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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Travel

It's all downhill ...

Tanya Gold
What sadist designed this? Absolute beginner Tanya Gold is stuck on a lift with ski instructor Lawrence in the Swiss resort of Saas Fe Photograph: Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone
Tanya Gold
Piste off already? Or maybe exhaustion has set in early from the sheer weight of clothing Photograph: Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone
Tanya Gold
It's all downhill from here. "I begin to slide... " Photograph: Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone
Tanya Gold
"... and immediately I am flat on my back, trapped, immobile and howling" Photograph: Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone
Tanya Gold
Lawrence really struggles to realign Tanya down the fall line Photograph: Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone
Tanya Gold
"I can ski! I can ski!" Photograph: Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone
Tanya Gold
"Oh no, I can't. I'm a dying swan" Photograph: Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone
Tanya Gold
"Or am I a flaming blue flamingo?" Photograph: Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone
Tanya Gold
"After two days, I get better and better and fly around listening to Barry White on my iPod" Photograph: Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone
Tanya Gold
"And then I decide it's more fun pretending to be a flattened penguin. Lawrence has clearly had enough" Photograph: Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone
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