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Pirates on Snow 2007

As every year, the Sauerland Pirates took the trip from beautiful Plettenberg to the mountains of the Pitz Valley in Austria, in order to balance out the disharmony in their musculature with some skiing. In addition to the athletic part, the "après part" promised to be as amusing as ever. Especially since Mallorca Paule is celebrating his premier in the Alps this year.


And so it all began quite amusingly…. After arriving early Saturday morning, we made our way to the piste, in order to enjoy the lovely weather and the slopes, which were well prepared in the circumstances. Happily enough, Mallorca Paule did surprisingly well hurtling himself down the slopes… but that was pretty much it… in the following après part, he experienced his personal Waterloo!



He went under, his roommate "Ball Lightning" Frank had to baby-sit, and Paule didn't even make it to dinner. And so began our fun-filled days….



On the next morning, the private comedy show of Belozok Hartmut began at the breakfast table…. He immediately informed us that when he woke up, every part of him had been stiff like Ötzi… whether that was the result of the open balcony door or his natural drive, is left to everyone's individual imagination.
It was not a surprise then that he was presented with a t-shirt displaying his new pseudonym "Honey Willy", the very next evening….



During the next few days, we happily pillaged our way through the skiing region, enjoying ourselves thoroughly.
In the evenings we kept Austria's only Pirate, our barkeeper Daniel, on his toes. After the other patrons had left the establishment, he quickly changed into his Pirate outfit, without coming out from behind the bar. As these pictures document.



And then there were the nice Swiss lads on a boys' night out…. They made life at the bar pretty tough, after some initial reservations. As one can see on the receipts, they just kept ordering Enzian…, but our spearhead "Ball Lightning" launched a counterattack in true Pirate manner and stood fast until the end. The results of the blow test clearly prove this… 5.5 pro mille!



On the last day, we took part in the annual ski race…
This year the points definitely go to Switzerland! They kicked our asses. Except for our Pirate Senior Scare, nobody made it to the podium. Scare, in typical manner, won himself the trophy in the Seniors I division on his golden skis, also known as the Fiber Glass Rockets. Stedebeker was able to come in 4th in the Men's division, right before Captain Jack Kurras.



On the last night, Mallorca Paule, who was known amongst the staff as "Goat Peter", wanted to apologize again for his malfunction that first night and served us the appetizer at the restaurant.
Of course he was appropriately attired in a dirndl and a Pirate bandanna….



Once again, we had some good times, hanging free and clearing our heads (some people call it deleting the hard drive). We are now ready for the MTB

Ahoi Käpt`n Stedebeker



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