 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Maybe not oxygen but I think an additional jumper might be a good plan!!
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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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Loki, I don't know, is the Xinantecatl volcano extinct? If not the mountain restaurants could have the most energy-efficient central heating of any in resorts around the world!
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So, what are they going to do to make it the world's highest ski area? Build a 400m hill on top of it? A bit cheaper would be to buy up Chacaltaya and close it down.
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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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Pete Horn, Reminds me of that rather heartwarming film of a few years back, set somewhere in Wales I think, "The Englishman Who Went up a Hill But Came Down A Mountain".....
Perhaps you should contact Natives and point out their error...
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There's not an obvious 'comment on this article' function. I'll leave it to someone else.
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I chased the source of that Natives story - www.saminfo.com and found [url=http://www.saminfo.com/action.lasso?-database=news2.fp3&-response=news_istory.htm&-layout=par5&-sortField=anchor&-sortOrder=descending&-op=bw&archive=no&-op=bw&story_type='international'&-maxRecords=1&-skipRecords=9&-token=25&-search]this[/url]. To save clicking on it, it talks about an Indian resort and says "There are, or were, three higher lifts... Chacaltaya's drag lift in Bolivia is reported to have ceased operating."
So perhaps they are right.
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I had a look on the bbc site for average precipitation, it looks as they wouldn't get much during winter. It might not melt, being high up, but skiers would soon churn the place up into something hard and nasty unless there's some fresh snow about.
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$11m doesn't sound very much - probably no more than a decent snowdome costs! And for that you get a proper real resort! Only concern I'd have is how long it'd last with the volcano!!
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"The area was popular with tourists prior to the eruption of nearby PopocatÈpetl."
Classic understatement of the year? 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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In answer to PG's question, the answer is Yes!
The proposed resort is up to 5000m. At 4500m (15,000ft) the oxygen saturation of the blood has dropped from the normal value of 98% to 74% ( Sarah N. King, California State Science Fair, 2002). Pilots are encouraged to use oxygen above 10,000ft.
According to Mountaineering Council of Ireland "(to prevent acute mountain sickness) it is recommended that above 3000m each night should average not more than 300m above the last, with a rest day every two or three days (or every 1000m)." Which suggests it would take a week to get up to the resort!
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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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Pete Horn - That Chacaltaya ski lift sounds mental!
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I never saw it in operation because I visited at the end of the dry season ('winter') and there was no snow, only ice. Can anyone confirm if it's still running? I read a report of people skiing there in December, but it didn't say that they used the lift. Carrying your skis up at that altitude must be difficult.
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