The 10 Essential Things you must do this summer!!!!!

Pavel. Mrs H is Scottish, although I am very proud to have anglocised" her over the past 20 years!

I was in Sauze last March 2007, and took the one man chair lift across to Sestriere on a bitterly cold morning. Coming the other way was a man in a kilt and several warm layers on top. However, he was bare legged, and commando or no commando, he was one hell of a brave guy. It was minus 19 up on that lift that morning, and he must have been freezing. I was too cold to be bothered to take out my camera.

That guy, I take it, was the one wearing the retro AFC Sunderland shirt and blue tinsel wig. The one we had a beer with at the Clotes bar the following afternoon?


Mentalist.

End of story.

Thank you all for the comments!

Bandit, I always did like your taste in cars, bikes and of course skiing,,but now you have "revealed" that you also have a fine "taste" in men!

The "commando' comments make me think of another Pavel story which I will share with you all soon! You all seem to bring the very best in me! My attitude is; if you do go..go all the way but with style and elegance!

So I promise you all next year a video with the Black Watch music from the Last of the Mohicans! If ever you want to be "inspired" to reach higher levels in skiing, place this sing on your Ipod and ski down a steep section! You will soar with the music! Just the notes will "lift" you!

Now I must add another "activity" for my summer list! I will have to practice, setting an edge and turning with gradual elegance so that certain "coverings" do not rise too high!

OR

Just ski so fast that all is a blurrrrrrr!

Pavel

Bandit!!!!! WHERE DID YOU GET HIM?!!!?

IceGhost wrote:

Bandit!!!!! WHERE DID YOU GET HIM?!!!?  

Unfortunately he's not mine, but there's a few more images of him here...

http://www.alainbaxter.co.uk/photogal.htm

and another kilt photo, which shows some very fine legs

http://www.alainbaxter.co.uk/images/skikilt.gif

Amazing that he raced in a kilt! Pavel, take note!
And here's his FIS Biography ...

http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?type=biog&competitorid=3467§or=AL

He also has a younger brother. Just thought I'd mention that in passing.

bandit wrote:

He also has a younger brother. Just thought I'd mention that in passing. 

Tempted to ask if you've met his parents yet...

pavelski wrote:

Dave Mac,
Since you mentioned bodies and wanting bodies, and of course those young ladies I have to ask you a very personal question!

Please feel free if you do not wish to answer it!
I should say that it also is a way to ask a Scot some "advice"!

Have you ever worn that famous Scottish "kilt" while skiing! Why I ask is that my wife is part Scot and some years ago she bought me the full attire!

I do not know why,,but I have this desire to wear it one day while Spring skiing! I mean the full full dress up!!!

My skiing life will then be complete!

PS You have inspired me to have another Pavel Contest in which the most "unusual ski outfit will win a pair of North face pants! (coming in July) 

I have skied in my kilt, sporran, argyle jacket,shirt and dickie bow. Unfortunately, I lost my sgian dubh and it is probably somewhere in a marmot hole in La Plagne.

One word of advice - if you fall make sure to pull your kilt down quickly.

Amusing moment at Munich airport last winter. Scotsman going through security, had already divested himself of the Prince Charlie jacket, brogues, and sporran. Then he was asked to remove the belt. He started to do this, but thought to warn the security official of the full consequences. Remove the belt, and a yard and a half of Tartan would come away with it, revealing all that skiers like to keep warm!

There was a hasty security consultation, before the Scot was waved through.

Trust the germans to bottle it

AJ Adele

Dave Mac wrote:

Keep doing the exercises!!!Build up to knee muscles to like Desperate Dan, and set your bindings at whatever DIN number you want.
 

Thanks Dave. The quads of steel are coming along very nicely! I'm cycling 5 - 10 miles every other day and I've got an induction at the gym on tuesday so I can do the exercises I do in the physio's gym plus some upper body stuff. The pounds I gained whilst immobile are starting to shift too so I'm happy. ROLL ON WINTER

Oh, and thanks Bandit for that lovely diversion

Trencher wrote:

Or to be really easier on your knees, you could snowboard


Trencher
 

Hi Trencher

This is a consideration for me, I've always wanted to give it a go, but my specialist said it's particularly hard on the knees while you're learning. Is this right?

Another question. I heard somewhere that it's recommended that kids shouldn't learn to snowboard until they're 13 as it's detrimental to their wrists at a young age. any opinions? I keep promising my boys but I'm delaying...

Caron

Yes, and probably right, yes.
I am going to have a go at snowboarding sometime, just having too much fun skiing right now.