J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by EmmaEvs

Ally you're joking right? :shock:

How refreshing to have a balanced scientific opinion, as opposed to the bumf that politicians spew out to justify decisions. :thumbup:

Yes I could Andy :lol:

Thanks Tony, I would look at the Hof but it's that Snowthing week the same time we're going I think. If we can get accomodation my guess is it'll be more expensive than normal.

I'll check out Lanersbach and Finkenberg though. The more options the better.

Thanks Tony, I was very timid and incredibly self-critical. The timidness is not something I experience very often so struggled with that a lot. The fear seems to have gone now, although I was pretty anxious before starting on the Lanerkopfl for the first time. One of the reasons I was so happy at the end was because with each section I felt more and more relaxed as opposed to more tense as I would have before. It's been a big enemy up until this year so such a relief to be chilling out more. Need to work on my tolerance for speed now. I think lots of people find this - you feel like you're going really fast but see a video and it looks like you're crawling along :lol: It's just experience I think, little bit at a time.

I know what you mean with the pole planting. On the occasions I've got it right my upper body position/weight felt far more 'right'. Something to work on. :D

Yup. Price may well have a big bearing on the decision. So far Tux is looking pretty expensive independently although I've not had the time to investigate properly. May not have much choice though, TO's don't seem to do hols to Tux itself, I think just nearby resorts/villages.

Aww, thanks for all your lovely comments everyone.

Next holiday I will work on the pole planting. I've tried it a little before but as you can see it's not habit yet. Generally I've got a long way to go, but love the little achievements along the way. At the moment my goals are to become more comfortable with speed so I can commit to the fall line better on steeper slopes. Slowly slowly catchee monkey on that one. Also, to be able to get down a blue on one ski, and to be able to do short sharp turns holding on to someone else in front of me with ropes. I haven't even attempted the second and third and won't be for some time. If they sound bizarre, it's because I've seen people doing it in lessons and admire the skill it takes. One day...

Yes MrEvs is the one in the red Ally. He is relaxing his style a little more each time. He's far braver than me though. If I want to know what a piste is like I just send him on first to give me a report 8) Nothing bothers him at all. I'm far more cautious which isn't always a good thing.

Tony_H wrote:

EmmaEvs wrote:To a certain extent yes, for me transfer time is a factor. By the end of the journey I'm like a caged animal. Sick of being cramped up and shunted from one place to the next on somebody else's schedule to somebody else's rules, and being patronised occasionally along the way. Door to door took 11 hours for us on the last holiday. An extra hour or two and I might just have lost the plot. Seriously thinking of driving next time.

Learn to relax, listen to some music, get some rest, drink plenty of water.
So many people get wound up travelling.
Deal with it, its part of the holiday.

You'd be a nightmare in a car for 12 hours.

I do relax (in some sense of the word) watch a film on my iPod etc. Actually relax is not the word, passively tolerate is more accurate. I just have an innate dislike of being herded around and told what to do for hours on end. I behave just fine, even in the face of sitting on a coach in the airport for an hour waiting for people who don't bother turning up.

Ally thanks, I hear you on the train suggestion. Haven't really thought about it in detail yet, but my gut preference would be to drive. Take our own car with winter tyres on, and maybe buy snow chains for it. Will look into all options though and weigh them up properly.