Who wears a helmet?

Ian Wickham wrote:

Iceman wrote:Wish I understood that post :roll:

What post .....use quote so we know :evil:

Was referring to the one above from brooksy

Brooksy, not sure if it is intentional, but your posts always seem.to come across argumentative and angry :twisted:

Iceman wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

Iceman wrote:Wish I understood that post :roll:

What post .....use quote so we know :evil:

Was referring to the one above from brooksy

Brooksy, not sure if it is intentional, but your posts always seem.to come across argumentative and angry :twisted:

Naah he just takes the pee :wink:

brooksy wrote:
Oh one more thing your user name sounds like a well known saying that's abbreviated by the letters FY was that intentional or coincidence, just wondering :oops:

:twisted: :twisted:

Nope, tis merely the fact that I always say that when there are two lifts, the furthest one always has the shortest queue.. :lol:

And if you believe that, then etc etc :twisted:

PS It is best read with a "Columbian" accent :wink:

Brooksy, just did some checking. Seems my estimate of 50 was a bit high (was cramped in there, is my excuse). Anyway, a quick search and then a translate of the original German Wikipedia gives the following..

The 3S-Bahn in Kitzbühel ( position 47.390833333333 12.348888888889) bridges where the valley of the Saukasergrabens and connects the two ski areas Kitzbühel / Kirchberg and Jochberg / Resterhöhe together. Between these ski areas before construction of the railway was only one bus. Launched in January 2005, this cable car has between the "valley" (1780 m) and the "mountain station" (1917 m) in a vertical drop of 137 meters, but a route of 3,642 meters, for the nine minutes are required. The use of only one column leads to an exceptional field length of 2507 meters between the base station and the 80-meter-high column.

The plant cost 13.5 million euros, 100,000 euros a cabin. Manufacturer is the Austrian company Doppelmayr. The supporting cables of the web have a diameter of 54 millimeters, the traction cable has a length of 7,500 meters and has a diameter of 42 millimeters. During normal operation 400 kilowatts of electrical power is needed, just about as much like a normal chair.


The 19 cabins (up to 24) for every 30 people traveling in a distance of 67 seconds (51 seconds) or 472 meters (360 feet) and can carry up to 3,200 per hour (4,200) people.

In the cabin, 1 instead of the usual seating areas, a glass floor is installed, it allows to consider the 400-meter abyss from a different perspective.

Original info here.. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/3S-Bahn

Sorry for the off topic wibble Mr Admin )

I do

Like most of you have been a lover of the snow for many years and have mastered skiing and boarded to a reasonable standard. I never ever wore a helmet in all the years of winter holidays and random ski/boarding weekends.

I was hit by a boarder 2 years ago who put me in Hospital and I have still have a problem with my shoulder because of the accident. Guess what? he was wearing a helmet and it was his head that struck me first, he was truly air born at the time. Not saying the outcome would have been different one way or the other, my point is the helmet smashed my shoulder and I was injured and he was fine because he was wearing one!

I am off Skiing next week to La Clusaz, I am taking a helmet for the first time, personal choice but kind of think we are getting to that point that it's not essential but a consideration, just in case you become air born! :) .

Ian Wickham wrote:

Iceman wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

Iceman wrote:Wish I understood that post :roll:

What post .....use quote so we know :evil:

Was referring to the one above from brooksy

Brooksy, not sure if it is intentional, but your posts always seem.to come across argumentative and angry :twisted:

Naah he just takes the pee :wink:

:thumbup:

Far Queue wrote:

brooksy wrote:
Oh one more thing your user name sounds like a well known saying that's abbreviated by the letters FY was that intentional or coincidence, just wondering :oops:

:twisted: :twisted:

Nope, tis merely the fact that I always say that when there are two lifts, the furthest one always has the shortest queue.. :lol:

And if you believe that, then etc etc :twisted:

PS It is best read with a "Columbian" accent :wink:

Living in Lanzarote the Columbian accent is no stranger to me )