I started skating on a frozen pond near my house. It was all very, very New Englandy. So, I was pretty good at rougher surfaces. It takes ankle strength, or if you are going fast enough you can power through. Skating up in the mountains sounds cool. I hope it was beautiful at least. I'd love to try that, in theory.

Roller skates feel so clunky to me and I cannot with roller blades. Metal edge on ice and/or snow like in skiing and skating is very smooth, the materials work together a certain way. Rubber and asphalt is very, very different. You are working against the materials and it feels so wrong to me. Ice has a give that concrete doesn't, so momentum is harder to control. I hate it, especially the stops. Also, very different surfaces to take a fall on.

My chance at figure skating was awesome it's great that I did it, but yeah how it ended put me off the sport. It's weird how I do and don't know the sport. I don't know the terms or the big names, but I have muscle memory for some of the (very basic) moves.

Hamill and Harding, very different vibes!