J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by AllyG

Hi Knapdog,
I'm glad you both had a good holiday, and the arm wasn't a problem :D

It's a pity you both hurt yourselves, and I hope they're minor injuries, but at least you only lost one day of ski-ing.

I'm sure you'll be back on the slopes as soon, and as often as you can - it's a highly addictive sport :D

Ally

ParalyticSkiCrazie wrote: :D Tino & future Missis!! Shopping for a ring in Zermatt?? Thats gotta hurt financially - last time I was there I could barely afford a meal :oops: that was thirty years ago mind.

Best of luck Tino :D

I hope the ring is still there when you go back and your fiancee likes it as well.

I'm much to mean to ever think about buying a ring somewhere like Zermatt. I bought and paid for my engagement ring myself (not because my future husband refused to pay, but more as a feminist thing) and I got one in a pawn shop on Kilburn High Road in London for about £10. Anyway, it all worked out okay, because that was about 29 years ago and we're still married now.

So, judging by my experience, what matters is getting one that your OH likes (because she's going to be the one wearing it), not the cost, and if she likes the one in Zermatt then go for it, and I hope she's still wearing it in 29 years time :D

Ally

Hi Tony,
Thanks :D
that's what I was hoping as well.

But what really pushed me into going to all this trouble and expense to buy new boots and cart them about is because of my toe. I mean, I very carefully picked the best fitting boot in the hire shop, so my foot shouldn't have been able to move enough in the boot to hurt my toe like that.

I was back and fore to my surgery twice a week to get the toe cleaned and dressed for four weeks, and after that I had to continue dressing it myself. And now, yesterday, the whole toenail fell off. And the nurse has warned me that the nail may never recover properly - I may have one of those horrible-looking thick or bent toe-nails, and have to spend the rest of my life going to the chiropodist - or else buy the tools and do it myself, like Ian with his ski maintenance :lol:

It is a very good thing that I am only a cleaner and landlady by occupation, and not a model, or a danser or anything :lol:

I am hoping now that they can still do a boot fitting minus one of of my toe-nails. I might give them a ring on Monday to check. I am going to London anyway, on family business, and I was hoping to get the boot fitting done at the same time.

Ally

I'm very pleased to hear it GetJim, you had me really worried for a bit then ... :D

Hi Medskis,
So - you've definitely decided on the Hotel Le Montana. At least that's one less thing to worry about :D

I've been on the TGV from Moutiers to Paris, and I do seem to remember a lot of steps, down and up, because I think it's the middle platform. The Eurostar train from Moutiers to London runs on the track right next to the station so all you have to do is walk out the door and you're on the right platform.

I didn't see a lift anywhere either. Maybe if you get there early enough you could help each other with your luggage. I had to do that once, travelling across London on the underground with a lot of luggage, a broken shoulder, my husband with a bad back, and my elderly mother with a new hip. I had to walk up and down lots of steps carrying a suitcase with my good arm, and then going back for another one. It's quite 'doable' it just takes a bit longer.

Best Wishes for your holiday,

Ally

getjim wrote:I didn't think the Hari Kiri looked as ominous as all the PR makes it out to be. It's a very short run with only the middle third being the very steep difficult bit.

GetJim,
I'm quite sure it's much too hard for me, should I ever happen to be anywhere near it. I've seen photos of it and looks like :shock: :shock: :shock:

Next ski holiday I'm going to find myself a nice gentle black with some baby moguls on it - nothing at all like that Hari Kiri - I'm too young to die :lol:

Ally

Thanks Huard and Alistair :D

I am hoping for a big improvement in my ski-ing, once I have my new boots. It would be great if my problem with foot/ski turning on the top of moguls was down to badly fitting hired boots.

I do have very narrow feet (I always used to be a B width size when Clarks measured my feet as a child), but other than that I think my feet are okay - I haven't got flat feet, bunnions or anything else that I can think of.

The damage to my big toe that happened during my last ski holiday was under the toenail, not on the end of the toe. Which is interesting, because it looks as though the point of trauma was above my foot, i.e. my foot must have travelled up vertically in my boot (presumably during one of my many falls) and whacked my big toe hard enough to break it and create a haematoma under the nail (which was lanced by the doctor in Casualty).

Anyway, it will be interesting to hear what the boot fitters say about my feet. I think they also test the biomechanics of the ankle joint etc. so maybe they will find a problem here as well.

I will write a full report up about my experience when I get back, so everyone can judge for themselves whether they think the £150 for the specialist boot fitting is worth it or not.

Ally

Thanks Pablo,
Maybe I will buy some thinner socks in the shop. I'm hoping that these boots will last for years, and years, and years ... (like Dave Mac's skis)

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