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RoseR wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:I have two of the tunes on my ipod, so tunes nil point, photos 10 points.

I have two of the tunes on my I pod as well, wonder if they are the same two :lol:
Fantastic pics again Ise

Rose, I have Katy Perry & Duffy, although I do have The streets & LZ but not those tracks. I have been brought up to date by a seven year old daughter but i draw the line at High school musical AAAAAhh, but I am really stuck in the 60's, 70's & 80's.

a minor rant ....why does everyone have to have some sound blasting in their ears ..I am with Bandit ...the music of skis on snow and being able to hear some nutter coming down the middle of the piste out of control...and ise the pics are great

daved wrote:a minor rant ....why does everyone have to have some sound blasting in their ears ..I am with Bandit ...the music of skis on snow and being able to hear some nutter coming down the middle of the piste out of control...and ise the pics are great

I did say for off piste skiing so that would be moot.

But, as I've pointed out before if you think you can hear and localise the sound of an approaching skier and react to it then you are mistaken. In fact I'd beg you not to try, it's massively dangerous, I see people do this all the time on a schuss or track, they're skiing down perfectly normally as you approach them and it would be easy to pass them and then suddenly they start veering erratically all over the place. Your chances of someone skiing into you are very, very small so you need to assume if a person is skiing faster they might be in more control not less.

If you don't want to wear an iPod sometimes then don't, it's not compulsory :)

ise wrote:

daved wrote:a minor rant ....why does everyone have to have some sound blasting in their ears ..I am with Bandit ...the music of skis on snow and being able to hear some nutter coming down the middle of the piste out of control...and ise the pics are great

I did say for off piste skiing so that would be moot.

But, as I've pointed out before if you think you can hear and localise the sound of an approaching skier and react to it then you are mistaken. In fact I'd beg you not to try, it's massively dangerous, I see people do this all the time on a schuss or track, they're skiing down perfectly normally as you approach them and it would be easy to pass them and then suddenly they start veering erratically all over the place. Your chances of someone skiing into you are very, very small so you need to assume if a person is skiing faster they might be in more control not less.

If you don't want to wear an iPod sometimes then don't, it's not compulsory :)

I would not want to see the use of ipods on the slopes, IT"S DANGEROUS, Please think of others. :evil:

ise wrote:

I could test that one today :)

Why are you still on here, and not out skiing?? :D

With or without ipod!

Ian Wickham wrote:

I would not want to see the use of ipods on the slopes, IT"S DANGEROUS, Please think of others. :evil:

why is it dangerous? what danger to you am I skiing with an Ipod?

What's dangerous is people who think they can hear a skier, identify their location and speed predict where they're going and react, if you think about it that's not possible.

bandit wrote:

ise wrote:

I could test that one today :)

Why are you still on here, and not out skiing?? :D

With or without ipod!

just had a couple of calls to make ...

I don't think that I can hear everything that is going on but but it does help.
I feel that skiing is a sport in which anyone who does not ski at the highest level needs their wits about them... we were born with 5 senses and to block one off whilst trying to slide down a mountain cannot be good for safety especially if some guy is shouting for you to move!