Messages posted by : tino_11
You will need to use the bus in La Plagne if you wanna get around at night. |
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I doubt I can unfortunately. |
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I am off from the 31st December till 10th Jan inclusive.
When do you get into town? The 9th? |
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Just been on the Alpe D'huez website and searched using thier accomodation section and have found 51 rooms available for these 5 days ranging from €369pp to €4560. http://www.alpedhuez.com/hiver/en/alpedhuez-mountain-winter.html |
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If you are worried about February you should get the insurance claim in now. There is going to be a queue of millions who missed out in November, December and January ahead of you. It will be fine.
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Glad we are on the same wavelength Dave. I am also glad Tony put his thoughts up. I must say to Tony though that at one stage I may have been one of the people I am alluding to (to a certain extent). Not deliberately dangerous, but definately one without the experience to know better. I chose to teach myself, and I am very proud of it because I really think I am now an intermediate rider after maybe 60/70 days of experience. I would never claim to be advanced or expert, but am genuinely pleased with my progress.
I started this late in life when I was 31, but I invested in it. Bought my own kit, travelled alone and tried to acheive come summer or winter. Now, I can afford it, but I must pay for it (twice, as tax here is about 50%). Kids, parents and friends who fall into it may not get it like we do. The danger and risk to oneself and others is waived by an E111 and not a thought more is given. In the UK a sailing qualification is voluntary, but respected as one of the best in the world when it comes to ability and employability. This encourages a sense of self worth that a highly regulated or non-regulated system does not. Having a system similar in skiing/snowboarding would do nothing but good. Risk management is all about weighing the risk against benift, all of us understand the benefit on a personal level (i hope), but do we understand the benefit of our potential positive action on others? I am not so sure we do. P.S. I really need to look up benefit in terms of spelling, cos I have looked at it so long I am not sure it begins with B even :shock: |
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I think we are thinking the same way. I would be interested to know how others feel or think. Skiing or snowboarding is a risky sport in my opinion but not an extreme one. One can minimize or maximize depending on ones sensibilities, but the person who understands risk is probably safer than an individual who does not. I have had two collisions, Skidaddle witnessed one which was my fault. The other was being wiped out by a skier and sliding into another, he was aggressive to the point of heart attack with the wrong person.
I like speed and risk. However through choice take myself away from others who might not feel the same. It's nothing more than a pleasure, I get pleasure from risk. 96km on Zermatts piste in about 11 hours shows my love for speed also. When I tire, and subsequently give up. Too much risk. I think there are too many who don't understand risk and therefore cause it. |
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