels. I tried it a few times in the early 1970s. There's lots of finesse involved, none of which I had.