 Poster: A snowHead
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Anyone tried it?
My husband and I are aquainted with Lee and Karl Johnston of the UK bobsleigh team, hence my boys think he is a demi-god, and bobsleigh-ing is the sport of the the gods. I've just noticed that there is a bobsleigh run on the PDS at Pre la Joux. Wondered if it was worth a visit...possibly not to try it (although Mr Marmalade would probably find it hard to resist) but just to see it 'live'.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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boredsurfin,
Thanks but we're in Avoriaz in March so Pre la Joux would be a tad nearer, can't find any info about if it's in regular use though.
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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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Have done the one at La Plagne, superb  If you get the chance don't even think twice, it's one of those things that you will never forget.
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srobbo, did you do the computer controlled one, or the proper one?
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I'm not known for doing mad things - but I think even I could be tempted by a bobsleigh run - just the once though  I reckon its got better odds for success than a parachute jump despite seeing how Noakes got on all those years ago!
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I've always wanted to do it (bobsleigh, not parachute).......
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Charlatanefc, It was the 'Taxi Bob' circa '92, whereby they shove 4 people in and just give you a push ! It is slighly articulated so it effectively steers itself round the corner's, the speed is slightly slower that a manned ride, but still very fast with some good g force created.
Would love to do another, maybe even try a 'luge'
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| holidayloverxx wrote: |
| I've always wanted to do it (bobsleigh, not parachute)....... |
Why not (parachute)?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| abc wrote: |
Why not (parachute)? |
Expen$e at $20/minute FF AFTER training ($100/minuteFF) and full gear purchase?
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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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abc, comprex, just plain scared 
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You know it makes sense.
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FenlandSkier, in my cheapskate days I had a $350 21 cell Goliath that was rated for me, another person, and 150lbs of freight, if I opened at 1000m I could get 30mins of thermals just off the airstrip, developed a serious addiction to yanking a toggle to my heel and spiraling in horizontal, wheee.
(I have a pic somewhere of me horizontal in the background, the jumpmaster inverted over his 15cell Raven in the foreground, wheeeeeeee, how to have fun with a 5000ft ceiling).
Drop zone long gone, now under Dulles TCA.
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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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I got my first static-line parachute jump & training for nothing, after raising a couple of hundred ££ for charity. After that it was only £30-40 or so per jump including gear rental. That was over ten years ago mind!
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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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After my first static line jump I really did have a strange understanding of why some people are driven to take drugs to get the feeling that I was having.
I was as high as a kite on adrenaline...totally buzzing...never experienced such a high before or since.
The other strange thing was that there was no sensation of height (and I don't really enjoy heights, I mange OK, but don't really enjoy). Without something dwindling away beneath you to give perpective if was as if the "real world" ended at my toes and the landscape below was somehow not real, a fantastic tableau laid out for me to enjoy. Until the final ground rush that is.
Parachuting is something everybody who likes skiing would probably enjoy. Well almost everybody...
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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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I've recently added skydiving and BASE jumping to my 'I REALLY want to do it' list. Any one got up to date quotes for the cost of learning to sky dive in Europe?
Edit: Given this its own thread in Apres to avoid ruining the current Bobsleigh theme........
http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=28246&highlight=
Last edited by Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? on Wed 18-07-07 15:45; edited 1 time in total
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Mmmm base jumping mmmmm
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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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Did the one near Igls just outside Inssbruck, worth doing if you get the chance 
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