J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Dave Mac

Tony_H wrote:Love to, but i cant cook!!!

That never seemed to worry any of the house people in any chalet I stayed in. :shock:

Mike from NS wrote:

I agree to a point with who's fault it is but really it isn't the American people's fault but really the blame sits at the feet of the soon to be gone (thank God) leader.

Mike, I am afraid that I do not agree with you. Both Bush and Blair offered themselves up for re-election at points in time, well after the initiation of hostilities.

In both cases the electorate returned them to power, in the full knowledge that the WOMD were just a lie.

If you/we know your politicians are lying to you, and you also know that the result of those lies have cost the lives of hundreds of British people, and thousands of American people, (and a few hundred thousand other innocents), and the electorate still vote for them?....

Tony_H is half right. He just missed the fact that the British are to blame as well.

Hi greycat,

Messner put a view on the Mallory/Irvine attempt. Mallory had been seen through the cloud by an observer. His body, when it was found, had fallen from a higher point. Higher still, there was a 25 metre sheer wall, that in Messner's view was of the highest difficulty for modern equipped climbers. Indeed most climbers had used the Chinese-installed ladders.

The point that Messner put was that the equipment used by Mallory was of it's time, and included Tweed jacket, and more importantly, nailed boots.

Since the presentation, my son has pursued the point, and it would appear that the general view among the climbing fraternity, is that if you don't get back safely, it doesn't count. Seems a trifle harsh, but that is the view.

Messner did say that Mallory and Irvine had made one of the greatest strides in climbing, in that they were the first of the high alpine climbers.

I mentioned Messner setting up a series of climbing museums. He recently bought at auction the binoculars belonging to Mallory, they were found besde the body.

As a final point, Kodak have said that in the event that the Kodak camera is found, they would be able to retrieve evidence of reaching the summit, should it be there.

Tony_H wrote:

Dave Mac wrote:I'm very happy not to have N on any list.

We don't want the lift queues growing do we? :wink:

No I dont. Unless you want a ski full of snow down your neck.....

Well. I see the N,, Gondola queue will be enhanced by one in three weeks time. :wink:

I'm very happy not to have N on any list.

We don't want the lift queues growing do we? :wink:

That looked good tima. Good basic technique.

Everyone has a dominant side, although the difference grows less as speed and ability improve. It then starts to grow again as age, joint injuries, and fitness move against us. :cry:

You have a beautifully fluent right turn, and confidently used that left hand bank to good effect, after you came on to the main piste. The left turn is less dominant, there were three or four contributing factors.

So you chose a part of the piste which gave you best use of terrain for your right turn. Good angulation, and you could shoot off the bank. But that choice of terrain then made the left turn slightly more difficult. Remember, we are only talking margins here. On the first slope, your fifth turn demonstrates this well, you were trying to turn as the ground moved away from you.

So, if I might respectfully suggest two things that might offer good mind set learnings. Each of these go either side of your video run.

1) Terrain. You will be limited as to where you can use this exercise. Look for a ridge to ski down, and I am referring to the slightest of ridges. Then ski down that ridge regardless of whether it is down or across the fall line, or bending. As you cross the ridge, your ski unweights, and the back slope is set for your next turn. You can feel this.

2) Rhythm. Choose an easier slope than that on the video. Best start early, you want as empty a slope as possible. Stand at the top. Fix your eyes on an object at the bottom, say 200/400 meters away. Set off straight for it. Then regardless of terrain, get into a rhythm bounce, and keep a uniform rhythm straight through the run. Do several runs, varying from short swings to long turns, but always keep a rhythm. Whistle, sing, yodel, but keep a rhythm.

What we are aiming to do here, is minimise the concious difference between between left and right. In both cases, you are being prevented from favouring a particular direction.

Good confident skiing though.

Green suit. You are clearly ahead of your time. :twisted:

Two large Germknodels, side by side. :shock:

We do things so well in this country...... :twisted: