Messages posted by : AllyG
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I'm not going (because I'm too busy) but I had a look, out of curiosity, at Ski Total's prices.
9th Jan 2011 - chalet Kamanga, Zermatt, 3 star plus £569 from Gatwick, with some extras, like 2 for 1 ski and boot hire, free 1 hr ski lesson on Monday, a couple of free places for groups depending on group size, and I'm not sure but I also think they do 3 days of ski hosting as well. I will probably be able to manage 2012, if anyone's planning that far ahead :D Edit Oops :oops: Just noticed Stewart had this chalet down on previous page, for £500 but doesn't say with which T.O. Ally |
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Scarlet Fez, No-one has ever accused me of being too quiet. I was wibbling before I could walk :D Bandit, I hope you get your plane, or a substitute okay. Ally |
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Hi Knapdog,
I'm sorry to hear your son broke his arm - and after you'd booked a ski holiday as well! But at least it sounds as though it's healing well :D My biggest concern, from the practical point of view, is whether he's going to be able to get back up after he's fallen over. Has he learnt how to ski on an artificial slope here? Or is he totally new to it? If he could ski well already I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be a problem. Total beginners usually fall over a lot. So I suppose that's two worries really - will it hurt his arm when he falls over, and will he be able to get back up after he's fallen? In order to get back up after you fall over you need to use both your arms to push yourself up, usually using ski sticks, although you can do it without one if you're fit enough. I suppose if he's fairly light, and you're reasonably strong, and you're in the same lessons you could lift him up, but you'll probably find it difficult seeing as you're a beginner as well. The instructors don't usually pick adults up when they fall over, although I suppose in his case they might make an exception. I don't think the arm would interfere with his actual ski-ing. It's perfectly possible to ski without using ski poles, and in fact in the early stages of learning you generally only use them to push yourself back up when you fall over and to pole yourself along on the flat. I suppose you could ring the ski school and see what they say about it. And he could have a go seeing if he can push himself up when he's sitting on the floor (although it is quite a bit harder on skis). I have just thought of something else - the drag lift. He'd have to grab the pole with one arm if his wrist is too weak to use the other one. It's easy enough to do it with one arm, but it's just another complication when you're learning how to use one. Let us know what you decide to do, and if you do go I hope you have a great time :D Ally |
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Hi Eggman,
Glad to hear you're safely back, and the toe held up okay after the operation, even if it is a bit sore. Where are you planning on going for your next 'snow fix'? :D Ally |
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Hi TonyJohnson,
I tried that wax out a few weeks ago, if you mean the liquid one that comes in a tin. If my experience is anything to go by, just be a bit careful using it to begin with, until you're used to it. This is what happened to me. I found my skis too slow (K2 T.Nine 1.67m and I'm 5 foot 10) and I was having to schuss and pole just to keep up with the others in my lesson on the flat. My daughter had the same skis and she found hers too slow as well. Anyway, after my morning lesson I took my skis back to the hire shop and said they were too slow and could they wax them for me. They said 'yes' but they needed time to wax them and they wanted them overnight, but I said I wanted them after lunch, so they put this oil type wax on with a cloth. I tried ski-ing on them after lunch in my afternoon lesson, and I had a terrible shock :shock: It was just like trying to ski on a pair of snakes, and unfortunately for me we went straight down a black run and I must have looked a real sight, trying to ski on them, because my ski instructor said a whole lot of stuff in rapid French which I didn't understand (I rather think he was laughing at me because I told him I'd had them waxed). Luckily for me, as the afternon continued the oil/wax came off (plus I suppose I got used to it) and I could ski okay again. I have had my skis waxed with real wax in the past, and never had this problem, so I reckon it was something to do with the oil/wax. Anyway, it taught me a lesson. I'd much rather put up with my skis being a bit slow than try to ski on snakes :lol: So, best of luck with using that oil/wax. I hope you like snakes :D Seriously, though, I suppose it would be okay as long as you gave yourself time to adjust to the new slipperiness of the skis, and didn't try to go straight down a black run. Ally |
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I don't have many photos, sorry. Here are a few from our holiday in Obergurgl three years ago (which I have put up before, sorry everyone). If you click on them, they get bigger. We didn't have a camera for our latest holiday.
The single man chair lift up to the Hohe Mut was very old, query fifty years old, and I believe it's now been replaced. It was very slow, and the year we went to Obergurgl there was very little snow (although enough to ski on) and they'd closed the black run down, so they made everyone take their skis off at the bottom before they got on the lift. The result of this was that you had to run, in your ski boots, when you got off, along the wooden decking so that you didn't get hit by the chair. There was a great view from up there, and a lovely restaurant of the small wooden hut variety. The blue run is the one down from the Festkogl gondola, that we took every morning to get from our hotel (the Crystal) at the entrance to the village, to the ski school in the centre. It is a very long run. Early in the morning it used to be like ski-ing on corrugated concrete at the top, and we were amongst the first up there. And the last one is of the slope where the ski school used to meet. It used to get very busy there at lunchtime, and at the end of the day, because most people came back down off the mountain via that route. Ally 
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Thanks Ian,
Never mind about the holiday being nearly over - once you get home you can start planning the next one :D Ally |
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Thanks Johntin, for keeping us updated. Best of luck with it,
Ally |
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