Messages posted by : andyhull
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There seems to be a lot of people in a similar position to Jenno this year, in as much as the people they normally go with have had to give it a miss this season. We've got more new skiers coming with us this year than ever. We always get the odd single skier or two joining us, this year we've got several.
It's great for our club as they more often than not become regulars. |
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87 days to go. :D Not that I'm counting or anything...
A few flakes forecast for Saturday. |
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Possible flurry of snow in Alpe D'Huez this Saturday. :D
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Join a group trip.
Fancy La Rosiere at the end of Feb? I've got 3 places to fill. |
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You the withdrawal symptoms are at their worst when you start to long for the smell of the boot room!
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Plenty of time yet, we got well over a metre of snow in just two days while in Val D'Isere last December.
The key last year was from the first snows the temperatures stayed low. |
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I've had the piste map on my desk since Stewart started this thread, I keep having a look and remembering all the routes :D |
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Where do I start?
There's the frozen ski lock half way round the Sella Ronda, one of them retractable wire ones with a combination lock. We got back to where our 6 pairs of skis were all locked together to find the combination would now longer work. There followed a scene reminiscent of the film The Plank as we put them over our shoulder and walked to a lift office to borrow a pair of pliers to cut the wire. I think we scared the locals in Tignes one year as we started to sign Monty Python songs at the top of our voices every time we got on a bus. We got the first week of the season in Val D'isere, snow coverage was good in places not so good in others. 3 days in Adrian got his skis serviced, the rest of us didn't bother. First run of the day, La Face. At the bottom Adrian's skis were in a worse condition than when he took them in to be serviced. Very difficult to keep a straight face when he showed us, in fact we failed miserably! One of the guys Steve stopped with the rest of his group, while he was standing there, waiting for stragglers, he stuck his right ski to the left of his left ski. He stood there some more and forgot he'd done it (?!). They then skied off... One of our group asked one of the chalet hosts where should they go to find the best powder. The rep looked nervously round then suggested they try the Frog and Roast Beef pub… Imagine the scene, Austrian après, ski lots of noise. One of our group has a mp4 player with him to show some video clips he's taken. Finished with the ski clips they start to watch a few funnies, Angry Kid I think. One of the girls is watching with a little ear piece but can't quite hear the punch line. Just then as the music stops and there's a sudden lull in the noise, she utters the now immortal words 'Did he say butt plug?' The entire room turns and stares. The wonders of modern technology. With today's video cameras it is possible to film someone, (lets call her Shelia) stuck in the snow, with her skis above her head having skied into a tree and make it look like it is miles from anywhere. Panning round however, shows that the tree is in fact 3 meters from the chalet's ski room and currently the quantity of laughter is hampering any possible rescue attempt… We're in Jackson Hole, we've got a ski host showing us around the mountain pointing out all the places of interest. He points down and says 'You see that there ranch, that's Dick Chaney's ranch.' Then with the perfect comedy pause he adds. 'I always think this would be the perfect spot for a sniper.' |
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