Meg's Skeleton Experience

It's not everyday in the office that you get the opportunity to go head first down an Olympic Ice Track on a Skeleton sled! I got up to 96km per hour!!!

One of my jobs is going to be working at the Whistler Sliding Centre, which forms part of the Olympic Park and is where the bobsleigh, luge and skeleton disciplines were held. It's quite surreal working in such a top class facility...

The track in pristine condition. It's maintained by hand, and is one of the fastest tracks in the world (well there are only 16 of them..)

Meg coming into the out run. No style haha! I hit the walls a few times at the end!

Feeling a bit dazed

The track crew with a sled

So for a general update...

Andy got the finance job with the company that runs the slopes, which is great. He was not too keen that the job is 8-5pm, and doesn't pay amazingly, but it comes with amazing benefits. We both get free ski passes, which is about $3600 saving, and other awesome discounts in the town and the list goes on. He starts training on Monday.

I had an interview yesterday with a lady from the Fairmont hotel, which is one of the best hotels in the resort. She wants me to work in one of the retail stores in town. It's very upmarket, and the clothes are similar to Country Road (yes, I am obsessed I know!). So that will be challenging, but a good change from dealing with athletes. So I am going to take it! It's better than a lot of jobs out there... Like dish washing!

It's expensive to live here though, so need to get earning properly ASAP, but it's coming :)
The slopes should open next week, so we are excited to ski and snowboard. We are currently on the hunt for cheap gear, so will just see how it goes.