Ski Club Of Great Britain.

I am sure I have recanted the story about the SCGB rep that came to Niederau in the 70s. He introduced himself as "Wichard Wobertson". Poor fellow, after that, he never stood a chance.

But that wasn't the story.......

I have met the odd complete pratt in skiclub reps clothing, but I'd argue that they are the tiny minority. Unfortunately with any large organisation you'll always get a few individuals which perform badly.
Those that last end up getting the bigger resorts as their experience is vital.

andyhull wrote: Those that last end up getting the bigger resorts as their experience is vital.

Like the one who was charged with manslaughter, after one of the group she was leading was killed at Verbier in 2007.

The B3 was wider and stiffer than the B2. The Theory is perhaps a closer in concept to the B2.

Ski prices for the coming season are normally fixed in April. If the Euro continues to fall against the pound at its current rate, they will be probably be considerably cheaper from one of the Euro zone retailers.

andyhull wrote:I have met the odd complete pratt in skiclub reps clothing, but I'd argue that they are the tiny minority. Unfortunately with any large organisation you'll always get a few individuals which perform badly.
Those that last end up getting the bigger resorts as their experience is vital.

I agree, Andy. I am not having a go at the SCGB. The guy was a pretty reasonable skier, but a people person, he was not.

The end of the story is best told after a pint or two.

SwingBeep wrote:

andyhull wrote: Those that last end up getting the bigger resorts as their experience is vital.

Like the one who was charged with manslaughter, after one of the group she was leading was killed at Verbier in 2007.

The B3 was wider and stiffer than the B2. The Theory is perhaps a closer in concept to the B2.

Ski prices for the coming season are normally fixed in April. If the Euro continues to fall against the pound at its current rate, they will be probably be considerably cheaper from one of the Euro zone retailers.

Wasn't she found not guilty in the end?

andyhull wrote:Mine are the original B2s, which the following season became the B3. So the Alibis would be that different, just wider under foot which is what I'm looking for.

98mm underfoot is an awesome width, really versatile.

verbier_ski_bum wrote: Wasn't she found not guilty in the end?

She was found not guilty in the court of first instance in Martigny, the last I heard was that the public prosecutor was going to appeal the verdict in the Cantonal Court. It's not unusual for these cases to go all the way to the Supreme Court.

In the mean time the SCGB has changed the reps off-piste rules and Canton Valais has introduced a law which defines who is allowed to provide guiding and ski instruction here http://www.vs.ch/Navig/navig.asp?MenuID=23067&Language=fr have a look at the FAQs. A national law will come into force in 2014. It could be that the SCGB's leading activities are no longer legal here.

Well, it seems the law has a purpose to secure the jobs of locally qualified guides. But from whatever little is known of the case it doesn't seem that the accident would have been avoided if it was someone else but a ski rep leading. And in this case the law can be very misleading as it may lure people to believe that if they ski with a "real" guide nothing can happen to them which is not true at all. Absolutely anyone can slip on a traverse, and even on fairly easy routes not requiring any advanced skills there are often traverses that if you slip you will probably end up in a body bag, and I can't see how qualifications of a group leader can change this.