I just got back from my first snowboarding trip of the 2003/4 season, to Mount Sunapee in New Hampshire. It was a lot of fun, despite riding in what was probably the most intense cold I’ve ever experienced; -15 degrees Fahrenheit, which I believe converts to a bone-chilling -25 degrees Celsius. Several people in our group got frostbite!

Many thanks to Adam and the other members of the Ruedig family for their kind hopsitality, and to Amy Stein for bringing me along.