After nine years of our group’s existence, we finally managed to organise a group team for one of the year’s highlights – the KBC cross-country ski relay race. This event is taken very seriously by all competitors – but in different ways. Some are serious about the skiing. Some are serious about surviving, because they are total beginners to cross-country skiing. This was the case for 50% of our team. And some are serious about costumes! We didn’t manange to organise costumes this year, but we were inspired by several other teams (Fig. 3 below).

Figure 1: Our team after finishing (not last!)

Figure 2: The group staying warm outside, awaiting the award ceremony.

Figure 3: Inspiration! Maybe we’ll organise costumes for next year.