J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by ise

thought I'd try a photo in the dark, didn't quite work :

We started this the other day but went of to do some other stuff and then it snowed on the half built one which is why there's not a clear block line here :



The other day the snow was awful for this, no cohesion at all so you couldn't make snowballs easily, once packed the blocks solidify pretty quick especially if you work the snow first to reduce the amount of air trapped in. I blame this for the poor angle on the lowest courses which has made the igloo taller than I'd have liked. Still it's cosy inside and you could sleep there, we'll do a good low season deal on accommodation :lol:




oops :oops: wonky door frame, soon fixed with a quick swipe with a snow saw :lol:

and then just sit inside and relax :lol:



and what I learnt today was that you probably need a better plan than to quickly build an igloo in an emergency :D

ellistine wrote:
Freezing nostel hairs are always an odd sensation. Seemed to happen regularly in Livigno.

yes obviously you're drawing cold in through the nose and it will happen, that's in part why frostbit in the nose isn't uncommon along with limited blood flow in the area of course.

I've skied and climbed in those sort of temperatures and it's brisk for sure but your tears won't freeze, they leave your body at body temperature and have a low freezing point as they have saline in them. If they dripped onto the outside of a face-mask they' freeze certainly but that would happen at only a couple of degrees below freezing point.

Tapps wrote:hi ross and ise about the blade thing i know this isnt a free ride ski it was just anohter idea, and it would be interesting to know your opinion of it, im about 60kg and looking for a ski that will be good on all sorts of terain, as for my style i ski quite fast and hard but am looking to improve on things such as carving and being able to ski mogels better and faster- as ise put it, i would like like to become very good technically :) hope this is more helpfull!

depends where you want to ski, I've never seen anyone on blades in the terrain I ski and I never expect to, they have some limited use as a teaching tool but to use all the time it's a self limiting thing. The attraction for some people on holiday is they don't need to have lessons or make too much effort, that's not attractive for everyone.

Have you seen the packages Sport Conrad do?

http://www.sport-conrad.com/index.asp?disp=kategorie&kat_id=50

mind you, I suppose the rate's not too good at the moment.

Tony_H wrote:
On returning to Avis, I asked about the tyres, and the rep told me that all cars rented from Munich between certain times of the year have winter tyres on them, and there should not be a charge applied for requesting them. So, why did Avis tell me before I went that I would have to pay extra - some money making scam, a genuine mistake, or simple misinformation internally?

I think it's a scam. You just can't see them taking the tyres on and off each time someone rents a car anymore than you can see them having two of each car in every class with and without winter tyres.

Personally, I'd rent chains and hope I got winter tyres. Winter tyres are great but they won't get you everywhere so if it came to a choice and I could only have one, it would have to be chains.

Tony_H wrote:I just wanted to point out that my first experience of Terminal 5 and British Airways was absolutely superb.

A lot of people are saying that, looks like a basically god design was let down by the typically poor project management.

Tony_H wrote:.
The departure lounge at Munich T1B was quiet, clean, airy, pleasant and well equipped.

back in the days when I used to fly for work Munich was my favourite hub to change for the US compared to CdG, Frankfurt, Schipol or Heathrow at least.

Gooseh wrote:

ise wrote:apparently there's a training thing in LDA :

http://free.respect.free.fr/

The exchange rate being what it is, it's not going to be the best time to buy one while you're there though :cry:

That looks like a pretty good programme, though I'm thinking my rather basic French skills might be something of an impediment.\

It's my birthday in February, so maybe I'll be able to get my own then. At the moment, I'm struggling to find the money to pay my rent, so buying one myself is out of the question.

Thanks for the information, both of you. :)

Again, I'd say have a word with the tourist office, I think they're sponsoring that program, they may run it in English as a matter of course or have some demand that week.

I think the courses are a good idea, in fact I'd like to see something more being run here, we've got a transceiver park, it's just a case of someone pulling their finger out and sorting it out I think :lol: