J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by bandit

Fritschi Diamir Axiom 82 Crampons :D

How did I miss this! The lengths our Olympic alpine athletes have to go to, to fund their participation is quite astonishing :shock:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/7714204.stm

http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2008/10/29/alain-baxter-s-nude-calendar-artier-than-we-expected.aspx

If you'd like to buy a copy.......

http://www.alainbaxter.co.uk/purchase.html

Andy M wrote:Hi everyone,first time on the forum. Hope you all have a merry xmas. Wishing the time away until Jan 4th. Off to La Rosiere for a week with the family.Can't wait. Anyone been there recently? Cheers

Merry Xmas Andy M Welcome to J2ski. It's time to start sorting out what to take, Jan 4th is only a few days away :D

Looks really pretty and peaceful. Did you see much wildlife? There have plenty of sightings of deer in Grimentz village this week.

Trencher wrote:

bandit wrote: I can ski okay without them, but why would I want to, it's a PITA.

That's really all I've been saying, That's it's possible to ski ok without them. Other people have been saying that good skiing is not posssible without poles.

Trencher

You would not enjoy most of the skiing I do if you lacked poles. I fell over on Saturday and tried to stand up, sank in up to my backside on one leg. The only way to get back to my skis was to crawl. Poles get used in all sorts of ways, last Sat I made a + from mine in order to stand up :lol:
I would say that, some skiing can be done okay without poles. Most of the advancement in recreational skiing starts with racing. I don't see any of the alpine disciplines, losing the sticks just yet.

mfc wrote:

If your really interested its Christmas Day tomorrow and if you carry on "being very naughty boys" Santa will not visit you :cry:

What about those of us who are being very naughty girls, will Santa be coming? )

Admin wrote:

bandit wrote:I have always understood to mean Itinerary, patrolled, not groomed, not marked but secured.

Me too... although when I skied it <cough> years ago it was a Black run with a large hand-painted skull and crossbones, which I took to be warning me of pirates, nailed to a stick at the top. 8)

You are quite right, it used to be a regular Black grade slope. The skull and crossbones was probably a warning about the price of a decent coffee after you crossed that point :mrgreen:

Perhaps the sign should be amended, given the value of Sterling to the Euro right now )

Ta Admin Dave :D

The Wikipedia entry is not one I'd seen before. Seems I took the rather direct route close to the lift :mrgreen:

Yes it was :shock: steep. Though I have to say there were folks skiing the fall line going past me :lol:

I'm not sure about the Wikipedia "classification" mind you. Orange marking for a route, I have always understood to mean Itinerary, patrolled, not groomed, not marked but secured.