Hi Jason,
Interesting that the 'winning answer' should feature skiing and an analysis of the conditions being faced and how to tackle them. Being a skier myself I've experienced a similar situation numerous times myself and gone through a similar process. In fact so often that it now seems natural to do. I think it interesting to consider the degree to which familiarity with the subject matter can foster or perhaps hinder creativity. Whilst great progress has been made in recent years in terms of behavioural finance one could argue that in other areas we've lacked creativity and have been flogging similar data with the hope that it will provide us with new insight.
I'll let you meditate on that!
Best wishes
Richard