 Poster: A snowHead
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comprex, wow.....that goes back to the good old days. i'm saddened to say that over the years the really good contributors have fallen by the wayside.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Arno,
And just to add to that about the climbers v skiers type thing, I actually like the climber guide better. Of course, he will ski really well but he will more often than not be funtional rather than pretty. I would find a skiing genius more intimidating. I quite like the very sorted guide who has the wide safe stance but doesn't blow you away with technique. Almost like "if he can do it then I can make a good fist at it" even though you know he is skiing well within himself and you might be more than a little ragged. It isn't a competition, its almost sharing a common feel for the mountains. But he lives there and knows every rock and you are enjoying and experiencing a tiny piece of that.
And if amy of us is having a bad day he could drop a few pointers.
Now I am begiinning to feel the winter is nearing...time to look at a fitness regime
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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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David Murdoch,
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you are in fact getting some coaching and you're in Scotland which might imply more ski opportunity.
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The former is fairly recent, just joined Huntly Nordic Ski Club at the end of last year, mainly because I wanted to do more touring and didn't want to do it on my own. At the moment the coaching involves skis with a wheel at either end, but my skating on snow should be a lot better come the arrival of some snow. We will see how good the coaching has been - I'm racing in the Scottish Roller Ski Championship at Huntly Nordic Outdoor Centre trhis weekend (17th-18th September) - so we'll see how I do!
Yes the biggest improvement in my skiing was getting out regularly in Scotland every winter. I've been a season ticket holder either at Glenshee or Cairngorm for about seven years. I think skiing in Scotland leads to rapid improvement. The conditions are so variable, and if your turns are poor the fact that you have to ski down a strip of snow 3ft wide running alongside a fence leads to rapid improvemnt  . Plus there is all that heather and rocks poking up through the snow to avoid!
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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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Jonny Jones, Well this thread is certainly popular. I don't think your basic assertion is correct though.
Instructors/Coaches or whatever exist at all levels in all sports - and someone is usually paying them - whether it is the school sports teacher or David Leadbetter. If you look at most 'amateur' team sports in the UK, training and coaching will consume at least twice the time of that actually playing even for players of avaerage ability. Agreed you can kick a ball around a park but then you can ski without lessons if you wish.
Most 'technical' sports have more tuition e.g. Golf, Fencing, Judo ... I'm afraid I can't differentiate skiing. In fact if I think about it , I might even suggest that less time is spent proportionately on 'tuition' as opposed to going off on your own than in many other sports but that is subjective !
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Arno,
I use local but those British guys sound fine to me. For me, a good guide wont scare you but that said I do like things that need a deep breath, you know, a bit of adrenalin...maybe a rope in.. That appeals..!!
If you are at a loss when the season starts check in and see if we are going to the same places.
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good luck with the race!!!Dave Horsley,
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JT, Arno, it's interesting isn't it. I know some instructors who I'd have guide me (not many) and some guides who I'd have instruct me (not many). As said, it's horses for courses. Of courses, the ones who are at the intersection are generally excellent at both, but are rare. That again I haven't come across a guide who isn't a most incredibly robust skier (and often very elegant too). IN saying that I should note that the guides I've used have been selected for skiing/ski touring and not principally for climbing
Dave Horsley, does make the point about increased practice being important.
I will also still maintain that JT you may find that fitness became less critical if you're steep/crud skiing was more technical and more efficient, but without skiing with you that's only a suggestion! he he he - whatever works for you, works for you.
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David Murdoch,
We haven't 'selected' them as such, we, or rather, I, go along to the local office and tell them what we are thinking and what do they suggest. When we have wanted to do a specific route then we will sit down and talk it over with the guide as route finding may be critcal.
But as we never used the same guy we are happy to get who we get from UAIGM I have never been disappointed, they have all added something and we have had memorable days. If I went back to Gressoney I would like Carlo or Roberto or Alex but I would be happy be assigned whoever was on duty that day. They have all impressed the hell out of me. And I'll watch them and try to copy them.... TRY...!!!!
Oh, and my fault is that I can get thrown onto the backs sometimes which I fix with a double pole plant. I got that entirely from our Vids so I think I can fix that. I didn't know I was doing it until I saw the vid' tho'
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