J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by bandit

Variable, I have a fleece Bodywarmer, which I like..just put a new front zip in, because the plastic zip teeth parted :roll:

Purchased a thermal top last winter, which feels good, but the material is too fragile and snags on pretty well everything. Happy that I paid 50% less than list price.

Snapzzz wrote:

Left my house at 7:15 for work and returned at 6:45pm.....hardly a lie on the couch.

Which is your regular level of activity and is fine if you want to retain your current weight and body shape.

Snapzzz wrote:

bedrock barney wrote:So, how much exercise have you put in today then snapzzz?

NONE.

My App says i need to rest today after yesterdays exertion.
Dont mock the app, the app knows best.
:-)

Ps....i still ache.

A rest day is where you take light exercise (like an hours walk) not lie on the sofa -)

Snapzzz wrote:

OldAndy wrote:Premature IMHO.

You haven't seen my moobs.....gonna take 6 months to shift these.

It may read as a little cruel..but

SHOW US THE MOOBS :P

I think you are trying to do too much to start with.

Snapzzz wrote:

SwingBeep wrote:

It would appear that the court decided that the husband was the de facto leader and was therefore responsible for his wife's actions.

IMHO that is crazy.

I have been put in this de facto leader position within a group, with me having inferior skiing ability, but superior local knowledge. It's bloody uncomfortable. The people I was with got hissy when I showed them a slope but said I would not go down it because of the time of day (aspect/exposure).

I don't think it's crazy, but commonsense. He had the most experience.

The European Courts are starting to take notice of poor and irresponsible off piste behaviour. Earlier this year, a French Prosecutor wanted a 5 year ban for 2 ESF Instructors, after the Orelle Avalanche, which killed an ESF client.

Details at PisteHors, the outcome is at the bottom of the page.

http://pistehors.com/news/ski/comments/1046-prosecutor-wants-to-ban-instructors-for-5-years/

OldAndy wrote:Tragic.
Absolutely tragic.

I think the Court is right.

I'm assuming that the phrase "avalanche detector" means Transceiver BTW.

Why did he follow her down the slope...

Without doing equipment checks, which would have shown she was not wearing her Transceiver?

Without agreeing a strategy for the slope. He skied above her, either directly or at an angle.

Without waiting for her to reach an island of safety?

If the slope was sufficiently unstable to be set off by 1 skier, the local weather and slope information would have indicated the risk. They still went.

From the Austrian Independent Newspaper....

A husband has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter after he set off an avalanche in which his wife subsequently died as they were on a ski tour in Obertauern, Austria in winter 2010.

The court in Linz, Austria, yesterday found the 65-year-old guilty of the charges after deciding he had set off the avalanche.

His wife, aged 58, had set off first down the slope and then he had followed down the steep off piste slope; but his movement triggered the avalanche which swept his wife to her death on the 2,228 metre high Sichelwand at the Obertauern ski resort.

The man had tried in vain to dig out his wife who was stuck under one metre of snow. When rescuers managed to free her she was already dead. She had massive head injuries and her mouth was full of snow.

In Autumn 2011 the husband was sentenced a three month suspended sentence for involuntary manslaughter. The court told him he should have realized the danger and should not have gone down the mountain, nor allowed his wife to do so.

The man appealed the sentence, and his legal team argued that his wife took the responsibility herself to go down the mountain and she would have been aware of the danger. The woman had her avalanche detector switched off in her rucksack. However the court has now rejected the appeal.

The decision proved very controversial amongst mountain rescue experts who claimed it linked being an alpinist to a criminal offence and took away the element of personal responsibility.

http://austrianindependent.com/news/General_News/2012-06-15/11467/Suspended_jail_for_husband_that_killed_wife_in_avalanche

TOG 24 stuff any good? Started by User in Ski Chatter, 8 Replies
Variable, I have a fleece Bodywarmer, which I like..just put a new front zip in, because the plastic zip teeth parted :roll: Purchased a thermal top last winter, which feels good, but the material is too fragile and snags on pretty well everything. Happy that I paid 50% less than list price.

Jesus....i'm dying. Started by Snapzzz in Ski Fitness, 130 Replies, discussing La Plagne and Tignes
Snapzzz wrote: Left my house at 7:15 for work and returned at 6:45pm.....hardly a lie on the couch. Which is your regular level of activity and is fine if you want to retain your current weight and body shape.

Jesus....i'm dying. Started by Snapzzz in Ski Fitness, 130 Replies, discussing La Plagne and Tignes
Snapzzz wrote: bedrock barney wrote:So, how much exercise have you put in today then snapzzz? NONE. My App says i need to rest today after yesterdays exertion. Dont mock the app, the app knows best. :-) Ps....i still ache. A rest day is where you take light exercise (like an hours walk) not lie on the sofa -)

Jesus....i'm dying. Started by Snapzzz in Ski Fitness, 130 Replies, discussing La Plagne and Tignes
Snapzzz wrote: OldAndy wrote:Premature IMHO. You haven't seen my moobs.....gonna take 6 months to shift these. It may read as a little cruel..but SHOW US THE MOOBS :P I think you are trying to do too much to start with.

Suspended jail for husband that killed wife in avalanche Started by User in Avalanche Safety, 27 Replies
The European Courts are starting to take notice of poor and irresponsible off piste behaviour. Earlier this year, a French Prosecutor wanted a 5 year ban for 2 ESF Instructors, after the Orelle Avalanche, which killed an ESF client. Details at PisteHors, the outcome is at the bottom of the page. http://pistehors.com/news/ski/comments/1046-prosecutor-wants-to-ban-instructors-for-5-years/

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