J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Juddernaut

Sadly, I cannae make it as I have sold the kidney and have comitted to the Dolomites mid Feb. I am sure it will be a complete blast - enjoy.


PS - What constitutes an "old duffer"?

No prob. When I say skipass is valid all the way to Austria I am assuming you get the Dolomiti pass. Costs a few Euros more than the local pass.

Doesn't sound good but you'd never get me going to South-Eastern Europe anyway. Heard too many bad reports.

Anyway the snow situation hasn't improved judging by this;
http://www.bulgaria-hotels.com/en/borovets_webcam.html

Strange how it can be so rubbish when the ITA\SWI\FRA\AUT have buckets of the stuff.

andyhull wrote:A couple of WW1 links:

http://www.museodellaguerra-marmolada.com/default.asp?LNG=DE?LNG=EN

http://www.worldwar1.com/itafront/marmolada.htm

Thanks for the super interesting post Andy. I am going to try and get up there when I go back in mid Febuary. I see they had 4 metres of snow in 48 hours back in 1917 - now that is a dump and a half.......

I think your major possible weather\snow problem is gonna be having too much of the stuff, or blizzards. Mountains of powder on the webcams

andyhull wrote:Oh, and spend some time learning about how the first world war was fought in the mountains. Fascinating but chilling.

A bit off topic.

Yep, fair old stoush up there in WW1. They still have some forts above 3000m around Sella Ronda (I think) from the war are open to tourists (definite in summer, might be closed in winter) . Whole battalions used to get wiped out in avalanches; death due to exposure, freezing and falls common. Bloody hard work getting the artillery up to the peaks too.

I'll think twice before complaing about sore feet next time I am up there.

I just translated that page using Google Translate. Worked OK - sort of.

Unbelievably good day he has had and the whole article is the absolute dog's bollocks. I am spewing that I didn't get as far up as that guy did.

There are a couple on Youttube

This one is a classic and is why I always leave my spare hand behind me and use it to PUSH off the lift.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zIK_peF2K8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RQ6KkjG_jM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPwihfLPTVQ

Don't ask me how these happen...........