J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Dave Mac

What features would you want to see on a wedsite like www.mammothmountain.com?

What are you, a dating agency? If you are, I suggest you will remain single.

Go away.

NellyPS wrote:I've been following him on Facebook, that's quite a trek.

Hope you get to join him DM.

Well I certainly did, Nelly! With some late night messaging, Simon gave an estimated time at when he would be at a certain bridge on the Clyde River. I drove a couple of hours across Scotland, found the bridge, parked, and Simon was walking towards me, just 50 yards away!
We had some lunch, coffee, and then walked together beside the river. After a while I turned back, leaving Simon to carry on with his route towards Glasgow. On Thursday, his sons fly out from Austria, and walk the last section with their father.
We packed a heap of our joint knowledge of Niederau into a short time, and there was an odd tear shed on each side of the table.
Simon expressed his gratitude to the J2skiers that have made contributions to Lizzieswalk.
In addition to the money raised for Ovarian Cancer on Just Giving, (almost £5000, and rising), there are posters in two locations in Niederau, and late summer visitors have put another £3500 into a trust account in the Niederau bank.

Thank you, kind J2skiers.

Also, helmet earing is mandatory in Upper Austria. In Tirol, it is custom and practice for Austrian under 16s to wear helmets.

This is the right way to go about it. By the time the young ones are 16, they don't think twice about wearing. From my experience with young locals, there is a social stigma attached to not wearing a helmet.

I have now donated my sheckels. This guy is amazing. Today, he crossed the border into Scotland. When he reaches Glasgow, he will have walked 2200 miles in a journey of love.

I still hope to walk some miles with Simon. if that does not happen, I will split a Zipfer or two, and share some runs with him in Niederau.

This is the spirit of skiing.

Iceman wrote:

OldAndy wrote:

Iceman wrote:It was my birthday yesterday and none of you sent me best wishes :( :cry:

Didn't like to Icy...
:cry:
I do know how some sensitive souls get a bit tetchy about age and all that.
Really didn't want to rub the old age thing in.........

Thanks OLD Andy ;)

Not feeling bad for a 39 year old machine. :)

STOPPIT! Everyone knows that OLD Andy is quite young and that Icy has not long left school. I, on the other hand......

The great thing about skiing and working, is that once you are out on the slopes, you are in "survival mode", so, unlike summer hols, work remains the last thing on your mind. No such thing as failure when in the mountains!

Ally, think about how you develop skills in any young group. Take the best, and start them off on the path of teaching skills. My plan was a 10 year plan, when we would have several qualified coaches.
The individuals would benefit from having another skill string to their bow, the club would benefit from a ready made supply of young coaches.

Hmm this is turning into an own up to failure thread, so I will fess up.
Apart from skiing, engineering, bulding, alpine water colour painting, and more recently, newbee ski song writing, I have for 12 years acted as a gofer on a tennis club committee.
In addition to doing most of the admin stuff, my main aim was to develop the youth side. Partial success in that we have taught hundreds of young children to play tennis, and some have gone on to become good players.
My failure was the results in initiating a program to encourage our best young players to start along the pathway to coaching. Initial success, (two 16 year olds qualified), was followed by apathy. Ho hum.
I have said that I will come off the committee this year, (I want to do more painting, ski songwriting and playing), but I will continue to run the project to try and encourage young players into coaching.
Heaps of good stuff, but as I leave, it is the failure that measures strongest in my mind.