J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Dave Mac

Good man, FQ.

This is the painting of Niederau kirche painted last year, and one of the Oberau kirche and Kellerwirt from 3 years ago:

Just had some little pressies made for family and friends:

Final November Cairngorm pic today:

I wouldn't normally be painting Alpine at this time of year, but a month back, the family were gathered at ours for my younger son's birthday, and while the rest of the family were through in the conservatory, birthday boy and I were finishing two or three bottles of red.

"You know Dad, I really like that painting you did of the path down to the other side of the mountain."
"OK, I'll fix it"
I knew the picture he meant, and I later searched among the hundreds of Niederau paintings. I found it, but it was not a standard mount size ~ big PITA, having to get a special mount and frame.

So, I determined to do a copy:
Preparation.


The sketch.


Nearly finished.


Framed and temporarily on my Niederau wall.

Confidence gain is different for each of us, and like ski skills, it changes, sometimes imperceptably, and sometimes in a step change.

A friend of mine, who briefly held the world speed ski record, when I commented on his 240kph speed, c/w my 100kph, reminded me that both of us had started with very slow snow plough turns.

My ski speed is 2/3 times quicker than the average holiday skier, (I have skied hundreds of weeks), and their ski speed is heaps quicker than a slower skier.

It doesn't matter. We need to accept that we are all different.

In our group of friends, we have one lady who skies at a modest pace. She too, has only skied four years. I have seen fear take over her, even on the flattest of slopes. She sticks to it, has taken group lessons, privates, I have spent time with her. Then the year before last, in the Skiwelt, I searched all week for a good slope, found it, and then brought her down the mountain from above Ellmau. It was a huge breakthrough ~ and yet, she could not see it, simply because she still experienced fear!

So my friend still thinks of herself as a frightened wuss. I see her as being another two rungs up the ski ladder. It is perception. The main thing is ~ that she is determined to keep trying.

If the OP, and the good lady in question, can accept that we will all continue to develop, but at different rates, it can change the proposition. Accept the slow speed, and enjoy skiing within the capabilities. For some people, skiing slow snowplough down a modest hill ~ well that is a triumph. Enjoy it, and do it again, and again.

Yes, do the lessons, group or private, it is very likely there will be a change in ability. A good instructor will find ways to help.

Skiing is a beautiful way of life, at every level.

True Admin. Only seen Nessie a couple of times myself, amazingly, on both occasions after a session involving Talisker.

Interesting to see the new ranch-style fences in action. They are certainly doing the business in snow retention.

I will certainly feel more comfortable skiing close up to these, than the chestnut pailings.

Grass meadows, today:


Man in skirt, today,-5 deg:

brooksy wrote:

Dave Mac wrote:I do recall being at the birth of my first, and we did not know if it was to be a boy or a girl. When the wee thing popped out, I leaned forward, and said to the midwife ~ "What about the sex?".

The frosty reply came back, "Hmm, well, I would leave it for three weeks, Mr Mac......"

Dave how did you become a father without knowing the difference between boys & girls. :oops: :lol: :lol:

Brooksy, I don't know how, they just appeared. Fortunately, it was outside of the ski season.