J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by AllyG

Hi Dixie Dean,
I'm very sorry to hear your news. How awful :cry:

I only hope you can find a private consultant who specializes in this area and says it's okay to ski, in time for the holiday. If your wife's current consultant is advising her not to ski then I would imagine it would be very difficult to get insurance for this.

Ally

SwingBeep wrote:Easy slopes = Blue
The longitudinal- and cross fall of blue runs may not exceed 25%, with the exception of short sections in open terrain.

Thanks very much SwingBeep, for clearing that up :D

The bit I've highlighted in bold are presumably the bum sliding sections :?: :lol:

Does it say how short one of these 'short sections' has to be?

Ally

My ski boots weigh exactly 5 Kg on their own, so if I was to take them on a Thompson flight as hand luggage I'd have to carry them in something practically weightless - like a strong plastic bag!

Ally

Hi Bandit,
I'm glad to hear you're having a great time :D

Ally

I would think that everyone, at some point in their ski career, has been faced with a stretch of piste that is too difficult for them (I find 'overfaced' a good term for this - like a horse at a jump http://horses.about.com/od/horsetraining/a/willinghorse.htm).

It has happened several times to me, and I've tried different methods to get past the bit I'm afraid of.

1. Long 'tacks' or traverses across the slope using a wedge turn so that I'm in the safe snow-plough type position when I'm facing down the slope.

2. Side-slipping over the steep icy patch or whatever it may be.

3. My most successful method - combining the two so I side-slip whilst I'm traversing - in other words I release the edge grip enough so that I travel a considerable distance vertically as well as horizontally.

4. When stuck in a mogul field with moguls about 3 feet high and hard as concrete I found I could sit on the moguls and swing my legs round them - until I got past the bad bit and could ski the easier moguls.

I've never yet had to resort to taking my skis off and walking - but it may happen yet!

And as for piste grading - I've never been to a resort yet with 'perfect' piste grading. Maybe what they should do is design a route around the resort and grade it 1-6 or whatever. I mean, everyone who regularly skis in that resort will know that piste x is subject to moguls in the afternoon after fresh snow, piste y has a steep section in the middle that gets icy, and that draglift C does a sharp bend 1/2 of the way up that throws off all the beginners.

What I used to do is ask people about the pistes before I went on them, preferably ski instructors. One of the nice things about getting pretty good at ski-ing is that I know I can ski down almost any black so I don't have to keep worrying that I'm going to get lost and end up on a black or get stuck on a mogully bit.

Ally

Well, clearly no Thomson holidays or flights for me :cry:

I've just weighed my boots in their special trolley (wheely) boot bag - 8 Kg!

Old Andy - I put my boots in my hand luggage because I'd just bought an expensive special mini-suitcase for them (£50) and I wanted to try it out :lol:

Ally

clairehb0 wrote:Would reccomend checking with your airline. We always take our boots as hand luggage with Easyjet, but just got back from a trip with Thompson Air who said ski boots are no longer allowed as hand luggage with them. Luckily we had spare baggage allowance but met another passenger who had to pay £10 a kilo = £80 to put his boots in the hold as excess luggage!!!

I had a look on the Thompson Air website to see what they say, and it doesn't say anything about not allowing ski boots in hand luggage, only that the weight restriction is 5Kg (do ski boots plus the bag weigh more than 5 Kg?) and you have to read your ticket for more specific item restrictions. How unfair and confusing :evil:

Thomson Airways Baggage Allowance
Standard luggage allowance
Each customer is entitled to a check-in allowance of up to 20kg baggage and a maximum 5kg for hand baggage (max. dimensions: 55cm x 40cm x 20cm).

No single item of baggage may exceed 23kg. Customers who have pre-paid for an additional check-in allowance which places them over the 23kg limit must check in an additional bag.

Baggage allowances can be pooled across a party, but no baggage may exceed 23kg.

Other bags such as handbags, laptop bags or laptop computers must be carried within the single item of cabin baggage. We recommend that video cameras, mobile telephones and other valuable items should be carried as hand luggage; they must not exceed the dimensions outlined above.

There are restrictions on what you may carry in your hand luggage – please read carefully the information enclosed with your tickets. Customers will only be able to carry Hypodermic Syringes in their hand luggage if supporting an approved "Diabetic Doctors letter". Customers carrying such items must also advise check-in staff.

You should be able to lift hand baggage into overhead storage compartments yourself.

Ally

Thanks Snapzzz :D

I enjoyed watching that. I thought you did very well to ski down those icy bits holding up your camera on a pole. And even when you fell over you managed to do it gracefully and film yourself falling over (without damaging the camera!).

Was that run a red or a blue?

Ally