I'm addicted to the sleep/stress/body battery measurements and it's frightening what even a mild alcohol intake can do, let alone a hefty sesh of booze can do to the figures!
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Weathercam wrote:
@BobinCH, that's a good price for the Fenix 6 !!
Go one fess up how much was your 7 ?
I'm addicted to the sleep/stress/body battery measurements and it's frightening what even a mild alcohol intake can do, let alone a hefty sesh of booze can do to the figures!
I didn’t get a Fenix as the screen was poor
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just bought a 2nd hand Fenix 6 off a mate, I'll be selling the Fenix 5 plus sapphire if anyone is interested! Will get some pics and get it up on the buy/sell pages
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BobinCH wrote:
After weeks without snow finally caved in to ski touring without an avi pack. Ready for the PdG!....
You're learning
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Weathercam wrote:
BobinCH wrote:
After weeks without snow finally caved in to ski touring without an avi pack. Ready for the PdG!....
You're learning
Stubborn moi?
You’re not wrong about those sleep stats - the booze plays havoc!
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Since getting a Fenix 6 pro last year I've really cut down my drinking too. Couple of nights last week (St Patrick's Day celebrations) my sleep score was in single figures.
I binned off my Whoop band because it told me I’d had a crap night’s sleep no matter what I did (or, indeed, how I felt) and I found that quite a depressing way to start the day
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DB wrote:
... my sleep score was in single figures.
I'm a bit sceptical about some of their metrics.
All I have to do is walk to the pub and it gets really excited about my athletic prowess.
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DB wrote:
Since getting a Fenix 6 pro last year I've really cut down my drinking too. Couple of nights last week (St Patrick's Day celebrations) my sleep score was in single figures.
I only tried them indoors but after trying them side by side couldn’t get buy the Fenix after seeing the Epix screen. I guess if you’ve got a Fenix it’s probably not an issue
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DB wrote:
....Since getting a Fenix 6 pro last year I've really cut down my drinking too. Couple of nights last week (St Patrick's Day celebrations) my sleep score was in single figures. .......
I know what you mean about cutting back because of the figures if such a thing is possible for me
The sleep score is based on an algorithm of data produced by both the PulseOx & Optical Heart Rate sensors - I know when I've been on the lash I snore a lot and don't sleep as such but am more or less unconscious, and a US Coast Guard medic who tours with us said as we were all sleeping head to toe in a hut after a serious red wine session, that I more or less had sleep apnea when going to bed pissed!
We all know how when you don't drink that sleep can often be better, so the Sleep score and the stress score I admit to almost being obsessed with them!
It's got so bad, not only have I been cutting back but I've stopped drinking Cotes du Rhone at circa 14.5% and am now drinking good quality Beaujolais at 12% but before @BobinCH, makes the obvious quip, unfortunately, I'm at that age when red wine literally does my head in
Evidently, the hut guardians in the Mercantour still talk about the crazy group of Swedes and Brits who drank till the late hours and then were up early the next day doing big days
And I found re Screen Resolutions like I've previously mentioned what watch face you select is important, I also have mine set to lighting up when I twist my wrist to view it.
Great App for cycling is MinuteCast very accurate at predicting precipiation for up to two hours.
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What’s this strap for?
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Top strap for diagonal ski carriage, but there again in the photo above you had them vertical on the side?
Is there a metal cable on the lower right hand side of the pack?
With a lightweight pack like that which is more designed for ski-mo would have thought carrying an ice axe was not in the design concept?
What do the instructions say?
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Arno wrote:
I binned off my Whoop band because it told me I’d had a crap night’s sleep no matter what I did (or, indeed, how I felt) and I found that quite a depressing way to start the day
Yep. My Polar has no idea how to correlate my sleep score with how I feel. But my overnight min pulse most definitely shifts if I've had drinkies.
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Since getting a Fenix 6 pro last year I've really cut down my drinking too.
Not being into any of these gadgets, I don't understand the correlation...What's the link Does it measure units consumed?
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Since getting a Fenix 6 pro last year I've really cut down my drinking too.
Not being into any of these gadgets, I don't understand the correlation...What's the link Does it measure units consumed?
Depends on the gadget. Some aim to assess sleep quality. Some use heart rate variability as an indicator of recovery. Both tend to nosedive following alcohol consumption. I'm not sure you need a watch to tell you alcohol is not good for sleep or recovery though
Since getting a Fenix 6 pro last year I've really cut down my drinking too.
Not being into any of these gadgets, I don't understand the correlation...What's the link Does it measure units consumed?
Depends on the gadget. Some aim to assess sleep quality. Some use heart rate variability as an indicator of recovery. Both tend to nosedive following alcohol consumption. I'm not sure you need a watch to tell you alcohol is not good for sleep or recovery though
It seems boozing at the weekend is second only to staying in a mountain hut for wrecking sleep!
Hut did have other benefits though
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
BobinCH wrote:
......It seems boozing at the weekend is second only to staying in a mountain hut for wrecking sleep.....
Totally agree, high altitude Huts are not conducive to sleep, even more so if you have a few drinks as well
Hope this is best place to post this: I'm new to ski touring, got the kit Jan 2020 then all plans delayed due to the C-word, did an avalanche training Feb 2021 & a guided 4day guided tour with 1st ascent ending in 3 of 4 us being swept away by an small avalanche & ended with catching C.. I'm not ready to give up though.. I have first 2 weeks of April to get back to the mountains, nothing booked as have been hoping for last minute snowfall before committing. imo Austria is looking the best at this moment. Does anyone have any tips/suggestions of an area to base myself for easy/beginner tours &/or companies that offer guided tours (as I'm not going to be a repeat customer of previous company), or where to find others looking for a buddy. I don't want to glide uphill on the side of a piste either. TIA
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Weekend powder alert…
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After all it is free
BobinCH wrote:
It seems boozing at the weekend is second only to staying in a mountain hut for wrecking sleep!
Wonder if the sleep score would improve over time as the wearing acclimatises during a longer stay at altitude.
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Oceanfalls wrote:
I'm new to ski touring, got the kit Jan 2020 then all plans delayed due to the C-word, did an avalanche training Feb 2021 & a guided 4day guided tour with 1st ascent ending in 3 of 4 us being swept away by an small avalanche & ended with catching C.. TIA
Sounds like you have had an interesting intro to ski touring. I am based in the Ecrins around Briancon and normally this would be a great area for what your after, I make a free guidebook to the touring around here and there are some great tours for beginners. I work with lots of great guides and know lots of groups that head out skiing. But not this year very poor snow means it's not great option.
If you go down the guide option. You have two options pick an area and then try and find a guide or pick a guide and see where they are running their courses at the moment. If you pick a place first with out a solid recommendation for a guide, its pot luck on if you get a good guide. Considering your first experience I am not sure this is the best.
Quite a few guides especially British ones work different areas and go where the snow is best. If you have no set goals (eg certain mountains) then I think pick a very good guide, and see where they are working or can be working, that way you should have a great guide that can make the best of where you are and it may help put you back on track.
Both great guides and really know their stuff, plus nice guys. Drop them a line and see what they have to offer. I am sure some others on here can make some recommendations as well.
For many years/ski tours I dealt with ISM, International School Mountaineering. @Oceanfalls,
They generally convene in Leysin, canton Vaud with tours in a variety of locations and standards.
Most seasons I think they run an introduction to ski touring which is very much a training and skills development course.
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BobinCH wrote:
Weekend powder alert…
Ok I’ll bite …. Where what how ? Doesn’t look like GVA to me ?
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@ecrinscollective, A huge thank you for responding.. Defo going to contact MC & BG. Personal recommendations are best. Hopefully 2022-23 will bring snow to southern Alps & I can check out your guidebook. How would I get one? TIA In the meantime hop the snow is falling down south at the mo'
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@DB, Thank you for the link.. I've added it to my list for next season. Have you done any trips with this group?
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Oceanfalls wrote:
@DB, Thank you for the link.. I've added it to my list for next season. Have you done any trips with this group?
I haven’t done any trips with that specific group but I have done many of the trips that the group also does. ( I skitour with an Austrian group and we have enough know-how & experience to do trips like those in the link without a guide.)
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mishmash wrote:
BobinCH wrote:
Weekend powder alert…
Ok I’ll bite …. Where what how ? Doesn’t look like GVA to me ?
More importantly, why are you wearing sunglasses indoors?
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zzz wrote:
mishmash wrote:
BobinCH wrote:
Weekend powder alert…
Ok I’ll bite …. Where what how ? Doesn’t look like GVA to me ?
More importantly, why are you wearing sunglasses indoors?
America innit. Chips vibe
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just back from an amazing weeks touring on Senja island in Northern Norway , hit the jack pot with over. 1.5m fresh snow in our 8 day trip , a very special place with endless options for great touring
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@Dabber, Excellent, a lot of that could have been Japan, especially the small trees
@BobinCH, If you don't watch and just listen, you would expect a slalom stage, rather than a Wally offpiste touring on noodle skis
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@PowderAdict, yep that was the bonus of the trip , small mature trees upto 500m perfect for storm days !!
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A couple of tours this week chasing down the snow that fell on the Italian Frontiere on Friday.
On Monday I used the E-Mtb to see what conditions were like, riding it up to a valley before climbing up to the ridge, and it was really tough breaking trail in powder that was getting heavy and then combine that with the Spring touring mare of skins clogging up with 10cm of snow underneath as one went from warm snow at the bottom to cold snow further up.
A few years ago I bought some Nikwax Skin proofer, so applied that and it seemed to do the job, as I've often found that the supposed solution of waxing skins does not work too well.
So went back up there yesterday with @KenX, minus the bikes and scored some sweet lines.
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Does it measure units consumed? 
