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Cecile Giuge is SheJumps’ first international “Jumper.” She is an avid outdoorswoman and ski racing fan. Life hasn't been easy, though. At 18 her dad died, and she lost hope and battled deep depression. She coped by traveling the world, meeting new people and studying Buddhism. Now she always has a positive outlook on life. And she is everyone’s No. 1 fan and supporter. Here’s her unedited story directly from France ...
I grew up in a nice place in south of France, close to the sea and not far from the mountains. My family are mountain dwellers from a small village in the middle of nowhere, but so nice views.
I spend part of my summer and winter in Austria, when I was much younger. Back when I was a kid, my parents, my brother and myself used to travel around Europe in an old car and a tent; we met so many interesting people, lovely place.
Thanks to my father to share with me, his sense for the adventure and his passion for the mountains and everything, which go with it (hiking, climbing, skiing, mountaineering…). We used to be inseparable but unfortunately when I was 18 years old, life called him back, he died in a mountain accident (it was difficult cause we had to look for him during 2 months: bad weather, at this time I was supposed to go hiking with him instead I went skiing in Austria…). For me, it was a shocked, I didn’t believe it and during few years I was in deny. Inside of me, it was like I was dead also.
I forget everything that remember my father (skiing, hiking, the mountains), I kind of stopped living. One day I realized I will never see him again and I never told him goodbye and I love him. I went on big depression (suicide attempts, anorexia, cutting…).
After for and back to the hospitals, at 23 years old, I decided to take some fresh air and went for 2 weeks in NYC by myself and stayed over 5 years in Manhattan and Colorado. I had to put a space between France and me. Knowing nobody in the states, I found a job as waitress (I have a diploma in hotel and restaurant management), and made so nice friends.
Here I started to feel better to see life with a different view, went back on ski, and raced as Master. During this time in USA I traveled around the east coast, skied in such nice places :Jackson Hole, Vermont, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Oregon. When I lived in Vail, I met some ski teamers, like Sarah Schleper and Lindsey Kidlow, since then I’m a big fan and supporter of the Us Ski Team‘s Girls. They rules!!!
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Cecile Giuge is SheJumps’ first international “Jumper.” She is an avid outdoorswoman and ski racing fan. Life hasn't been easy, though. At 18 her dad died, and she lost hope and battled deep depression. She coped by traveling the world, meeting new people and studying Buddhism. Now she always has a positive outlook on life. And she is everyone’s No. 1 fan and supporter. Here’s her unedited story directly from France ...
I grew up in a nice place in south of France, close to the sea and not far from the mountains. My family are mountain dwellers from a small village in the middle of nowhere, but so nice views.
I spend part of my summer and winter in Austria, when I was much younger. Back when I was a kid, my parents, my brother and myself used to travel around Europe in an old car and a tent; we met so many interesting people, lovely place.
Thanks to my father to share with me, his sense for the adventure and his passion for the mountains and everything, which go with it (hiking, climbing, skiing, mountaineering…). We used to be inseparable but unfortunately when I was 18 years old, life called him back, he died in a mountain accident (it was difficult cause we had to look for him during 2 months: bad weather, at this time I was supposed to go hiking with him instead I went skiing in Austria…). For me, it was a shocked, I didn’t believe it and during few years I was in deny. Inside of me, it was like I was dead also.
I forget everything that remember my father (skiing, hiking, the mountains), I kind of stopped living. One day I realized I will never see him again and I never told him goodbye and I love him. I went on big depression (suicide attempts, anorexia, cutting…).
After for and back to the hospitals, at 23 years old, I decided to take some fresh air and went for 2 weeks in NYC by myself and stayed over 5 years in Manhattan and Colorado. I had to put a space between France and me. Knowing nobody in the states, I found a job as waitress (I have a diploma in hotel and restaurant management), and made so nice friends.
Here I started to feel better to see life with a different view, went back on ski, and raced as Master. During this time in USA I traveled around the east coast, skied in such nice places :Jackson Hole, Vermont, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Oregon. When I lived in Vail, I met some ski teamers, like Sarah Schleper and Lindsey Kidlow, since then I’m a big fan and supporter of the Us Ski Team‘s Girls. They rules!!!
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