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Good point, I'd heard reports that the satellite villages were quite nice but couldn't dredge the names from memory. Likewise Grandes Rouses. Mind you, it's still not Switzerland and the Matterhorn :D |
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that's true but you could reduce this three things not five. Really these three are the same thing in nearly every case. Looking at the skis nearly always triggers an instinctive vertigo and forces people back, the trailing arm has the same effect in shifting the centre of balance back as well. OTOH, so important to be worth mentioning twice :D Or the top 10 mistakes where 9 of them are leaning back :D |
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The general suggestion of Austria is excellent, pretty much always scenic. But, of the 5 you short-listed I'd drop Tignes and Alpe d'Huez immediately if it's your honeymoon unless Bracknell and Basingstoke were also on you honeymoon short-list of course. From a ski point of view they're good bets for snow in April but not very special places to stay. Obergurgl will be a good bet for snow and has a really, really long season, I don't know the village well, I've stayed up at Hochgurgl which isn't too special. However, Zermatt and Saas Fee are something else, Saas Fee has the disadvantage that some of the slopes lack sunlight for some parts of the day as does the village although the snow record is excellent. But, of that list, there's only one answer for me and that's Zermatt. People come from all over the planet to Zermatt, to ski, to climb or just be impressed with the views. The town is pretty nice, although they're are slightly nicer, but the mountains are something else. As for the conditions, it's end of season but they'll be some skiing, I was last there back on the 22 April this year (photos) and I think the pistes were fine at least in the morning. Without a crystal ball it's hard to know but it's a safe bet as far as it can be. The UK mass market has pretty much stopped after Easter which is March next year so I'm not surprised you don't see too many options in the mainstream brochures. You can always just book direct, the tourist office would be delighted to help if you called them and told them you were looking to go for a honeymoon. It's very accessible via air and rail, the train will take you right into Zermatt after (I think) one change from Geneva. German speaking of course, apart from the hotel staff who'll speak Portuguese. |
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Absolutely, warming up is really, really good especially for skiers and especially for people not used to spending time at altitude.
absolutely, sometimes it's not practical to warmup by doing a run, for example if you ride up the lifts on the Schilthorn it's an awkward black straight out the lift so you want to be warmed up first. as an aside, if your instructor asks you if you're cold before skiing it's OK to say yes or no, if they ask after say "yes" otherwise you're being their straight man while they deliver the punchline "well, you looked frozen coming down there" :D
not quickly :D turning your body is OK, obviously wrenching your shoulders round alone to turn is bad but you're trying to use your whole body. For example, upper body pre-rotation is a useful technique on steep ground and carving would be hard without some upper body involvement. |
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I've been there for summer training a few times, my overriding memory is of poor visibilty in fact I can't bring a clear image of the place to my mind :D Just bad luck with my timing I suppose.
I must have stayed somewhere but I can't recall where, but, I'll have made a note of it some place I think, I'll see if I can find it. I find just calling up the tourist office is generally OK, I've a huge faith in Austrian accommodation. Glacier skiing's getting a bit of a marginal thing, there's been a couple of years of really poor conditions. Apparently some race training has had a really hard time, the snow's been so soft that they can't even drill in to get gates up. It's always been the case that you need to be riding the first lift at 0700 or earlier but it's getting unskiable even by 1000 nowadays. |
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don't call me dude please. There's been several studies seeking to confirm or refute the original findings which have only confirmed the original research. These are published in several journals of sports medicine and picked up by professional bodies and various sporting organisations.So, there's no absence of evidence here, there's been multiple studies carried out all over the world using hugely diverse subjects. I can't quite understand why you're arguing about something you've not read on the basis of something that doesn't exist but endeavouring to suggest might or might sometime in the future. I also think you're being more than a little rude about the researchers involved. If you choose not to believe something that's no concern of mine but unless you've some evidence to the contrary you really shouldn't rubbish the expert research in the field. I don't care whether people stretch or not, it's a matter of total indifference to me. The current thinking is that we shouldn't be advising people to stretch before exercise, this is reflected in training for PSIA and BASI candidates who are the sort of people you've already had one pop at in suggesting no one reads this type of research. Not doing stretching was certainly the recommendation when I did my ski instructor training, I'm simply sharing that good practice and I didn't really expect to be contradicted at every turn without a single shred of contrary evidence. I'm not dogmatic in any way at all about this, I have absolutely no opinion whatsoever on the subject, if the research community start providing research that alters then I'd happily accept that as I would accept the word of anyone better qualified and more experienced than I am. |
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Well, I'm notoriously not a very serious skier of course :D I don't find cereals work for me, I'm not sure why, porridge does but nearly anything else doesn't and I find a benefit from some sugar, like a donut :D It's probably a ritual though as much as anything. Obviously I get a few days skiing in a year mostly and I noticed last season a bit a few days I felt a bit drained mid-morning and initially switched from having a quick coffee to hot chocolate or lemonade and thought I could feel a difference. Isostar is carb' and some salts of course, again it's hard to know if it's a ritual or really beneficial. If I have it right the effects of dehydration set in before you actually feel thirsty as well which makes it doubly important to keep drinking stuff. How much benefit the isostar drink and one of their energy bars has compared to water and a digestive biscuit is anyone's guess :D But digestive biscuits are hard to come by here anyway. I would say to be careful of some of the flavours though, I bought some other brand recently and when last out touring we stopped and I nearly choked on the stuff, about as pleasant as dental mouth wash :D |
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There has been no conflicting research on this to my knowledge. In the absence of evidence to the contrary we'll take it as being true. |
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