Link to Part 1: [https://www.reddit.com/r/gonewildstories/comments/tzfh9s/fm_apres_ski_shenanigans_with_a_french_ski/](https://www.reddit.com/r/gonewildstories/comments/tzfh9s/fm_apres_ski_shenanigans_with_a_french_ski/)
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We met the next evening. I [F27] waited for him at an outdoor apres ski bar next to one of the ski lifts in town. It had seats around a fire and outdoor heating so it wasn’t very cold sitting there, but I also made sure to dress warm. Mathieu [M30] came up the stairs to meet me and we sat again after getting drinks from the bar.
We talked about everything and anything. I shared more about myself, my interests and journey, and he told me more about Chamonix, what it was like growing up here, how fun it was to having the entire mountain as a playground during the COVID lockdown, etc. We also talked about sports. He used to do professional ski racing but stopped after having a knee injury and a surgery. He told me about the valleys in the region and the wild animals that you can see in the summer. We also talked about paragliding and paraglide skiing. He told me that he briefly did that in the past however he stopped after a close friend of his passed away during a paragliding accident. I noticed the change of tone in his speech and realised it was sensitive topic for him to talk about, but I kept listening.