J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by AllyG

globalhobo wrote:Thanks AllyG. I'm in Geneva and will soon be on a bus to ADH with the others in our group. Be on the slopes bright and early tomorrow. Dreams sometimes do come true.

I hope you have a great time :D

I have written and sent my first letter/e-mail on this subject :)

Tony, I still think writing a letter is an excellent idea.
I haven't written it yet because I haven't had time. I might write it when I'm on the Eurostar on my way to France in a week's time, and I'll have my French dictionary with me to help, and nothing much else to do on the train.
I hope someone starts up a fighting fund to take it to the European Parliament, if it fails the Appeal in Chambery.

Dorset Boy wrote:
There should be a simple solution - licence the guides. They should have to undergo a week's mountain safety and leadership course at the start of the season. The course content could surely be agreed between the TOs and a 'reasonable and forward thinking ESF'. Fail and they're out. Also there should be strictly enforced limits to the size of guiding groups and the minimum skiing ability.

I think Dorset Boy's idea is pretty good :thumbup: :)

globalhobo wrote:6 more 'til Alpe d'Huez :-)

You're at the top of the list today! :D

List of J2Skiers off ski-ing/boarding with the number of sleeps/days left updated to today, Friday 22nd February.

Globalhobo going to Alpe D'Huez in 1 days on the 23/02/2013
GreenGoblin going to Chatel in 6 days on the 28/02/2013
AllyG going to Tignes in 8 days on the 02/03/2013
Gareth Fair going to Sauze D'Oulx in 12 days on the 06/03/2013
LOTA going to Reith im Alpbachtal in 12 days on the 06/03/2013
Melbatb going to Andorra in 14 days on the 08/03/2013
Brooksy going to Obergurgl in 15 days on the 09/03/2013
Wanderer going to St Anton in 20 days on the 14/03/2013
Tony_H going to Serre Chevalier in 22 days on the 16/03/2013
Stewart Dowling going to Serre Chevalier in 22 days on the 16/03/2013
Gaz C going to Val Thorens in 57 days on the 20/04/2013
Brooksy going to Chamonix in 302 days on the 21/12/2013

I have cancelled my holiday Ian. I am going to stay home for the week instead and write letters to all the politicians and newspapers about it :wink:

I am really VERY annoyed about it. I mean, I have had loads of group lessons with the ESF. I am NOT one of those skiers who uses the group hosting as a cheap way of getting a lesson. I LIKE the ESF and their group lessons. BUT I also like the ski hosting. They are totally different things. I would also be very annoyed if they said no-one was allowed to have any more ski lessons with the ESF.

What I am angry about is having an option taken away from me for a reason which does not make any sense to me (my safety) :evil:

I am going ski-ing again in just over a week, and I was very much looking forward to the ski hosting, because I had so much fun last time.

As a result of this ruling I imagine this will now be cancelled. So an element of the holiday that I would very much have enjoyed is no longer available :cry:

I will be ski-ing with a group of friends, but none of us are particularly knowlegeable about the resort. Therefore, I know full well that we will waste ski-ing time whilst we look at piste maps, go to the wrong lifts, accidentally end up in very expensive restaurants, go down runs in the afternoon that would have been better in the morning etc. etc.

I am not a very bad skier, but I still don't feel safe ski-ing on the mountain on my own, and I very much prefer to ski in a group. Plus, of course, there is the social side to it all - which I very much enjoy.

And I simply do NOT believe that it is more dangerous for me to ski in a group with a ski host, than to ski on my own.

Hi Paul,
What prices have you got so far?
And which exact dates are you looking at?