Messages posted by : AllyG
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What a horrible story! Her poor family. I never would have thought anyone could die from such a minor accident.
I have had concussion twice (falling off my horse as a child), and been hospitalized once with it, and given anti brain bleed drugs. Strangely enough I don't remember any head pain, even though I was knocked unconscious, just confusion and I was staggering about, like a drunk. I was wearing a riding hat at the time, though. I think I am going to have a go wearing a helmet next year, ski-ing. Ally |
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Why don't skiers just wear motorbike helmets then, if they work at higher speeds?
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Well done Eljay - looks great,
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I got my 15 year old daughter to do mine. I don't have a clue how to do it.
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Ise,
I like to make some use of my French lessons - just done another hour and a half today. And something I have noticed about French people is that they're very fussy about manners (please and thank you and remembering to say 'vous' and not 'tu'), so I err on the cautious side. Plus, of course, I'm sure I'm ski-ing much slower than you, so I have more time. Ally |
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Hi AJ,
Thanks for the apology - as you said, sometimes things come out wrong when one types them on the internet. I do go faster now on red runs, but only when I feel confident enough, and I still go slowly on black runs. I like to have enough time to enjoy the view of the mountains. I hate those blue 'roads'. I wish they'd get rid of them all, or at least make a diversionary route around them, so that beginners and experienced skiers wouldn't all have to go down them. They get icy and overcrowded, and they're too hard really for the beginners. I suppose the only good thing about mixing the beginners and the experienced skiers, is that if a beginner falls over, there's usually an experienced skier around to help them up if they're stuck, or find their ski, or whatever. Thanks again, Ally |
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Hi AJ,
I am a very nervous, anxious skier myself, and incredibly safety conscious. I'm generally criticized for going too slowly - in fact I got chucked out of one of my ski classes and sent into the lower group for going too slowly. I said the instructor whizzes past, not I whiz past. The instructors are generally fantastic skiers, and they can ski off the side of the piste, round those poles etc. to safely overtake the beginners on a narrow blue 'road'. And then I am left stuck behind the beginner, afraid to overtake in case there is a collision. Which is why I have developed the technique of letting them know that I wish to overtake them. I ski behind them, and say 'Excusez-moi, je voudrais depasser a droight/gauche' and 'excuse me I would like to overtake on the right/left', and wait to make sure they have understood, before I overtake. If they don't seem to understand, or they're too wobbly and I decide it's not safe, then I stay stuck behind them until the narrow bit ends, and then when I catch up with the rest of my group I explain that I was stuck behind a beginner, and hope I don't get told off too badly for holding everyone up. So I suppose you're right and I shouldn't have said I have 'no option', because clearly I do, and sometimes I do wait. Anyway, you can be reassured that I've never caused a learner to fall over, whereas last year, in Mottaret, I was ski-ing on a blue run, with another member of my ski class beside me, and a total idiot skied in between both of us, hit both of us and made us both fall over, and then skied off without apologizing or stopping to see if we were O.K. Ally |
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Allie,
Don't give up ski-ing just because of the crowds - I'm sure you can find somewhere less crowded. Here is something to help with the Dutch holidays, although it's not totally comprehensive and doesn't include all the 2010 holidays. This year, the Feb half-term holiday was the same for the Dutch as us - there were several Dutch families ski-ing in our lessons. Ally http://hollandsouth.angloinfo.com/information/24/schoolhols.asp |
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