Forty years ago...

I was beginning a great new job at the Avoriaz Ski School in France. This was a very big deal to me, and besides being overjoyed that I had been accepted to work in that exceptional place (the existing instructors were actually voting the newbies in,) I was excited to start a job I had been dreaming about for the past half-dozen years. Even tough I was barely certified, I was able to get sufficiently by in English which gave me a significant advantage in terms of building up my clientele. This would be one of the highlights of my life and the launching pad to a long and rewarding ski industry career...