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I have a lower leg and foot shaped like this - L A ski sock is shaped like this - L A tube sock is shaped like this - | 8) If you bend a tube sock, then one side has to stretch (round your heel) and one side will bunch up (above and ahead of your ankle). At best you have to compromise the fit of your boot to include the sock, at worst you'll be interfering with the circulation in the upper part of your foot; either of which will take your foot to dark places where you can't ski as well. Please please please buy a good pair of fairly thin ski socks and ski in them for a day. If you honestly can't tell the difference then it will be because the tubes have already done irreparable damage to your feet... :shock: ...but most likely you'll put the tubes in the bin and never go back. :D |
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Hold on a minute... yep, that's it... No problem - I've just fixed the temperature machine to deliver plunging temperatures and, oh look, more precipitation... overnight on the 7th it will get much colder... probably for most of the following week. Will that be ok? Where can I send the invoice? (p.s. Oi, Ellistine, I fixed the bluebird conditions for ya - where's the pictures?) |
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Fixed it for you... :wink: |
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I'm gutted. I was all ready to go yomping up the nearest hill for some lines today but we've got a measly 10cm (so far) way down in East Sussex... got to build a couple of snow-men though so I'm (moderately) happy! 8) |
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Says the bloke who's too posh to fly easyJet with the rest of us... :roll: Steve - Val d'Isere is a good punt with good skiing and some top class hotels and chalets, but likely to be very busy mid-February. Verbier is great but, TBH, is horribly crowded at half-term. Megeve may be less busy but certainly has the sort of accommodation and service I think you're after. You're unlikely to be able to avoid the half-term crowds completely but a smaller, more traditional resort will be less mobbed than the big ones. If you're keen on going by train you might also consider Eurostar to Paris, have a night there and then TGV to Geneva (or various other destinations). Geneva will give you a huge choice of resorts, and a number of private and heli transfer operators to choose from. I know there is an operator in The Aravis area who do bespoke chalet holidays; can't recall their name but will come back to you... |
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And the larger your pictures, the smaller your tackle... 8) Great pictures Ross but would you mind posting smaller versions, with links to the large versions? Please............ |
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Having just picked up a signal in East Sussex that my M2 reckons is about 35 metres away... I'm inclined to err on the side of caution and switch my phone off (I mean when in the mountains, not right now... 8) ...even though there is currently almost a centimetre of snow on the car), and always have done.
A straw poll of the manufacturers does yield the following... From the Ortovox M2 Manual :-
From the Barryvox Manual :-
From the ARVA Evolution Manual :-
From the Pieps Freeride Manual :-
That's not exhaustive, of course, but those models together must cover a significant number of the transceivers in use. Given that a lot of modern smart-phones now use Wifi as well as mobile spectrum I find it hard to believe that interference can be eliminated completely. I'm open to being convinced but it does appear that the manufacturers feel they're playing safe with the advice above. |
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Looks fantastic... although looks like you had crap weather... :lol:
What altitude is that? |
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