J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by ise

Wanderer wrote:

Here is a short video taken by me doing a slalom course that was left unattended in Villard Reclusaz. A bit of fun, though Bode Miller can rest easy :wink:

brilliant :D

Ian Wickham wrote:When in Switzerland I have tried the wine and very good it has been too, but I found this beer site and I wondered if any
of you boys and girls out there could recommend some of the Weiss beers, now I'm not a total idiot about weiss beer as in a passed life I used to sell
them for a living so I'm not looking to be educated but advised. Over to you connoisseurs 8)

http://www.swissbeer.ch/swiss.shtml

not much of a website :D I particularly like :

I'm amazed on how many holy convents with beer brewing monks seem to exist in Switzerland.

personally I'd be amazed at any monks in a convent whether they're brewing beer or not :lol:

Pablo Escobar wrote:I am guessing being waterproof is the minimum requirement especially for a boarder. Can't help you out with your specific gloves but I have had a few pairs of Hestra gloves now and would never use anything else. Brand loyalty and all that. I have the Army Leather Short XCR and they are excellent. Probably a little more than you want to spend though.

nothing but Hestra for me either. They last me three years or so.

but, only the pro' range, the normal range are just normal.

Ian Wickham wrote:

LM wrote:Thanks Amanda :-)

I did enjoy it,wish I was still there.

Ha Ha LM, your back and I'm going to Adelboden, dont you know., Tally ho :mrgreen:

we were on the other side of that valley yesterday : http://snowslider.net/2009/03/02/jaunpass-snowshoeing/

Holmfirth is where they film Last of the Summer Wine, the 4 Inns start is at Holmbridge church, or church hall where most of the competitors spend the night, and the finish in Harper Hill college, Buxton where competitors also spend the night.

What was remarkable in 1964 was that conditions were entirely predictable and in no way unusual for the area or time of year, it may have changed quickly on the day but that's pretty normal on those moors. The race organisers were exposed as having no emergency planning in place and allowing ill prepared young people onto the hill. This led to the formation of the Peak District mountain rescue teams, of which I was later a member, and rules being established requiring teams to carry equipment to spend a night out on the moors and making sure teams didn't become too spaced out on the hill.

It's disappointing current teams can't get around in a decent time though, unless the rules have recently changed to make them carry bricks and wear flip-flops it's a poor state of affairs they're two hours slower than we were in the '80's :lol:

The best day skiing?

Tomorrow of course, always tomorrow.

Dave Mac wrote:Where did you start Ise? It may be that the route differs now, since two lads died on one of my efforts. The Scout Association took fright.

I know, those events led directly to the formation of the Peak District Mountain Rescue Team. But, neither the location of the Nags Head at Edale nor the Pennine Way route have altered so it doesn't trace much of the same route.

Dave Mac wrote:I have no doubts about the 50 miles. At that time, mid-sixties, the course record was held by Roger Grimshaw of Manchester Uni team. Think he was around seven and a half hours.

not quite, in 1966 on an alternate course a time of 7.5 hours was set. The record on the real course, 40 or 44 miles but not 50, was around 8hrs 30min until my days in the 80's where teams pushed it down to 8 hours and finally below. The current record stands from 1989 still and those guys were unbeatable in the 80's :D

Current times are over 9 hours for a winner apparently which is frankly disappointing, the youth today are desperately unfit :roll:

Telemark Pyrennes are pretty good, with you all being in the EU it's a breeze. Their recent emails have some good deals.

Isn't this all for the little people (**) though? :lol: haven't you got some pro' deals?



** calm down, calm down, it was a joke :D