J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by brooksy

Ian Wickham wrote:

wasley wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

wasley wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:Ok ... People that don't smile, Low resorts, fohn winds, poor food .... I caould go on ...... go to Italy 8)

I was orginally think cervinia but as we have already been to Sestriere/Milyway we thought we would try another country..As we are all 40-48 we dont know how many years we have got left in us

You have plenty of years left :thumbup:

My left knee would disagree..But if it comes to that i'll take my £9.99 sledge

I have dodgy knee's and I am trying very hard this summer to strengthen
them a bit of cycling and some exercise hopefully I will get a few more years out of them, as sixty is not too far away for me :oops:

40-48, I didn't start skiing till I was 49 & have done 19 trips & am now 66.I have 2 trips booked for next season & my left knee MCL was torn 3 yrs ago, but still able to ski on 11 months later.

From my experience you could have another 20 yrs :)

I went to the Nederhutte in March & it was rocking

:thumbup: :thumbup:

Yeah I got one as well :(

The only reason we went down the 33 was to meet the walkers & have lunch with then at the Mini Paradise restaurant.One of our guys came off twice in the tree area & only got up there after getting the one remaining skier left at the Mini to share with him.

I think if your OH had used it alone you would have been told of its short comings in no uncertain terms.

Just looking at the piste map & can see the Blue 32 cuts across it, but as the others were going to the top the choice of getting off was not an option. Doing it in 2 stages would have been easier as I now have one arm longer that the other. :(

NIIIXSY wrote:I'm going to adh on 16th July to cycle up it the day before the Tour de France get there not quite the same as skiing down it but still a challenge !

Sleeps till cycle time :shock:

As Dave brought up the drag lift in Hochgurgl a word of warning to any that might go there.

This is the only way back up if you do the Black 33 & only serves this run, its a T bar & I would you advise not to use it but if you do make sure there are 2 of you on the one bar.

Its the worse lift I have ever encountered & the group I was with all agreed, one had to cab back as he couldn't stay on it.

If you ride it alone the bar lays at a 45 degree angle & is pulling away from you constantly, the T section is not long enough to get a grip on & the larger your backside the worse for you.

Perhaps Dave would know the distance this thing travels all I know is it goes on forever & longer than the chair lift, falling off this drag will put you in unpisted areas in the middle of nowhere & would IMO mean you will have to walk some distance to get back to civilisation.

Done :)

I thought it was OK 8)