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{{a|metaphor| | {{a|metaphor|{{Image|Crud|jpg|Heaven, but with not a blessèd soul, in sight.}} }}The [[JC]] loves skiing. Say what you like about his privileged, stale, pale, male, out-of-touch ass. He has mixed feelings about the “off-piste” metaphor. | ||
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}}The [[JC]] loves skiing. Say what you like about his privileged, stale, pale, male, out-of-touch ass. He has mixed feelings about the “off-piste” metaphor. | |||
Literally, when skiing, it means to ski away from commercial ski-fields — typically, ''miles'' away from them and their lifts, cafés and so on — ski-touring, with skins, avalanche gear, a rucksack and a day’s worth of food, spending more time walking up than skiing down. This is fabulous, of course, but it’s quite a mission, and it has its dangers. The [[JC]] knows good men who went out ski-touring and never came back. | Literally, when skiing, it means to ski away from commercial ski-fields — typically, ''miles'' away from them and their lifts, cafés and so on — ski-touring, with skins, avalanche gear, a rucksack and a day’s worth of food, spending more time walking up than skiing down. This is fabulous, of course, but it’s quite a mission, and it has its dangers. The [[JC]] knows good men who went out ski-touring and never came back. | ||