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Friday, October 13, 2006
 
Opening Day

Friday the thirteenth, and it's lucky as can be. A-Basin opened today, the earliest opening in its 60-year history. I celebrated by getting a note from my doctor this morning explaining that I will not be able to ski this season so that I can get my pass cost refunded.

Still, I've been irrationally giddy all week that ski season is upon us. I start weight-bearing on my leg today with a gradual increase of weight at about 25 pounds per week. That should put me crutch- and limp-free somewhere around the beginning of December - about a month earlier than I had been thinking. I fully expect to get a day or two in skiing late season, but I won't try much more than that this year. Maybe if I'm lucky, by next season, I'll be living in Summit County. Or maybe I'll have a better job that will let me spend more time up there. That would work too.