J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by bandit

Grimentz Village this morning 8)

Only one of the resorts is actually in France though )

If you are a Hillfrog, you don't get an allowance for a Helmet???

Winter sports equipment
A or B
A: 1 helmet, 1 pair of ski boots, 1 pair of ski sticks, 1 pair of skis
B: 1 snowboard, 1 pair of snowboard boots

:shock:

Far Queue wrote:Ooo, now there is a thought.

I would not mind betting that if your insurance did not cover you for heli-skiing and you were rescued by helicopter, that at least one insurance company would try to claim that it rendered your policy invalid :twisted:

Why do we have such bad thoughts about our insurance companies? :shock:

Mostly Insurers exist to make money. If they pay out, then they have failed the shareholders, which I guess is why they have teams of Loss Adjusters.
Many of us have had bad experiences, so we are understandably cynical old sods.

So there :P

Iceman wrote:How was it filmed? If I was up there filling my sallos with brown stuff I know I would not be worrying about the film! :shock:

As rescues go, I think this was quite straightforward. I reckon the best one in recent years, was the breakdown of the KM cable car, when the passengers were put on a group set of slings underneath the helicopter and loaded out of the cable car doors. That got filmed by at least one passenger. They were at 3000m+ altitude, best to avoid looking down :shock:

Welcome to J2ski :D

Here's a link to the local Mountain Guides website.

http://bergfuehrer-kitzbuehel.com/freeriden-in-kitzbuhel/

Snapzzz wrote:

john987 wrote:Video of the rescue opened my eyes, never thought they would use a helicopter, always thought the rescuer would harness you up and you would abseil to the ground.
So pleased nobody was hurt in this avalanche, but wonder how long it would take to get everybody off the lift

Maybe the whole area underneath was unstable? Who knows

There may have been more risk from the area where the avalanche originated from, plus some of the terrain underneath the chairlift was buried under the debris, up to and including the base station. Safer to get folks well away from the site.

Far Queue wrote: :shock:

Ouch, was that today? Turning out to be a crazy season :shock:

It was on the 2nd.

Here is a video taken by a skier on the chairlift at the time, showing the rescue underway. Rescuer coming down the lift cable, helicopter standing by.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1A9UZd2LwQ&context=C3fd7050ADOEgsToPDskJDyYrVQsQoGaCDEUMWpy-V