Outside Reading 3: Sacred Place Through Sport

Nathan Bloom: 8 December 2009
Ski Magazine

I recently started receiving Ski Magazine in the mail and upon closer inspection I realized that it is simply full of sacred places, there is just no way around that. I am an avid skier and reading that magazine brought me back to the slopes. When you are up on the mountain perhaps skiing a thick glade and not a soul is insight; just you and the mountain, your flow kicks into overdrive. You are alone with your thoughts and the Holiness of the place will often present itself. If you just went up the mountain on foot the experience would not be the same, the sacred presents itself when you are in contest with the mountain to get down in one piece. Furthermore, when in sport, such as skiing and your flow takes over it strengthens the sacred of the place.