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some local knowledge please!
Started by User in France, 10 Replies
OldAndy wrote:Well ....
A stag trip ??????
Did one of the girls book it for you??
:lol:


:lol: :lol: someone didn't do their homework.....
snowb4ndit wrote:Very sad news about the little boy. My thoughts are with his family.

The new chair in Plaine Dranse has more more security. Once the skier sits on the chair the bar goes down automatically. When you press on the bar or on the foot plate it locks. It opens automatically at the top.

Eventually all chair lifts will be replaced with new, safer systems but I should imagine it will be many, many years before we see them all replaced.

We need to remember that millions of children use chairlifts and it is a very, very small percentage of children that have actually had accidents. I would imagine that a far bigger percentage of children die in road traffic accidents and we wouldn't stop them from using the roads...We accompany them at all times until a certain age and teach them how to use the roads safely on their own. We do the same when teaching children to use a chairlift and most children get to the top safely.

I firmly believe that we should not wrap our kids in cotton wool and we need to balance risk with challenge when helping our kids develop into well balanced safety concious adults.

Snapzzz, that must have been the worst journey of your life!





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Stay Stoked - Freeski teaser
Started by User in Ski Chatter, 7 Replies
Not my cuppa, but appreciate they can do it....
:( such a tragedy ...... Thoughts go out to the boys family.... R.I.P x
Snapzzz wrote:http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2011/12/19/boy-critical-after-falling-60-feet-from-sugarbowl-ski-lift/

This is the reason ALL children should be accompanied and i firmly believe the operator in La Plagne in our case should have stopped that lift when he saw my little one board alone.



Totally agree..... I know we can joke about on here but that's pretty scary stuff.... I've sat many a time on chairs in Switzerland with the young ones, the instructors put them on lifts with other adults. The lift didn't have any safety stop bar as in to stop them falling through the gap and the main bar was too far for them to reach.... You have to just hold onto them.

Hope the little lad is ok... :(
This is my winter ...... Full video.
Started by User in Ski Chatter, 9 Replies


Thanks Andy for the help....

Here you all go, better late than never. :oops:
This is my winter ...... Full video.
Started by User in Ski Chatter, 9 Replies
Andy I've done that but I'm using an iPad 2 and it just automatically links to this....

The file is called this is my winter and it's. A 28 min film....

I'll see if I can do it another way. And repost