guess I'm an amateur then... but its ok just being an amateur alcoholic .
>WW&S, after two trips to Kyrgyzstan, has a penchant for poor quality vodka
>and I am easily swayed. That tends to be our spirit of choice. I can still
>climb the next day too.
I was on a ski trip (backcountry hut) with some Americans who were drinking Everclear (cheap clear 100 proof whiskey shite ) & gatorade... nasty stuff. But its much easier to ski the next day especially when you have an hour or 2 skinning up the hill to sober up.