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| Florence in the Land Rover Defender. |
Last week Florence successfully completed the final part of her Ski Instructors Qualification and now has another degree to add to her CV. Diplôme National de Moniteur de Ski Alpin, which is issued by the L’École Nationale des Sports de Montagne. ENSM.
It takes many years of hard work even after you have put several years of skiing in since you were a small kid. Like her elder sister Andrea, they started skiing when they could walk. Flo skied the Vallee Blanche when she was seven years old non-stop in 40minutes. She was the fastest 11 year old Super G Champion
So it helps considerably if you are an exceptional skier just to get onto the programme , even before you are taught and assessed on how to teach.
The Eurosecurity is the final: the last test . Two full weeks of off-piste and ski touring assessment. [On non glaciated terrain.]
The final day is another speed test - Yet this time its not on skis, but a search for two buried avalanche victims. [ Buried rucksacks not people.]
The bags are buried one meter deep and 10 meters apart. The aim is to find and recover the two bags in under eight minutes. Using an avalanche transceiver , shovel and probe. Florence's methodical preperation and practice meant she found the bags in a few seconds over 4 minutes.
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| Flo returns home still in her assesment bib. |
Now all that awaits is her badge which she will collect from the official ceremony in Paris in May.
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| The much coveted badge. |
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