 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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Good spot..
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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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...and look - the second speaker is our lord and master! 
(Actually I don' think it is, but they share the same name...)
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Have they shared the same room?
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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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ne one else going to CG then ?
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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David Goldsmith, I very much doubt it as ours was unaware of the other until I mentioned him to him (IYSWIM) at the event that must not be named. The other one is actually the son-in-law of Nigel (who will I guess be doing the main presentation).
ski, doubt it, as I've already seen it (well I assume Nigel says pretty much the same thing each time) at Gressoney last year.
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Everyone's started talking in code: CG, IYSWIW, "the event that must not be named".
I'm off to GCHQ to contact Q about OO7 to see that he's equipped with the latest avalanche ejection pants.
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GrahamN, would you say that are worth going to for someone like me, that at the moment restricts off-piste to the area between or besides pistes?
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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David Goldsmith, "the event that must not be named" is the xxxx (sorry, just can't bring myself to say it), (but can probably also be applied to the Ski Club AGM).
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David Goldsmith, Sorry - trying to save typing. CG = Covent Garden . 'We are born with a finite number of keystrokes - when you use them all up, you die'
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Ray Zorro, if you've not had any avalanche awareness training at all (lecture, read a book, on the hill, whatever), then I think it's a good idea if you're doing any off piste at all. Remember that it's not only what you're skiing on, but what's above you (both snow condition and shape of terrain) that's important. If you never venture more than 3m off the piste it's probably not going to be really useful (other than for general interest), but crossing 50+m gaps between pistes could possibly get you into potentially dangerous areas.
My only concern with these types of talks is that they make you think you know more than you actually do. I've probably had 1/2 doz little talks (mostly on hill), but I would still be vary wary about assessing an unskied slope by eye, as to whether it's likely to be safe or a deathtrap - experience really is the key. Of course you can never be 100% sure of anything - witness the number of guides who die in avalanches each year.
If You See What I Mean...
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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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Ray Zorro - have a look at this. 
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Ray, for what it's worth I'd thoroughly recommend any talk on avalanches. I've mentioned it before, but Colin Fraser's book 'The Avalanche Enigma', later published as 'Avalanches and Snow Safety' (originally published by John Murray in 1966) is my most treasured book on snow-related stuff. Brilliant book, well worth searching for via 2nd-hand book channels.
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You know it makes sense.
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David Goldsmith, PhillipStanton, GrahamN, thanks for the advice - much appreciated. It sounds like I should try and do it.
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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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Ray Zorro - it is, after all, free.
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Poster: A snowHead
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I found that a little avalanche knowledge scared the wits out of me but that as I've learned a bit more, I've become a bit more relaxed in certain situations, and have the ability to avoid (most of the time anyway  ) really scary situations
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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In the equipment section rob provides a link to Henrys avalanche talks who are doing a UK tour for anybody who can make them.
www.henrysavalanchetalk.com/
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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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In the equipment section rob provides a link to Henrys avalanche talks who are doing a UK tour for anybody who can make them.
www.henrysavalanchetalk.com/ |
They also do private talks - an idea for a snowHeads event?
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