J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by tino_11

Okay, here's what I would suggest...

Cable Car to Testa Grigia
Red 36 onto Blue 39 and 40 to Trockener Steg
Go past Trockener Steg and immediately down to left onto the 6 man Furggsattel Gletscherban
Long Red 20b all the way to Furgg
Take a minute or two for photo's or whatever then hit the Black 16 to Furi and have some lunch at the large mountain hut there (I forget the name, but the Wallaiser Rosti is excellent). There should be good snow, so you will be good but this run can be challenging in May when the melting snow causes landslides.

http://www.ski-zermatt.com/features/zermatt-skimap.html


From there you can decide if you want to explore Zermatt or head back up the Kleine Matterhorn to ski the fantastic Red 7 back to Cervinia.

Enjoy, I am tres jealous!!

ir12daveor wrote:

tino_11 wrote:

ir12daveor wrote:

tino_11 wrote:Does that happen to you as well, I thought it was just me :D

Seriously though, I do see your point and maybe I did not explain well enough, but I do feel strongly that protection has the ability to make certain people behave irresponibly in the first place. Not only in skiing but in a diverse range of activities from motoring to sex.

Certainly, but even riding within your limits does not mean you can't have an accident. After all that's what an accident is!

So everyone should live in bungalows then to prevent injury or death due to stair use?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/790609.stm

Great argument... comparing apples and oranges again. :?

The post was a little facitious, but it's turned into a converstion on risk management as much as wearing a helmet. There are a plethora of ways we can get into accidents that we don't protect ourselves against. I have nothing against helmets but do maintain some people may be lured into a sitation they are not equipped for by the use of protective equipment, therefore simply putting on a helmet may not be the most effective way of reducing risk of an accident.

Trencher wrote:

tino_11 wrote:

Seriously though, I do see your point and maybe I did not explain well enough, but I do feel strongly that protection has the ability to make certain people behave irresponibly in the first place. Not only in skiing but in a diverse range of activities from motoring to sex.

Conversely, If you are frightened to fall, you won't learn as quickly.

Trencher

Hmmmm, I see your point, but if you are not frightened of anything then you will die very quickly.

ir12daveor wrote:

tino_11 wrote:Does that happen to you as well, I thought it was just me :D

Seriously though, I do see your point and maybe I did not explain well enough, but I do feel strongly that protection has the ability to make certain people behave irresponibly in the first place. Not only in skiing but in a diverse range of activities from motoring to sex.

Certainly, but even riding within your limits does not mean you can't have an accident. After all that's what an accident is!

So everyone should live in bungalows then to prevent injury or death due to stair use?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/790609.stm

Does that happen to you as well, I thought it was just me :D

Seriously though, I do see your point and maybe I did not explain well enough, but I do feel strongly that protection has the ability to make certain people behave irresponibly in the first place. Not only in skiing but in a diverse range of activities from motoring to sex.

Ah well, I am in Scotland till Sunday so unlikely to se you there ) Gonna head for Grindelwald on the 15th for the weekend to see the Lauberhornrennen and get a couple ofdays sliding done. The weekend after is a very disting possibility.

BTW Southwest Germany are expecting a decent amount of snow over the next couple of days, more than is predicted here by all local sources http://www.j2ski.com/snow_forecast/Germany/Feldberg_snow.html

ir12daveor wrote:

I road bike and mountain bike a lot. I would never dream about not wearing a helmet on the bikes. In many cases I am travel at about the same speed on skis or a snowboard as on the bikes and very often in the same areas with the same things to hit your head on. Just because the ground is covered in a layer of snow doesn't mean all danger to your head magically disappears.

I don't mountain bike a great deal, but I do ride the road and on trails through the Black Forest. I had an accident this June, breaking my right collarbone and putting a 3cm fracture in my skull. I was not wearing a helmet when the back wheel decided it wanted to be in front of the front wheel and I came off backwards. I spent a week in hospital being treated for pain whilst having CT and MRI on my head as they had detected a large swelling on the front left part of my brain(about 4 cm in witdth) which is gone now. Funnily enough had I not have had a head injury and the subsequent brain scan I would not have known about something potentially more worrying and serious. Now I do, and at least I can act accordingly.

I also went to Chile 2 weeks later with both injuries, and snowboarded for 8 days. This actually made me a far better snowboarder as I was acutely aware of what a little fall could do and I adjusted my style and behaviour accordingly. I fell once when a panicky skier pulled me over getting off a chairlift, but apart from that I had a fantastice week getting shot of my bad habits and slowing down a great deal. I have not snowboarded as I used to since.

I still do not wear a helmet snowboarding or cycling, and have no immediate plans to do so. It's all about having your boundaries and listening to your instincts. Humans have lost the natural sense of instinct due to being wrapped in cotton wool and having risk removed from thier lives. This makes them a bad judge of risk in many situations. Knowing your limits, listening to your inner voice, and acting accordinly is far more valuable in my opinion.

Man, I have used that cable car soo many times and in the conditions described. I would be interested to know what the fault was that caused it in the first place. Helicopter airlift looked fun.