St Anton and Niederau

into Gunters sports cafe. One beer lead to six, and ................. dancing on the bar top suddenly seemed to become an irresistable attraction. I warned them that if any of those photos get onto facebook, blood will flow.


haha! I seem to remember you laughing at me and the thought of danicng on the bar in the sport cafe ) Glad you're having a great time. Next time you go to the sport cafe, have a look to see if Gunther has still got our t shirts on the wall... They'll amuse you I'm sure Dave Mac!!

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blodyn1 wrote:

into Gunters sports cafe. One beer lead to six, and ................. dancing on the bar top suddenly seemed to become an irresistable attraction. I warned them that if any of those photos get onto facebook, blood will flow.


haha! I seem to remember you laughing at me and the thought of danicng on the bar in the sport cafe ) Glad you're having a great time. Next time you go to the sport cafe, have a look to see if Gunther has still got our t shirts on the wall... They'll amuse you I'm sure Dave Mac!!

Two T shirts are on the wall, haven't got close enough to read them, but will do.

Admin wrote:

AllyG wrote:Keep it up Dave, it is very interesting (and highly educational) :thumbup:

Indeed... you will shortly be anointed official J2Ski Saga Lout of 2010... 8)

Admin, I'm overwhelmed. Might that be a paid position? And do I get a badge?

Coop wrote:Dave mentions all these 'ladies' but he hasn't mentioned their ages...is he pulling some young chicks or some old goats?

Mostly mid to late twenties, so yes, they are too old for me. Both No 1 and No2 are good skiers, and thats all the qualities they need. :wink:

Dave Mac wrote:

Coop wrote:Dave mentions all these 'ladies' but he hasn't mentioned their ages...is he pulling some young chicks or some old goats?

Mostly mid to late twenties, so yes, they are too old for me. Both No 1 and No2 are good skiers, and thats all the qualities they need. :wink:

You mean born in the mid to late twenties? :wink: :D

Ally

Coop wrote:Dave mentions all these 'ladies' but he hasn't mentioned their ages...is he pulling some young chicks or some old goats?

The only thing that old goat will be pulling is his own leg!!!!

What a day. This was to be my rest day, no more than 30km. Then a young Danish girl skied off the side of the lower Merkenwieser piste, cleared the side, through several close trees, and dropped down into a deep gorge. The helicopter made a dozen attempts to get in, but failed. It ended up as a fair manpower operation to get the lassie out, but thankfully she was alive. It was a pretty unconventional situation, more like a mountain rescue. So I lost a couple of hours, but as I said, there was a better than expected result.

Then on my last run of the day, there was a broken leg on Tennladen, and I worked with the Bergrittung to sort that out. Then, as with many of these incidents, there is a chunk of aftermath, getting the two young relatives down, and back to their hotel, cross referencing between the ambulance/medical destination and the person's relatives, and ski repatriation.

Ski edges getting sharpened, awaiting tomorrow.

Well the ski conditions are just fantastic. The first run of the day clears away all semblances of the previous evening. The piste is hard pack, (what my frau inaccurately refers to as "sheet ice"), as it is in many places in the Kitzbuhler Alpen, but there is the advantage that many people head for the top runs, and leave the mountain empty.

If you are experiencing these conditions, may I suggest that you put your skis in for an edge sharpen ~ but do check that the tips have been detuned. It makes all the difference to your edge grip. Niederau charge is just 11 euros. In these conditions, the edges can get burred in just a few days.

Most of Tirol now seems to have the snow canons turned on at lower resorts, taking advantage of the low temperatures. This is particularly true of those places with north facing slopes.

Met briefly with Jan today, but I had shot past him before I could stop, so we had a 50 metre conversation. He was waiting for someone, and I wasn't in waiting mode.

I had planned to try and get the Lumix camera to take a video of a three minute run down the Merkenwiesl, but it seems that you have to hold the button down. At these speeds I need a firm grip of the sticks with both hands, so I cannot work out a solution.