J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by ise

all of them, none of them :D for me, I keep buying skis and I've begun to wonder why, on a good day I can ski on anything and on a bad day I can't ski on anything :D

There's no absolute answer for length though I think, it's related to flex or how stiff the ski is in part so it varies ski to ski. And then it's hard to even all agree what improving is about, you could want to be a great technical skier become an instructor and so on or you might want to improve to tackle harder terrain which isn't quite the same :D

Any ideas for a shortlist? Or what can you get cheap? :D

RossF wrote:The ski club still do the programme...

any idea what device that is? and is it just a transceiver or do they have shovel and probe?

years ago they supplied Pieps if I recall correctly.

Ian Wickham wrote:I don't make new year resolutions, but I have one target die old on ski's :mrgreen:

not sure about that, I expect to make it up to a mountain restaurant sometime after my 120th birthday, position my atomic powered hover car near a window and slip away some time after the 10th post lunch genepi :D

RossF wrote: :lol: Yoo Southerners crack me up, some bread, a piece and jam is a regular snack for me. 1 slice of bread- butter on half, jam on the other half. Fold 'er up!

then deep fried ? :lol:

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:

Brucie wrote:Not everyone is as knowledgeable as you ise! Was the black run this morning totally risk free?

I really think you're not understanding the context at all, this is Switzerland they were from Switzerland, it's an alpine nation, school ski weeks are part of the national culture, skiing is a national sport. Every single newspaper, every radio station, every TV channel carries articles about avalanche dangers, no one in this country should be unaware of the risks and the normal precautions.

I'm a qualified mountain professional so in fact very few people are as knowledgeable as me not do I expect them to be. In relative terms I expect everyone to be as relatively knowledgeable as I am and as relatively well prepared, that means with they need the knowledge and preparation consistent with the activity they're doing, in this case it meant having a transceiver, just that, no more, no expertise in slope assessment, not even skill in using the transceiver, just having it and having it turned on.

And yes, my run was totally risk free, I'd taken the simple step of speaking to the piste security before dropping in.

The ski club used to run a rental program, probably too late for that.

If I were you, I'd drop a note to the tourist office. You may also find they have a training session.

Brucie wrote:I'm with you on this Ross. Absolute tragedy of course, but Bandit, why do you immediately start to apportion blame when circumstances suggest accident.

And I am an older dude!

I don't think you've entirely understood what happened. The avalanche was an accident, even so it's on a slope I'd not have skied, not being equipped wasn't an accident.

I'd also remind you this is Switzerland, there's awareness campaigns in the press, on TV, with ski clubs, free training, programs in schools etc. There's a far greater awareness than you'd expect to find in other groups.