J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by bandit

If I stopped every time I needed to drink I would never do any skiing :lol:
Mind you....too soon after drinking, there are always other needs.....

Many years ago now, but memorable for all the wrong reasons. The Piccolo Mondo in Bormio. The bed was so soggy I got awful backache. Appeals for a replacement to the hotel were not too successful, so I dismantled the wardrobe and used the internal shelf to put under the mattress :mrgreen:

tino_11 wrote:Hmmm, I am abstaining.

Are your 'roids bothering you again then )

Current prices for a wide range of Avalanche Transceivers from Telemark-Pyrenees.com

http://www.telemark-pyrenees.com/shop/index.php?cPath=1_68_78&osCsid=bae347f15d086af12ec3b4f33c324ec2

Ranging from 139 Euros to 419 Euros. This is a reputable full service supplier.

Hi Lesa Welcome to J2ski. :D

Have a look here for the latest snow report,

http://www.j2ski.com/snow_forecast/Austria/Fulpmes_snow.html

Temperatures seem quite low, lets hope it stays that way :D

RoseR wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:I always thought Bournemouth was quite nice.

I used to think that before I moved here. Could be has all the right things but just is not.
We have one of the biggest drug problems, prostitute probs, mental health probs and alcohol probs in the country. So the crime rate is pretty high.

I used to do quite a lot of work in Bournemouth, which meant staying there. I was walking back to my hotel with a woman colleague around 8pm one night and we got the 3rd degree from the police in a squad car.

What they saw....Two women on the game, cruising for a pick up.

The reality....2 hard up C.S trainers heading back to their fleapit digs, carefully chosen by their Dept in the middle of the red light district.

I could'nt stop laughing about it....if only we earned anything like!

The other woman was really put out :lol:

The pouch will be unlikely to freeze, but the pipe will ice up easily. To combat this either:

Insulate the pipe and mouthpiece, or

When you have had a drink, blow the remaining contents of the pipe back into the bag.

Sounds yukky, but it generally works.

I lost my mouthpiece cover on a drag lift in Zinal, :roll: using a Dakine pack now, with a zipped cover for the end of the pipe, which I have yet to try out.

factual wrote: As far as I am aware, from looking last year, you can buy Avalanche Transceivers for around 60 pounds minimum, online and for example around Serre Ch's shops, maybe less elsewhere like Ebay, Amazon, I don't know. I guess that it's obvious - it's about being located if you fall and can't get up.

The usual site is up and running - serrechevalier.com, but it was not much on the site I listed above last year.

Okay, I have looked at the official website, and see that they have an ARVA park, but can see nowhere anything to verify your statement that wearing of transceiver is mandatory off piste. How is this enforced? Particularly in France, the local Mayor's sometimes do make local laws which affect the ski areas, but I will post this enquiry on pistehors.com, and see what turns up.

Transceivers for £60 in the shops :shock: Which brands? I got my Ortovox from a retailer in the French Pyrenees for £160 several years ago, and that was quite a competitive price. Personally I would not buy one from ebay, as it would then need to be sent to the maker for function testing, which would probably negate any "savings".