J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by ise

washing desert out of my gear :lol:

bandit wrote:

I have seen way too many unhappy folks digging this winter, some of them at it for hours. We need Transceivers that will pick a reflection from skis.

mostly, and I know this is obvious, they're looking in the wrong place :lol: People don't always realise how a ski moves in snow and their search patterns are hopeless, not having shovels and probes doesn't help really either.

bandit wrote:I don't own any powder traces, after ise heaped scorn on them and their users a while ago :mrgreen:

How times change :D

to be honest they are a bit of a waste of time though :D I thought the primary function was to intimidate other people about how hardcore the user was :D

In avalanche terrain I'm still not comfortable with them and the prospect of being caught up with your kit. Nearer the piste you might save time, needless to say, on the rare times I've worn them I've not released a ski let alone lost one.

Pablo Escobar wrote:

ise wrote:Even I have started to wear powder trails :D

Neon green? 8)

yup, but much worse they've got "SNOW and ROCK" written on them, I'm sure I've another pair somewhere with something less naff on them like "I'M A PUNTER" or similar :lol:

you should go to Glenshee, I've heard it's very good.

Why Chambery? Why not start getting flights and take it from there? I thought you were flexible on dates as a student?

I don't think a ski will take long burial really, water/ice/snow will find the way into the ski and freeze/thaw will then trash it. So, your chances or recovering a good ski in the summer is a bit remote.

There's been a lot of epic digging going in recently :D Even I have started to wear powder trails :D

OldNevada wrote:Sorry Bandit :shock:

ask your photographer to set her exposure compensation to at least 1 1/2 stops higher than what the meter is dictating, then we could pick out image's details better. Gar

I wouldn't do that :lol: The image will be nothing other than over-exposed, it's an old, old piece of advice that's never really applied to digital cameras anyway. It's just repeated enough that it sounds quite plausible. In fact, it's so distorted you can find people sagely advising to reduce a couple of stops to deal with the high light which is funny.

What people may find works is setting landscape mode on point and shoot digital cameras on the slopes rather than auto (for this tip = no charge) :D

It's pretty interesting this on first read but when you think about it then not a lot has changed for the UK skier. Mostly their insurance is still invalid off-piste unless they're with a properly qualified guide regardless of how (over) equipped they happen to be. That you can be fined 250 euros is new of course.

It's all good though, there's still too many people skiing off-piste without proper equipment. I saw people the other week, because it's holiday time, entirely unequipped and apparently oblivious to the risk (3 or considerable) heading onto dangerous slopes.

For number crunching, 250 euros will buy you a transceiver, probe and shovel from Telemark Pyrenees which is a better deal than a fine :lol: