Messages posted by : randyrat
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I agree too really...unfortunately as I only get to go for one week a year (boo hoo) it doesn't make sense for me personally. After several years I finally cracked and bought a good pair of boots which are worth their weight in gold though...and I would recommend this to anyone with more than a passing interest. Compared to hire boots it's like wearing carpet slippers....
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Well, for a single weeks skiing, having your own means £35 carriage, £20 service, whatever percentage of the purchase cost (Say £300 divided over five years, so £60 a year). Thats £105 by my calculator. I can rent the best brand new pair for £70 for the week. And if they break, or I don't like them, or I want to try a different type, or I want them rewaxed, I take them back to the shop. OK, if you're going for three weeks at a trot, the sums sway in favour of having your own skis, but are you really saying you are going to keep your skis for the rest of your skiing life?
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I agree...buy a good set of boots, properly fitted, and they'll do you for years.
Don't bother with the skis. They're not dear to rent, and you can get the latest models. A friend of mine takes his own skis every year. They're now about seven years old, the shape is old hat, and they don't perform anything like the newer rental ones. He pays through the eyes for flight carriage, struggles to cart them through the airport along with the rest of his kit, and on top of that has to get them serviced every year. And if he breaks them, he'll have to cough up for new or rented anyway. I just can't see the sense in it myself. Unless you're skiing ten times a year, and travel by car there's little point. Good boots though...that's the key. Get the boots right and your whole world chages for the better.... |
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A good metre or two snow base, a nice two foot dump the evening before arrival, bluebird skies and no wind from dawn till dusk every day, then a foot of snow every night for the whole week....awesome!
Just a dream unfortunately, but will be putting it in my wish list for 3V, Jan 21-28 whilst doing the snow dance on Sunday. Fingers crossed! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :D :D :mrgreen: :mrgreen: |
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It's probably only a matter of time before helmets become compulsory anyway, so enjoy the debate while you can...
For my own part, a small backflip following accidental reverse snowplough on a red in the 3V, resulting in me landing head first on ice was all the encouragement I needed to wear a helmet in future....that and the moronic out of control french "lady" who smashed into me, then swore at me before carrying on, without a word of apology... Get over it, wear a helmet, that's the message...it's not just about what YOU can run into...it's also about what can run into you... |
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Anyone know how available wifi is in bars in the 3V? Specifically in bars or restaurants in Bruyeres, Les Menuires?
Just so we can group skype back home once full of drink.....the missus will just love that.... :lol: |
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Maybe you're right...it was a nice wide steep run which ran very quickly into a narrow steep gulley full of lumps and downed skiers...by narrow I mean sort of twenty feet or so....and steep sided, funelling everyone into the middle....mayhem....
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Didn't intentionally use the Face.....it just happened that way....it's the most awful piste; steep, icy, usually littered with bodies of the fallen.... mind you, that tight steep gulley towards La Daille is on even par with it when it comes down to bodies....now that is truly awful!
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