Messages posted by : SwingBeep
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How anyone who has just bought the latest Macbook Pro (I assume you went for the one with the 2.6GHz processor, 16GB of RAM and the 768GB SSD) could possibly contemplate going on a skiing holiday to a purpose built ski resort in France with Crystal Ski is beyond my comprehension. Steve Jobs will haunt you!
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No need to apologise Snapzzz, living where you do your not likely to know much about the operation of passenger carrying aerial ropeways. The European safety regulations were harmonized in 2000 and each country has a government agency that is responsible for their enforcement in France it's the STRMTG "Service Technique des Remontées Mécaniques et des Transports Guidés" http://www.strmtg.equipement.gouv.fr/en/presentation-of-the-strmtg-r12.html for some reason the website's in English
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Snapzzz, If you look in the archive you will see that the chairs were there at 06:30 this morning but had gone by 09:30 and were back again at 17:30 so they are probably being used to carry maintenance staff up the mountain. If they left them out all summer the hoods eventually get so badly scratched that it wouldn't be possible to see through them so they would have to be replaced and if it got very windy this would happen
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In Europe gondolas and chairs with hoods have to be detached from the rope and garaged because of the danger of wind damage.
Chairs without hoods usually remain attached unless the rope has to be inspected, repaired, replaced, cleaned and relubricated. Depending on design fixed grip chairs are removed by either loosening a nut on the grip, or by compressing the retaining spring with a hydraulic ram. The chairs are periodically reattached at a different point on the rope in order to even out wear. T-bars are usually removed, it's easier to service the mechanism on a bench and removing them keeps them safe from souvenir hunters. |
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The organisation JonG mentioned is called Mountain Riders http://www.mountain-riders.org/index_en.php In practise most of the rubbish is collected by people employed by the ski lift companies as it's easier to see the rubbish before the grass starts to grow again and it has to be removed before the cows etc. go up the alpine pastures for the summer.
The figure of 30,000 comes from Val Thorens http://www.skiclub.co.uk/skiclub/skiresorts/greenresorts/resort.aspx/Val-Thorens (scroll down until you get to "Stopping the Butts). The reason for concern is that the butts contain nicotine, a very dangerous water soluble chemical, the amount contained in about 30-40 cigarettes is enough to kill an adult. As nicotine is readily soluble in water (and just about everything else) it gets into the water supply, sometimes the cows ingest the butts which can make them ill. |
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The lift company offers group discounts in summer (a group of 20 gets 1 ticket free) so it might be worth contacting them about ski passes
Arlberger Bergbahnen AG Management Kandaharweg 9 6580 St. Anton am Arlberg Austria PHONE +43 (0) 5446 2352-0 FAX +43 (0) 5446 2352-102 MAIL office@abbag.com WEB http://www.abbag.com/en/winter/start/ |
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I think the concept of pulling the foot back was introduced by Harald Harb in the 90s.
Warren Smith has a very good take on it which doesn't involve pulling the foot back. There's a nice before and after video here: http://vimeo.com/13753870
Couldn't agree more Ranchero, many Brits never progress beyond pivoting |
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AllyG, I can't see what the problem is, a very quick search turned up these real twin beds (notice the split in the foot boards):
Chalet Igloo Selva http://www.skitotal.com/AccommodationDetails.aspx?accomId=5024 
Hotel Genziana Arabba http://www.hotelgenziana.net/genzianaweb/index.php?id=44 
It can take a while to get replies at this time of the year as we are between seasons and many hotels are shut. About time you got a grip, otherwise people will start thinking that you couldn't organise una festa in una fabbrica di birra! |
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