Marcus Athans in Wittenburg, daydreaming of skiing outside? One legal definition of inherent vice is "an exclusion found in most property insurance policies eliminating coverage for loss caused by a quality in property that causes it to damage or destroy itself." Inherent vice in a maritime insurance policy (I imagine it would be the same for a ski team policy) is anything that you cant avoid. Eggs break, chocolate melts, glass shatters. Murphy noun - extreme foolishness or irrationalityInherent vice, Murphys voyage towards insanity...Its peaceful being in the clouds far above the flat land and valley people. A feeling of freedom that can rival anything this world has to offer. My eyes open, and I rub the sleep from them with the palms of my hands. It had been a good dream. As I wind through the hallways, down the stairs and then past reception the dream starts to fade. Every minute that ticks by makes it harder and harder to remember. Eventually I reach the staging area, and by the time I have my boots buckled down the dream is nothing but a lingering feeling, a foggy memory of a memory. I take a breath, open the door, and cross the threshold.Since being pop cultured is still cultured, I think we can bridge any generational gap for this entryt know that one try picturing Tom Hanks stuck on an island, but instead of him shouting WILSONNNNN, imagine he writes a journal to detail his days in solitude.Wittenburg isnt Mars, nor is it some undiscovered island, but it may as well be.October 14thMid-Day and its wheels up with our direction pointing us towards indoorland. For once, s indoor excursion is starting to come flooding back.Some notes on the Berlin Tegal airport: DonOctober 16th4:30 AM and the ceiling is no more interesting than it was thirty minutes ago. Jet lag is in full effect, and it would later be confirmed that that old hag has gone 9 and 0 against the team. Depending how you look at it, itm sure you can almost imagine being there. Our gates took on a lot of casualties today, shattered and cracked plastic to be collected throughout the session, but nothing to worry about yet. Our only drill battery charger that arrived did decide to combust though Hopefully tomorrow is the day our bags arrive.October 18thThe crew of the SS. British Columbia has begun to exhibit cabin fever type behaviors. Its Ella Renzoni in the BC Team jacket inspecting the courseYesterday the gate situation became dire. It took several hours of Mcgivoring, but we scraped together the two most bush league bundles you RIP. This afternoon the clouds parted over Wittenburg (It think we have ever been so happy building 45 brand new gates.October 19thThe new gates are all broken. Its time to get off this ride for a minute and head to Berlin.October 21stThank frick. Energy is returning to the crew as they take a few days of leave from Indoorstown and explore the wonderful city of Berlin. It BC guys on scooters in Berlin (l to r) Gerrit van Soest, Asher Jordan, Marcus Athans, Dylan Timm, Tait Jordan, Heiko Ihns; (front) Nathan RomaninOctober 23rdShore leave is over and itt flirt with physical disaster by any means, but you are definitely making the eyes at mental break down. Hitting on a bit of psychological disruption. Shamelessly laying down the mack on a little extra insanity in your life.Routine is key to keeping a normal mental state. Structure goes hand in hand with routine. The sun rises, meals happen at similar times, the sun sets. Between that you find a groove and adapt a pattern that will suit your schedule and environment. Here in this unintentional social experiment, constants are removed little by little. The schedule has been the death of a real schedule with our two sessions being moved around constantly. Sometimes itPhoto left: Wittenburg dining...with a view...lunch, dinner, yumm?Progress takes a touch of insanity sometimes. Notes on equipment: Our arrival back to Wittenburg coincided with the shipment of even more gates (yay), and our missing equipment (double yay). We are now playing a game where we are rooting for as many broken gates as possible.October 24thWe have stopped playing the gate game because all our hinges are exploding. Also, the start for our timing system sheered in two today.There was a ruckus outside my hotel room window this afternoon. Upon further investigation I discovered that our entire team was in the playground (which is shaped like a pirate ship). They had unintentionally scared away all the 6 year olds who it was built for and were now having a serious game of grounders. Chalk that up as a reason to smile.October 26thFinal session, Final day, final minutes at indoorsburg. The crew finished stronger than I would have imagined. They looked a lot like a slalom team in there, something Is time for these intrepid explorers to turn the ship west and head home.Next up is the beginning of the real deal, the long march through BC and Alberta taking them all the way up until Christmas. They can lean back on these experiences and take confidence in the work they have done, and that no surface will be more icy than the last ten days!~ submitted by BC Ski Team coach and blogger, Morgan Pridy
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