 Poster: A snowHead
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Afternoon all,
So i was up the Hintertux Gletscher last week and i was coming down a red run which is intersected by an flattish approach to a lift, the kinda section where most people get into the tuck and just flatline it to the lift - so lots of crosstown traffic going on. About 20 mins before id dropped a pole on a chair lift, so im afraid to say i was mulling over my options and wasnt really concentrating as i should be when it hit the intersection - and very nearly had a serious crash. Id say we were both doing 25km/h...not much by itself but smashing together? Bleurggh. Could have been nasty :/
Im interested to hear any such experiences youve had - near misses or otherwise. And im curious about what followed, whether it was a good natured mutual acceptance of responsibility, or if things got a bit more feisty! I found quite a lot of clips on YT and its interesting to see the different reactions - the majority are pretty unpleasant with punches being thrown etc...most from the US, but im sure it goes on in Europe as well....
So, over to you!
Cheers
Shiva_71
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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shiva_71, Glad you escaped unscathed! I broke my pelvis last year in a crash with a Frenchman in a similar place though neither of us was doing any great speed. I was "carrying my way" uphill to a lift and he was coming downhill to a lift which was behind me (ie I'd already passed it). He twisted a knee but was able to ski off - though not without waiting to see how I was, he was a nice guy and very concerned. He wanted to help me up but having tried to get up, I knew something was wrong. It didn't just hurt - it seemed completely impossible. He said he'd had to swerve to avoid somebody and then was heading straight for me. He was just suddenly there, inches away. Crash!
It was more his fault than mine, I think, as his sensible route round to that lift would have been further out from the entrance of the lift I was aiming for, and he did a very sudden swerve. But I felt I contributed as I could have slowed down earlier and just walked the last few metres up to the lift, without great hardship. There were no queues - we were just skiing straight to the gates. We both turned rapidly to avoid the collision - but turned into each other, unfortunately and I was flung very heavily to the ground.
The moral is to go slower as you approach a lift.  It doesn't actually do us any harm to lose a few seconds walking or skating a few yards does it?
I was very lucky - a straightforward fracture, no treatment needed beyond painkillers and crutches. Healed fast.
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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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im seriously considering instead of a ski hol next year im gonna spend the money on getting kitted out for ski touring gear and get a bit of peace and solitude up in them beautiful mountains
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I'm getting into cross-country skiing - spent all New Year week doing that, as the resort was so crowded. I'm too old to take up serious touring, but if I were younger...... though I don't think touring solo is a good idea.
However, I'm not sure that you're right about slopes getting more and more crowded. Hope not, anyway.
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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 don't know, i mean i haven't counted them personally (!) but i just assumed the numbers are increasing. It's a business after all, and i'd guess the resort management are doing everything to increase their business and margins. Thinking about it though, I live here in Austria and i've noticed that more and more people are saying they cant be bothered any more due to the crowds and costs...time will tell i guess...but i hope I'm wrong too!
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"Nearly"... FFS... Rule 5 and get on with life.
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allanm, Rule 5? Care to enlighten me?
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allanm, shiva_71, seems to me rule 5 of the marine collision regulations should also apply on the slopes - "keep a good lookout at all times by all available means" 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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keep a good lookout at all times by all available means
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and don't assume those coming towards you are going to hold their course - if I'd been a bit slower I might have been able to avoid the guy who swerved into me and, if not, the impact would have been less.
allanm, it's surely worth considering, after a "near miss", what went wrong and how to avoid it next time? A lesson learnt.
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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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AIS?
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You know it makes sense.
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eng_ch, I'd feel like a bit of a plonker shouting 'starboard' on the slopes...
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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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It's the ones spinning around on their back like a demented dying mutant ninja turtle that you really have to look out for. Been known to plough people down at the side of the piste by taking them away at the knees.
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Poster: A snowHead
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DB, I am sure Scarpa will be along shortly to make his case
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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kooky,
Scarpa will need a better defense team than OJ Simpson.
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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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DB, kooky, photos, please!
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Pedantica,
I got there a bit late (story of my life). Just skied over the brow of the hill to see everybody on the deck (Scarpa, kooky, bloke at side of piste who was by this time embraced with Scarpa) - thought they were a bunch of snowboarders at first. kooky or Scarpa will have to talk you through it
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Neraida wrote: |
| eng_ch, I'd feel like a bit of a plonker shouting 'starboard' on the slopes... |
Just give 5 short blasts
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eng_ch, Luffed by a snowboarder  Whatever next..
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