Crans-Montana, Switzerland, December 1, 2005: Dara on the balcony in ski clothes, right before we went up the mountains to ski. Let's identify 'up': once there, one looks halfway down the mountain and sees clouds. Unfortunately, I never learned how to ski, let alone how to stop. The first six seconds went well on the peak, until my speed doubled and then tripled. I thought it was normal, so I hunched down and took in the thrill...