Brief update: she is still very enthusiastic and has now been introduced to the Gimpy but not yet entrusted to fire it. Sounds like a good decision.
Good news is she has been accepted for Ex Wintermarch, Norway next month, Nordic Ski in extreme cold. I hope her year as a chalet/ hotel ski bum a few years ago will help: she is a very good skier downhill, but x-country looks bloody hard work. Only a month ago she was in India at 40C ........... Norway Minus big numbers and wind chill. Gpa will follow her progress from a warm armchair .................................