Messages posted by : AllyG
Yes, we were really lucky with the weather and the snow. Lovely sunshine on the second and third days and plenty of snow :D Ally |
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I couldn't get those liners and insoles back into my boots :cry:
It was much too hard. Luckily, I didn't have to go to London or Courchevel to get them sorted, I just asked my husband to do it for me. Being married to a very strong farmer with an aptitude for mechanical problems does come in handy sometimes :D I don't think I will be trying that again, though. I'll go and buy some of those special drying whatsits instead. Ally |
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I've double checked the dimensions of the Scott Rosa skis, and on the Scott website they say they are only 86mm wide at the waist on the 168 size that I was using, not 89.
Scott also say they have 'supreme stability': http://www.scott-sports.com/us_en/category/9816/skis Plus some other stuff I don't understand, like 'dual radius'. You can see what the conditions were like in this TDC video of two other guests from our chalet taken on the morning of the second day. http://www.youtube.com/thedevelopmentcentre Ally |
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It's just a pity that their link goes to the locked thread, and not this one.
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I have now added a new symptom of 'altitude sickness' to my list - bloodshot eyes.
I'd noticed it before, but put it down to getting suncream in my eyes. However, this time I noticed my eyes were bloodshot before putting any on. The same thing happened to my daughter as well (at Tignes) and the curious thing is that about an hour after we'd been driving off the mountain back to Geneva our eyes returned to normal. I asked the optician about it, and he said that it was due to a shortage of oxygen in the eye, and that in response to this the tiny blood vessels were dilating to get more oxygen through the surface of my eye. I didn't know that my eyes could get oxygen from the air! Also, someone else from our chalet was so badly affected by the altitude up the mountain that she couldn't speak - which alarmed her quite considerably so she came down. Ally |
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If it was me, I'd need my French grammar and dictionary, and about a hundredweight of my particular muesli brand.
We found an English shop somewhere, possibly Bourg St Maurice, selling all the things demanded by expats, but they were very expensive. Maybe a French cookery book, written in English? We never seem able to find any cheddar cheese for our sauces, but we generally make do with whatever alternative hard cheese they have available. Ally |
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It actually felt like the skis were too soft and became unstable at speed. But I am quite willing to consider that it was my technique that was at fault, rather than the skis themselves. As I said, I've never used skis as wide as those before.
Ian, I would have thought the chalet guys would have maintained the edges on the skis, because all the kit was new/nearly new and they were hoping to sell it to us. If there any BASI level 4 skiers out there looking for a job, TDC Tignes just sent me an e-mail saying they are looking for an instructor. I looked on the BASI site and it said you can pass level one in 5 days but level 4 takes between 3 and 5 years. So I think it will be a while before I am applying myself :lol: Ally |
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Ian,
What do you mean, the ski set up? |
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