Yeah, don't worry Tony, just figured out you were addressing Ally.
Packing Lists save space, time, weight. Perhaps, you don't need quite so much detail.
Packing lists like mine, mean that you will spend some time washing clobber.
Whats in your bag for a weeks skiing?
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Nay chance of seeing that photo, it would be used in evidence against me. TonyH would dine out forever on that pic.
Cable bindings ~ medial ligament. Full length cast.
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Started by Tony_H in Ski Chatter 23-Nov-2009 - 90 Replies
Dave Mac
reply to 'Whats in your bag for a weeks skiing?' posted Nov-2009
Tony_H
reply to 'Whats in your bag for a weeks skiing?' posted Nov-2009
Unless you like skiing in 1 pair of socks all week......uuurggh!
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AllyG
reply to 'Whats in your bag for a weeks skiing?' posted Nov-2009
Tony,
I guess I have moved on a bit from my first ski holiday (picture below) when I was 8 at Sauze in Italy. I now include a lot more stuff when I pack for my ski holiday. In the photo I'm not wearing any special ski clothes at all, presumably because my parents couldn't afford to buy stuff for the six of us.
I skied all week quite happily in jeans, anorak, jumper, thick socks, normal gloves, no hat, no goggles, no sun cream and no lipsalve. I'm quite sure I wasn't blinded by the light reflected off the snow or sun burnt - maybe the depletion in the ozone layer has had an effect on this?
If you click on the picture it gets bigger.
Ally
I guess I have moved on a bit from my first ski holiday (picture below) when I was 8 at Sauze in Italy. I now include a lot more stuff when I pack for my ski holiday. In the photo I'm not wearing any special ski clothes at all, presumably because my parents couldn't afford to buy stuff for the six of us.
I skied all week quite happily in jeans, anorak, jumper, thick socks, normal gloves, no hat, no goggles, no sun cream and no lipsalve. I'm quite sure I wasn't blinded by the light reflected off the snow or sun burnt - maybe the depletion in the ozone layer has had an effect on this?
If you click on the picture it gets bigger.
Ally
Dave Mac
reply to 'Whats in your bag for a weeks skiing?' posted Nov-2009
Wheeee, Ally, lookit here at you as an 8 year old.
From your photo: -
Lace-up boots
Cable bindings
Retainer straps
Leather baskets
Colour photo, though.
I have one of my first day on skis, I calculate it would be 2 years earlier than yours, same gear, black and white photo. Photo taken a couple of hours before I had the full leg plaster cast fitted!
From your photo: -
Lace-up boots
Cable bindings
Retainer straps
Leather baskets
Colour photo, though.
I have one of my first day on skis, I calculate it would be 2 years earlier than yours, same gear, black and white photo. Photo taken a couple of hours before I had the full leg plaster cast fitted!
AllyG
reply to 'Whats in your bag for a weeks skiing?' posted Nov-2009
Dave Mac,
That photo was taken around 1969. I have a few more taken on the same holiday if anyone is interested in old photos of Sauze.
Let's see your early ski photo (unless you want to start another thread on historical ski photos).
What on earth happened to your leg?
Ally
That photo was taken around 1969. I have a few more taken on the same holiday if anyone is interested in old photos of Sauze.
Let's see your early ski photo (unless you want to start another thread on historical ski photos).
What on earth happened to your leg?
Ally
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Dave Mac
reply to 'Whats in your bag for a weeks skiing?' posted Nov-2009
AllyG wrote:Dave Mac,
Let's see your early ski photo (unless you want to start another thread on historical ski photos).
What on earth happened to your leg?
Ally
Nay chance of seeing that photo, it would be used in evidence against me. TonyH would dine out forever on that pic.
Cable bindings ~ medial ligament. Full length cast.
AllyG
reply to 'Whats in your bag for a weeks skiing?' posted Nov-2009
You mean, the old bindings didn't come undone like the new ones (I can't remember - I was only 8!) so your leg bust instead?
Ally
Ally
Dave Mac
reply to 'Whats in your bag for a weeks skiing?' posted Nov-2009
Imagine pushing your boot front into a toe binding, with a loop of spring cable attached to the binding. The loop ran down each side of the ski, passing through two clips on each side.
You pulled the end of the loop up behind your heel, and hooked onto the back of the boot. Pull a cam lever at the toe binding, and the cable loop tightened the boot towards the toe.
The problem was that as the skis hit together, the cable was trapped in the clips, and the bindings seized.
So along comes a slow, twisting fall, and.... CRACK.
You pulled the end of the loop up behind your heel, and hooked onto the back of the boot. Pull a cam lever at the toe binding, and the cable loop tightened the boot towards the toe.
The problem was that as the skis hit together, the cable was trapped in the clips, and the bindings seized.
So along comes a slow, twisting fall, and.... CRACK.
Topic last updated on 26-November-2009 at 08:22