 Poster: A snowHead
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So, having just noticed the thread on blisters / Compeed.
What are the neccessities to pack for a weeks skiing. Things which are easier / cheaper to buy in the UK and take with you.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@JanieS, if you're talking about meds, just about anything in the paracetamol/ibuprofen/alka seltzer/plasters/immodium type/savlon range.
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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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Sun tan lotion. Co-op is usually the best place (They used to do to it at cost)
The price of everything increase with altitude. If you can get things in the supermarkets in the valley then do so. Lip protector etc.
I always buy a few packs of drinks cartoons. They squash flattish in pockets/rucksacks and are a great way of hydrating without spending lots on the mountain.
Chocolate is always cheaper in the valley a good way to get a quick sugar injection. Bit of an art form in storing it in the place when skiing. To close to the body- slush. Too far away-rock hard.
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4 gang extension lead and 1 travel plug
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Umm, given thread location I'd say shovel, probe and transceiver 
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@Montana, I never cease to be amazed by the amount of painkillers people seem to neck if all the 'what to pack' advice is anything to go by. Mine go out of date before I use them.
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I'm lead to believe that a cuddly toy and sink are also popular options.
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| meh wrote: |
| I'm lead to believe that a cuddly toy and sink are also popular options. |
Can you take a sink as hand luggage ?
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Bacon.
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The most important bit of kit are the skis - but don't forget, for those chill times when one is not in a discotek - Condoms might come in handy - but if one is of into the backcountry don't forget the transeiver 
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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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| moffatross wrote: |
| meh wrote: |
| I'm lead to believe that a cuddly toy and sink are also popular options. |
Can you take a sink as hand luggage ? |
AFAIK that depends on the materials it's made of and cubic capacity. YMMV.
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@allanm, assuming you're thinking of Avalanche Bacon?
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You know it makes sense.
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vaseline
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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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| meh wrote: |
| I'm lead to believe that a cuddly toy and sink are also popular options. |
Just you wait, when you go on your first ski trip with your kid, that's exactly what you'll be packing
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Poster: A snowHead
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Hangover cure.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hiking boots....
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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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| Lizzard wrote: |
| @Montana, I never cease to be amazed by the amount of painkillers people seem to neck if all the 'what to pack' advice is anything to go by. Mine go out of date before I use them. |
Painkillers seem much more expensive in resort than back in the UK, sticking a pack in your case might save a few quid.
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Big bag of mini mars bars
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Hipflask.
Ms P.
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| Lizzard wrote: |
| @Montana, I never cease to be amazed by the amount of painkillers people seem to neck if all the 'what to pack' advice is anything to go by. Mine go out of date before I use them. |
Painkillers seem much more expensive in resort than back in the UK, sticking a pack in your case might save a few quid. |
This is what I've found hence being prepared  May not use them, but they take up no space so why not
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Peanut m&m's-protein and sugar. Just the job when the energy starts to wane.
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Minstrels. Pop 5-10 in your mouth at once ... then wait 
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When I drove out just before Christmas the large amount of stuff in my car included a piano.
Every ski apartment should have a music room, after all!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@pam w
Everything I pack is essential. My ski trip 'pack light' list has been refined over the last few years since I struggled carrying board bag and a big suitcase up a snowy hill in ValT and was assisted by a lovely Norwegien girl with an absolutely tiny bag.
Ever since then if it doesn't fit in my board bag and hand luggage rucksack it doesn't come.
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Your wallet, cards and ski boots 
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You know it makes sense.
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Some books. I got ill one holiday and had absolutely nothing to do for 3 days except feel sorry for myself.
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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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@Lizzard, some folk need regular ibuprofen as a prophylactic anti-inflamatory when skiing. 32p for 16 in Boots...how much in LDA?
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Poster: A snowHead
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@Lizzard, you lucky b*****d. I live on the stuff. Drugs and alcohol you can keep, but ibuprofen is a must. I take a big box with me. Regardless of the cost or availability anywhere else, I must have my stash.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@henzerani
Stop, stop. Just stop.................... You had me at ibuprofen. You had me at ibuprofen...............................
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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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Thank you everyone for the great suggestions. I may have gotten the wrong section actually@ChrisWo, I just put it in the same place as the thread about Compeed.
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^^ Neh, I meant that red stuff what comes from cows (I thoink) , almost a currency amongst seasonaires!
I'll swap yer 300 grams of Tesco's finest for my daughter....
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JanieS, send Jonpim a PM, he'll move the thread for you.
allanm, this season I found bacon in one the Cham supermarkets and it's perfectly round in shape, like slices of salami 
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| cameronphillips2000 wrote: |
| I always buy a few packs of drinks cartoons. |
Brilliant! Refreshment and entertainment!
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Rice Krispies. Definitely.
I do what my Rice Krispies tell me to do, each and every day.
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