life lessons from skiing — part i — “Every mountain has its natural speed,” my friend the ski pro tells me. “If you try to go any slower than the natural speed, you’re fighting with the mountain. Going faster is actually more comfortable.” “Funny,” I thought to myself, “Going faster just seems scarier and more dangerous, not more comfortable.” Raw speed has never really been my thing. I like thinking fast and talking fast and making friends fast and falling in love fast, but I don’t like moving fast.
