 Poster: A snowHead
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@skimummk,
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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A rubber just in case I hit it off with a boarder chick on a lift.
A bottle of champagne and 2 glasses, for same reason.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Pyramus wrote: |
A rubber just in case I hit it off with a boarder chick on a lift.
A bottle of champagne and 2 glasses, for same reason. |
I was going to post that I sometimes carry a hip flask in my backpack. Then I remembered how that thread went.
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Are you still banging on about that, @zikomo? If you have any advice as to how a fairly slight woman should deal with a heavy rucksack (not a tiddly day bag with a pair of Raybans and a cheese sandwich) on a busy train, I'll be glad to hear it. Me + rucksack take up less room than me and socking great suitcase (which I couldn't carry up and down stairs without assistance).
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@Origen, No. You are. I was having a conversation with someone else entirely.
But as you ask. Put rucksack on the floor between your feet. Pick it up by the top handle to take it off the train. Put rucksack back on once on the platform and you have plenty of space around you. Literally child's play (my kids seem to manage). I don't get why you would need that explained to you, nor why you think it's ok to just leave your backpack on when on a crowded train, but I have done my best.
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Love these threads. Bit of comedy, some useful information...bit of agro. Brilliant!
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Your kids are probably bigger and stronger than I am. Travelling on tube and metro I had a heavy rucksack (with all my stuff including ski boots) and a ski bag. No way could I get them tidily off a train the way you describe. Carrying the rucksack by the top handle it would drag along the floor and get bumped down "the gap". I The ski bag would then have to be put down on the busy platform to give me two hands free to get the rucksack on. I don't get why you would need that explained to you.
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I think we need some video at this point
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| Owls101 wrote: |
| Love these threads. Bit of comedy, some useful information...bit of agro. Brilliant! |
+1
Folk getting hot under the collar about the innocent views of people they’ll never meet. Priceless.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| Snow&skifan wrote: |
| Owls101 wrote: |
| Love these threads. Bit of comedy, some useful information...bit of agro. Brilliant! |
+1
Folk getting hot under the collar about the innocent views of people they’ll never meet. Priceless. |
I've met at leat six contributors to this thread. 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Interesting bindings setup
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You know it makes sense.
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| Essayer wrote: |
Have been skiing in the Arlberg for the last 10 days and it seems like every second person is wearing a backpack.
People don’t do ski with backpacks in Australia where I am from.
What is in these backpacks?
I don’t think it’s avalanche stuff. These aren’t big powder days or off piste skiers, just regular skiiers |
Top Post of the season
They are all victims of marketing
im not sure what they carry around..
I see these obese groups of guys from the UK
all the time .. wirh Full tuksaks and Abi gear They cannot
even Ski ..They habe not even done any other sport
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Have another drink.
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Poster: A snowHead
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It’s shoulder-strapped handbags at dawn…
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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So that’d be after following which bit of @jirac18’s advice ;-?
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take it outside or get a room  |
Last edited by Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person on Sat 27-01-24 9:00; edited 1 time in total
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Dakine heli 11 litre - so cant fit much in there. However it allows for board/ski to be strapped to it for easy carrying.
Only for my lock, small tookit, non-ski gloves & to carry a mid layer if I choose the wrong midlayer in the morning & get warm.
I keep my wallet & phone in my pockets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=PcAyWzT0_dw
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I make sure to stuff my pack with extra layers that I'll never wear just to keep the foaming at the mouth anti-backpack crew a good distance away every time I get onto a gondola with my pack still on.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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It’s the same in normal life, you get the fully loaded and the minimalist.
I’m constantly amazed looking at folk coming into the office for the day.
Laptop backpack, with keyboard, headset ect, separate bag with breakfast, lunch and dinner like there isn’t 3 restaurants on campus! Then ladies have a huge handbag as well!
I think the only time I’ve left the house with that much stuff was when I was moving out of my parents.
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I think a backpack is what is more commonly referenced to in the UK as a Rucsack?
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@Peter S, does it matter what the thing is referenced to, or indeed called? However, I think the word is more commonly spelled with a k before the s.
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Mr O never feels the need to carry a bag. He maintains that everything he needs fits in his pockets. And by that he means wallet and phone as he's of the 'I'll just buy what I need if I need it' mentality.
I am in the other camp for two-fold reasons. One: as mentioned by another woman on the thread; our pockets are usually ridiculously tiny.
Two: as evidenced by my carrying teabags, I'm tighter than him. And as a vegetarian, I'd rather carry my own lunch than eat chips for lunch. Again.
Plus, that grenade shaped snowball maker won't fit in anyone's pocket, and that'll make Boy10 sad at lunchtime.
As I ski with a Kanken, I take it off on the lifts. No biggy. I take it off in the line and hold it by the hand straps, then it just goes on my lap when we sit down.
I forgot to add the other thing that permanently lives in my bag. A deck of cards! No break on the mountain is complete without a game of Poohead, Black Jack (not 21s) or Gin!
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| Owlette wrote: |
Mr O never feels the need to carry a bag. He maintains that everything he needs fits in his pockets. And by that he means wallet and phone as he's of the 'I'll just buy what I need if I need it' mentality.
I am in the other camp for two-fold reasons. One: as mentioned by another woman on the thread; our pockets are usually ridiculously tiny.
Two: as evidenced by my carrying teabags, I'm tighter than him. And as a vegetarian, I'd rather carry my own lunch than eat chips for lunch. Again.
Plus, that grenade shaped snowball maker won't fit in anyone's pocket, and that'll make Boy10 sad at lunchtime.
As I ski with a Kanken, I take it off on the lifts. No biggy. I take it off in the line and hold it by the hand straps, then it just goes on my lap when we sit down.
I forgot to add the other thing that permanently lives in my bag. A deck of cards! No break on the mountain is complete without a game of Poohead, Black Jack (not 21s) or Gin! |
Im curious where you ski. My wife is also a vegetarian and never had a problem finding good options for her on the mountain. So why would you only be able to have chips I wonder? It must be quite resort dependent.
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| zikomo wrote: |
Im curious where you ski. My wife is also a vegetarian and never had a problem finding good options for her on the mountain. So why would you only be able to have chips I wonder? It must be quite resort dependent. |
IME. Being a Vegetarian is manageable - but my Daughter is Vegan, which is a whole other world of torture.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| zikomo wrote: |
Im curious where you ski. My wife is also a vegetarian and never had a problem finding good options for her on the mountain. So why would you only be able to have chips I wonder? It must be quite resort dependent. |
IME. Being a Vegetarian is manageable - but my Daughter is Vegan, which is a whole other world of torture. |
Isn't that illegal in France?
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@Old Fartbag, Yes I agree - one of my daughter's friends is vegan, when she came with us we had to plan much more carefully.
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You know it makes sense.
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Austria was a nightmare. And they inisit on putting paprika on the chips. Why?!
France has been better, but I'm also not a massive fan of cheese (unless it's goats or feta, those I love) and I can't bear mushrooms. I tend to find that that limits me with options. We tend to stop at Meli's in 1950 for a quick lunch (sitting at the tables of Les Belles Pintes so Mr. O can have a pint), so my lunch options there are limited. That said, I have had a good wrap from there.
I was vegan for about three years, I feel your pain. I'd been toying with going back to vegetarian for a while and it was on a ski holiday to Austria that I was tipped over the edge. The apple strudel did it.
I never struggle with desserts when skiing. So I'll pack my lunch and then enjoy a restaurant dessert.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@Owlette, You might find Italy more manageable, many Italians see the menu as a guide to give them a starting position! We also have few problems in Switzerland. Been to Austria quite a bit and again no problem, most places had options. But we do tend to go for proper sit-down table service restaurants for lunch. Even if there is nothing vegetarian on the menu in general people have been happy to accommodate.
Vegan is a bit trickier, it helps a lot if speak the local language. There can be some strange interpretations of a vegan ingredient unless you can be very precise!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Disposable Hand warmers, sunglasses, a down midlayer, snacks, 0.75 litres of warter, sometimes skins just in case, avy gear if applicable, sometimes boot fitting stuff to mess with boots, sometimes 1st aid kit, spare set of gloves in case weather is volatile or skinning on the agenda. In terms of packing volume, not much really. I have gooten used to skiing with a pack so I don't mind. But, that said, I enjoy skiing packless every once in a while.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Wow, well spotted! Same old, same old
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| zikomo wrote: |
@Owlette, You might find Italy more manageable, many Italians see the menu as a guide to give them a starting position! We also have few problems in Switzerland. Been to Austria quite a bit and again no problem, most places had options. But we do tend to go for proper sit-down table service restaurants for lunch. Even if there is nothing vegetarian on the menu in general people have been happy to accommodate.
Vegan is a bit trickier, it helps a lot if speak the local language. There can be some strange interpretations of a vegan ingredient unless you can be very precise! |
We're skiing in Italy at Christmas this year. We love Italy and like everyone, find the food superb, so we're looking forward to that.
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There can be some strange interpretations of a vegan ingredient unless you can be very precise!
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My daughter did a Spanish exchange when she was a vegetarian. The very sweet mother of the family asked (in Spanish, she spoke no English) if a ham omelette would be OK if she chopped the ham up very small.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I’m a little mystified why so many insist on carrying snacks, don’t they have breakfast?
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| Owlette wrote: |
I forgot to add the other thing that permanently lives in my bag. A deck of cards! No break on the mountain is complete without a game of Poohead, Black Jack (not 21s) or Gin! |
There are quite a few pooHeads hearabout…..
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I’m a little mystified why so many insist on carrying snacks, don’t they have breakfast?
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Some people are such wimps, @Gordyjh, that they refuse to fast between breakfast and supper and don't want to spend £150 on lunch for the week or perhaps are not short of money but dislike hot and crowded restaurants which makes their merino base layers itchy around the crutch.
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@Origen,
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dislike hot and crowded restaurants which makes their merino base layers itchy around the crutch
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I've heard many reasons for carrying snacks (I don't, as it happens) but that's, erm, an unusual one. 
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Well, I thought it was no more ridiculous than some of the other suggestions about what people carry, should carry, or definitely don't need to carry. Or that anyone who needed a snack hadn't had any breakfast! Crowded restaurants with long queues (and that's just for the toilets.....) can certainly be unpleasant if you're dressed for a breeze chairlift in minus ten.
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| Gordyjh wrote: |
| I’m a little mystified why so many insist on carrying snacks, don’t they have breakfast? |
As a coeliac, my metabolism isn't as reliable as the average persons... Plus getting food on the mountain can be hit and miss sometimes - some jerky and some haribo goldenbears/almdudler/starmix can really help me out sometimes. Plus it's always good to have something handy if a member of the group is flagging.
Maybe I fall under the 'boyscout' label when it comes to what's in my bag, but everything comes in handy throughout the week though, so...
Last edited by Ski the Net with snowHeads  on Sat 27-01-24 16:14; edited 1 time in total
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