J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by tino_11

skidaddle wrote:I'm sure we could arrange something between us, which would leave room in the main chalet for an actual couple* and could also be done at reasonable cost.

*Couldn't think of a better way to express that. :oops:

sounds like a plan to me, send me a PM with a budget and I'll talke a look into it.

Obviously, sauna, swimming pool, bar and free taxi to ski lifts are imperative :)

skidaddle wrote:Tonyh is aware of this, but my GF won't be interested as she's a bit of a non-skier (GRRRRRRRRRRR!!!) so I will need to buddy up. If anyone else is in that boat, I'm very clean and don't snore much.

Re the cheaper Zermatt option, the advisory reports are very mixed, so probably not the best idea. The other chalet mentioned in Zermatt looks very swish..!

I have no wife to interfere with my snow habit. So that could be an option. My problem here is I don't need/want a package with flights and transfers etc, so may have to do independant accomodation and live on leftovers :(

Well that's me out on 3 counts then :(

St Moritz for me instead, find myself a nice chick with a rich alpine property developing father.

70% red runs, 20% black, nice for boarding 8)

stevesmoothie wrote:I think the biggest factor to increased feelings of infalibility is a couple of Vin Chauds / Glüweins before the last run home. A helmet might protect against such wreckless nonsense (in my case anyway).

now you are mixing 2 topics. If you belive that a drink on the mountain adds risk to the 3rd party then lets discuss that. I tend to agree on principle, which might shock a few :) however if an individual choses this risk aginst his or her own health, then who am I to stop them?? One of the reasons that sports like skiing or surfboarding or kayaking are increasingly popular is because it puts some risk back into what has increasingly become a safe and sterile life.

It's a personal thing Bandit. My passion for riding is down to speed, If I can't learn how to do this safely I shouldn't do it. Protection would only give me a false sense of security and send me off on questionable goals. My nature is not suited to it, I think it would be dangerous.

stevesmoothie wrote:

tino_11 wrote:Was a wee bit touch and go, nearly lost my front edge at what I guess was close to 50kph. It is for this reason I will never wear a helmet.

Please forgive my ignorance but why does this mean you will never wear a helment? My wife and I are shopping for our first buckets before we go to Austria in Jan.

Thanks

Steve

I got a clear message that I was supposed to slow down and stop, which I did. I believe that putting ourselves in all kinds of protection actually places us closer to the danger we seek to avoid, I also think it gives us a greater sense of infallibilty. The caveat to this is beyond our control and that is other piste frequenters, this is a good reason for protection. I rode in Chile this year 3 weeks after breaking my collarbone and fracturing my skull on my bike, no helmet. In terms of protection on the slopes it was the best thing I ever did.

getjim wrote:

Tony_H wrote:How about the "I'll never wear a helmet unless it becomes the law" option?

I thought the same 2 years ago. Had a fall, banged my head no major damage done. Last year, having had previous small accident bought a lid. Went and had a bad fall, landed head first and bust 3 ribs. If I hadn't had the lid it would have been broken head / neck aswell.

nasty. A lid won't prevent a broken neck however. Did the same in Val d'isere, landen on my head a broke a rib....and my iPod ;)

I was tiring very significantly this afternoon in Zermatt, the days activity had churned up big lumps of ice by 1pm, my back legs ability to provide decent suspension was shot, in fact I was riding so hard it was shaking uncontrollably after a run. Was tired but pushed myself to go again when I shouldn't. Was a wee bit touch and go, nearly lost my front edge at what I guess was close to 50kph. It is for this reason I will never wear a helmet.