Last weekend was the Defile de Antorches in El Colorado, the mountain I’m currently teaching snowboarding at.
Riding with Fire
El Colorado isn’t in Colorado, it’s in Chile. More specifically it’s 34 kilometres, up a steep windy road with 40 switchbacks, from Santiago. I only work there on the weekends, and I usually take the bus up and down each day.
This weekend they had the Torch Parade, and as an instructor, if you were available, it was expected you would participate. So I asked around and found some floor space for Saturday night so I could join in the fun, though to be honest I was more interested in the free cocktail after the parade than the parade itself.
Work'n'travels 