J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by ise

RossF wrote:You should check out a pair of sunglasses with Polarized lenses against a pair of standard efforts (pref not Oakleys-their polarization is sh*t) and if you don't notice a substantial difference then you have to worry :wink:

I suppose what I really mean is that I'm amused or bemused by the pursuit of the perfect tint some people do, I get asked what tint my glasses or goggles are and apparently the right answer isn't "quite dark" or "sort of orange" :D The right answer seems to be "gentle fawn" or "natural willow" (actually I got those from the Dulux paint catalogue). And apparently you're not supposed to select them by saying "I'll have that orange pair".

I just mean there's no perfect tint, sometimes you can't see a lot and there's no way around it other than a reasonable stance and a relaxed attitude :S

bandit wrote:

davidmpires wrote:Thanks guys

what colour lenses should I look for then?

When you hold the lens up to the light, it should appear to make the view brighter and contrast more defined, without dazzling.

The Oakley site has quite a good feature showing how different coloured lenses affect the view.

I keep telling you that you don't need to see to be able to ski ) Just a vague outline is more than enough )

I'm a little impressed by the people who can detect some huge difference between different tints, beyond light or dark I can't see much difference even then I'm not much bothered.

freezywater wrote:

Isn't geo-thermal extraction the one where you have to dig up your garden and sinkpipes into the ground :?:

our bore hole is under the boiler, pretty unobtrusive and very, very cheap to run.

RoseR wrote:We have just been thinking of the same sort of thing, but going October. We are thinking of Hintertux may-be. I imagine it would still be ok in August. We just can not get local flights will have to travel from London.

The mountains are great all times of the year, October is fun, this week has varied a lot, here's two shots taken this week:





My advice is only to avoid the big tourist areas, basically if you've heard of it then think again ) Zermatt or Grindelwald are great but unless you're climbing 4000m peaks then all you're going to do is look at them. Go somewhere where you can get up the local mountains.

Loads of hiking routes on my blog :

http://snowslider.net/tag/walking-in-switzerland/

Daisy wrote:Well......totally out of the blue the agents rang to say the tour operator has knocked £1100 off the price so now we're staying in a 4*hotel in Kaprun with all the trimmings at a fair price so we're going for New Year!!!

However, the agent has no idea why the tour operator have done this so we're keeping our heads down and looking forward to it.

Thanks for all the advice. :)

Presumably bookings are a bit down and the hotel and tour operator are desperate. It will be interesting to see how it works out, will so many people avoid peak times that the hotels fill up low season? If someone cancels their New Year trip will they not go at all or look to go low season?

Dave Mac wrote:AJ wrote:

Sorry but i thought Jan was qualified,But i have since been told other wise.I know his son was training to be an instructor.Sorry again as i dont want to mislead anyone and most of all cause Jan any problems.

I don't believe that you were misleading, Adele. Jan has previously offered, to address a period in Niederau, with the emphasis on "some coaching", not instructing. But I think that was related to a specific timescale piece of organisation.

It's very easy not to understand guys when they can't get their knees together. :wink:

This is a can of worms but there's no difference between coaching and teaching, if you're supervising people you must be qualified to do so, hold insurance and for most of us hold first aid certificates and have completed CRB checks. It's a bit insulting to the people who do hold qualifications and have invested time and money to get them when people think they can come along and just have a go, ski teaching and other outdoor sports turned professional a long time ago, the days of non-qualified people teaching others are thankfully long over. I recall the description of the coaching and it was no different from the standard and delivery any modern ski instructor is trained for and qualified to provide.

I don't know if Jan is or isn't qualified, I'm sure he'd be happy to clarify, but calling it coaching isn't a cunning loophole to avoid needing a qualification.

bandit wrote:
Excuse me for asking, but when you say "we" who do you mean? Lets face facts, you live in Switzerland and you have almost gone native. Do the Swiss have their own version of "Nuts" perhaps?
ISTR the Swiss Ski Federation produce a mens and womens version (mostly)nude ski teachers calendar each year.

do they? I thought that was the Austrians? Blimey, there's a couple of local lasses .......

We don't have many mag's of any sort on Switzerland, it's too small a market so you get German or French ones, they're actually pretty good compared to English ones for cameras, computers, skiing or climbing though

freezywater wrote:i didn't think the magazine was THAT bad :lol:

I agree, it would have to be English to be that bad ) No matter what the subject we've got the worst magazines in the world, there are tribes in the rain forests of South America that produce better magazines on bark about computers or skiing than we do :roll: