Messages posted by : AllyG
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Full report please when you get back Billip :)
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I've added you to the list now, Offshore, on the previous page, and on to the Excel sheet - so every time I update the list on here Excel will calculate how many days/sleeps you have left :D
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Would you like to go on the list (previous page)? Or would you prefer to stay freelance? |
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Offshore, there's a whole thread on it here :D
http://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/13288.page |
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I was just visualizing to myself what would happen if I was ski-ing in a group which included one of my kids and none of us had avalanche kit, and there was an avalanche and I was OK but they were under it and all I had were my hands to dig them out with and nothing to locate them with :shock:
So - as I've said already - before I start going off piste I'm going to go on an avalanche course to learn how to use probes, shovels, and transceivers, and how to read the snow, avalanche bulletins, and the weather etc. And then I'm only going to ski serious off-piste stuff in a group where everyone is kitted out with avalanche gear and knows how to use it, and with a qualified guide. Like most people I imagine, I really value my life, and I'm not prepared to take unecessary risks with it. So, I suppose the first step for me would be to go to some of the avalanche lectures they have here in the U.K., maybe read a book on it, and then do one of the full day courses they offer in places like Val Thorens where they teach you how to find people buried in the snow etc. And then, perhaps, one day if I'm feeling brave enough, I may do a course on off-piste ski-ing that the ski schools offer sometimes. I know the ESF offer this in certain resorts, like Meribel for example: http://www.esf-meribel.com/ski-school-meribel/cours-ski-hors-piste/hors-piste.jsp |
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I like to play it safe, so I've paid for Carre Neige insurance, which does cover ski-ing off-piste without a guide, and I've also got annual travel insurance with the Ski Club of GB which covers me for 21 days of ski-ing even if I am off-piste without a guide (but does have a £250 excess for search and rescue).
I wouldn't be at all surprised if the insurers counted you as off-piste even if you're only about 2 yards off the piste. They are, after all, trying to make a profit and from what I've seen of them they will try and wriggle out of paying up if it's at all possible! So I'm certainly not planning on doing any serious off-piste stuff, but I might go the wrong way, go down the side of the piste, fall off the piste (!) or take a short cut to a cafe. Edit And if I decide I want to go seriously off-piste I will do a course on avalanche training and then book with a guide or an instructor and go with a group, all kitted out with the correct equipment. |
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Oh dear :cry: I do feel very sorry for you and Dids. Couldn't you just have a small wedding? I think my wedding cost a total of about £300 - although it was a long time ago! |
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Bandit seems to have gone into negative numbers, so presumably she's actually in Grimentz now :)
Is there anyone else who wants to go on the list? The next person off is Beban - in ONE day :P List of J2Skiers off ski-ing/boarding in 2012/2013 updated to today Tuesday 11th December Bandit going to Grimentz in -1 days on the 10/12/2012 Beban going to San Martino di Costrozza in 1 days on the 12/12/2012 Gareth Fair going to Meribel in 2 days on the 13/12/2012 Billip 1 going to Uttendorf in 3 days on the 14/12/2012 Melbatb going to Andorra in 4 days on the 15/12/2012 Geno68 going to Davos in 10 days on the 21/12/2012 Melbatb going to Vars in 11 days on the 22/12/2012 Salski going to St Gervais in 11 days on the 22/12/2012 Tin Pot going to Morzine in 11 days on the 22/12/2012 Coops2 going to Rauris in 11 days on the 22/12/2012 Colinlambert_1 going to St Gervais in 11 days on the 22/12/2012 Joe Colin going to Morzine in 11 days on the 22/12/2012 Cath Davies going to Cervinia and the Aosta Valley in 11 days on the 22/12/2012 Snapzzz going to Les Arcs in 18 days on the 29/12/2012 Bedrock Barney going to Val d'Isere in 19 days on the 30/12/2012 Snowy0000 going to Morzine in 19 days on the 30/12/2012 Billip 1 going to Niederau in 25 days on the 05/01/2013 Gaz C going to Scheffau in 25 days on the 05/01/2013 Woodski going to Bardonecchia in 26 days on the 06/01/2013 Lanewalk going to Sauze D'Oulx in 26 days on the 06/01/2013 AlistairS going to Lech and Zurs in 26 days on the 06/01/2013 Smartski going to La Plagne in 26 days on the 06/01/2013 Horsesforcourses going to Kuhtai in 32 days on the 12/01/2013 Blackpool-Skier going to Alpe D'Huez in 32 days on the 12/01/2013 Oldboarder going to Les Arcs in 32 days on the 12/01/2013 ATOO going to La Tania in 32 days on the 12/01/2013 Caltonhat going to Les Arcs in 32 days on the 12/01/2013 Ian W going to Manigod in 32 days on the 12/01/2013 Old Andy going to Tignes in 32 days on the 12/01/2013 Catp going to Tignes in 32 days on the 12/01/2013 AllyG going to Tignes in 32 days on the 12/01/2013 Tiger7 going to Tignes in 33 days on the 13/01/2013 Daved going to Tignes in 33 days on the 13/01/2013 Ade73 going to Tignes in 33 days on the 13/01/2013 Joe Colin going to Tignes in 33 days on the 13/01/2013 Felthorpe going to Tignes in 33 days on the 13/01/2013 Far Queue going to Tignes in 33 days on the 13/01/2013 Brooksy going to Tignes in 33 days on the 13/01/2013 Offshore going to Skiwelt in 33 days on the 13/01/2013 Lindylou going to St Foy in 38 days on the 18/01/2013 Andyhull going to Meribel in 38 days on the 18/01/2013 Andyoneill going to Val d'Isere in 39 days on the 19/01/2013 Tony_H going to Champoluc in 40 days on the 20/01/2013 Paulh764 going to Samoens in 47 days on the 27/01/2013 GreenGoblin going to Les Arcs in 52 days on the 01/02/2013 Far Queue going to La Plagne in 53 days on the 02/02/2013 Boardbiker going to Whistler in 53 days on the 02/02/2013 AlistairS going to Sauze D'Oulx in 53 days on the 02/02/2013 Scarletgirl going to Mayrhofen in 53 days on the 02/02/2013 NelliePs going to La Plagne in 59 days on the 08/02/2013 Caltonhat going to Arabba in 60 days on the 09/02/2013 Dobby going to Risoul in 61 days on the 10/02/2013 AJMCA going to La Plagne in 67 days on the 16/02/2013 Bald-eagleman going to La Thuile in 67 days on the 16/02/2013 Lizzie-B going to Morillon in 67 days on the 16/02/2013 Tin Pot going to Megeve in 68 days on the 17/02/2013 Dan55 going to Yllas (Finland) in 68 days on the 17/02/2013 Michelle63 going to Sauze D'Oulx in 68 days on the 17/02/2013 AllyG going to Tignes in 81 days on the 02/03/2013 Gareth Fair going to Sauze D'Oulx in 85 days on the 06/03/2013 Melbatb going to Andorra in 87 days on the 08/03/2013 Brooksy going to Obergurgl in 88 days on the 09/03/2013 Tony_H going to Serre Chevalier in 95 days on the 16/03/2013 Stewart Dowling going to Serre Chevalier in 95 days on the 16/03/2013 Gaz C going to Val Thorens in 130 days on the 20/04/2013 |
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