 Poster: A snowHead
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OK, here we are at the top of the run. Quick check through…
SKIS… yes, they’re mine and on the correct feet
BINDINGS… all present and correct
BOOTS… power strap tight, clips correct… Bellahouston, we have ignition…
POLES… straps on, baskets correct
RADIO… check frequency, “come in Roger”, “Roger, Roger”
MOBILE PHONE… set to vibrate
BLACKBERRY… check for nasty work emails… commence countdown… 10…
SUUUUUNTO… check altitude… reset… 9…
TRANSCEIVER… check… 8…
PROBE… unused but test anyway… 7…
SHOVEL… check... still in wrapper... 6….
AVALUNG… check speed of tube to mouth… 5…
GPS… where am I? ... check… 4…
MP3… on… Abba selected… 3
GOGGLES… down
HELMET… chin strap on… 2
ALL ZIPS… done up… check, check, check, pat for camera and wallet… 1
PICK LINE… tap poles... are people watching? BLAST OFF…
Oh B*ll*x… forgot to turn the helmet cam on.
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Thu 1-11-07 13:00; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Nope.
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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 tend to check that I still have the kids with me and leave it at that
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The only check i make is zips, apart from that.... maybe MP3 but deffinately not Abba! 
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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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Bode Swiller, do you ever get time to ski?
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Lizzard, yes, I'm a phone-cash-buff-off kinda guy. Just that reading the topics on here you get the impression that some people have all of that stuff (and more because I forgot lip salve, cream, wipes, kendal mint cake, leatherman, spare lenses, ski lock, ski sling, mojo etc). No wonder they have probs with airline baggage restrictions.
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Bode Swiller, And I was beginning to think it was just me who marvelled at the amount of garbage people take with them....
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The only check i make is zips, apart from that.... maybe MP3 but deffinately not Abba!
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I agree, it most definately should be bee gee's
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Bode Swiller, you'd cry if you saw how much gear I carry when I ski...
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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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| Bode Swiller wrote: |
| OK, here we are at the top of the run. Quick check through… |
Time on watch........ what lunchtime already!
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Bode dont be too hard on everyone its just that most folks in Europe are as far from their snow fix as they get, and I guess that even chatting about lip salve is better than working.
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You know it makes sense.
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Bode Swiller, Who's "Bella Houston" and why are you trying to set her on fire? 
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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 check my pockets are zipped up.. thats it
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Poster: A snowHead
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Not me Sir. Last time I went skiing my suitcase weighed in at something like 13-15kgs.
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| Just that reading the topics on here you get the impression that some people have all of that stuff (and more because I forgot lip salve, cream, wipes, kendal mint cake, leatherman, spare lenses, ski lock, ski sling, mojo etc). No wonder they have probs with airline baggage restrictions. |
Bode, What in blazes is a leatherman? A ski lock I'm thinking about getting even if it's to lock up hire skis.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Bode Swiller, how can you be bothered with all that kit and faff!
I'm more the abridged version :
skis - yep i'm clipped in
boots - sorted in the lift
poles - straps on
rucksack - all clipped up
goggles - on
Check for anyone on near that might threaten my survival, go.
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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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5stitches, not me. Not guilty. But some people DO carry all that.
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| CANV CANVINGTON wrote: |
| i check my pockets are zipped up.. thats it |
Wish I did that, lost 2 lipsalves last year from leaving the small zip pocket on my rucksack waist belt undone!
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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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No, phone turned off because it can screw up tranceiver signals, well that's my excuse for not wanting to be disturbed 
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| PisteHead wrote: |
Not me Sir. Last time I went skiing my suitcase weighed in at something like 13-15kgs.
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| Just that reading the topics on here you get the impression that some people have all of that stuff (and more because I forgot lip salve, cream, wipes, kendal mint cake, leatherman, spare lenses, ski lock, ski sling, mojo etc). No wonder they have probs with airline baggage restrictions. |
Bode, What in blazes is a leatherman? A ski lock I'm thinking about getting even if it's to lock up hire skis. |
One of those multi-tool thingies.
http://www.leatherman-tools.co.uk/
I have a similar device, but not the rather expensive actual leatherman.
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Oh dear, that sounds like a saddo!! 
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| kitenski wrote: |
| CANV CANVINGTON wrote: |
| i check my pockets are zipped up.. thats it |
Wish I did that, lost 2 lipsalves last year from leaving the small zip pocket on my rucksack waist belt undone! |
i lost a wallet with about 500 euros in it and both my credit cards...!
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I'll own up to a genuine leatherman!!
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Nope. I invariably check everything just before the first lift but either after I've left the chalet and got on the bus or are driving to the lifts. Very embarrassing. I've been seen skiing with my hands in my pockets due to forgotten gloves.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I've just look up an avalung - yes, I can see the theory, but in an avalanche aren't you likely to have that much snow pressing on your rib cage to be physically able to breath?
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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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You know it makes sense.
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PisteHead, they're useful when you need a pair of pliers. The rest of the time a basic Swiss Army knife would do.
They're no use at all when you can't remember where you put them, however. 
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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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| 5stitches wrote: |
Bode Swiller, how can you be bothered with all that kit and faff!
I'm more the abridged version :
skis - yep i'm clipped in
boots - sorted in the lift
poles - straps on
rucksack - all clipped up
goggles - on
Check for anyone on near that might threaten my survival, go. |
rucksack? That's what pockets are for! 
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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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| PisteHead wrote: |
| CANV CANVINGTON wrote: |
| kitenski wrote: |
| CANV CANVINGTON wrote: |
| i check my pockets are zipped up.. thats it |
Wish I did that, lost 2 lipsalves last year from leaving the small zip pocket on my rucksack waist belt undone! |
i lost a wallet with about 500 euros in it and both my credit cards...! |
oops, thanks CC for the dinners and beers. Do you want your wallet and cards back? |
nah knock yourself out,, finders keeper n all that..
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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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Bode Swiller, you forgot sun tan cream and lip salve ... and did you remember the 1:25,000 map (actually very useful if you want to try a new off-piste route, perhaps through some trees)
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| CANV CANVINGTON wrote: |
nah knock yourself out,, finders keeper n all that.. |
Canv Canvington, You know I was joking don't you? I'd be irate if I lost that much dosh. I suppose the only good thing is you made someone exceedingly happy.
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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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Bode Swiller, well if I could interest you in my new invaluable skiing device, on sale near a ski lift next season, it's a Norikson Skiman. It combines a 3MP camera, 27.5GB MP3 player, GPS tracker, altitude, and data logger, blackberry E-mail, with a hi bandwith communication device, and all packaged into a folding multi-purpose, red with a little white cross, tool holder that extends to include a probe and binding attachment crosshead checking device.
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Bode reminds me of James from Top Gear with all his pre-ski checks 
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| PisteHead wrote: |
| CANV CANVINGTON wrote: |
nah knock yourself out,, finders keeper n all that.. |
Canv Canvington, You know I was joking don't you? I'd be irate if I lost that much dosh. I suppose the only good thing is you made someone exceedingly happy. |
haha course i do.. anyway just after i cancelled the cards i got a phone call from the polcie station, handily just round the corner from my hotel, where i had reported it missing.. i hot footed it down there to find an 10 yr old austrain girl and her Father with my wallet.. Result! ... and she left with 100 euros in her back pocket..
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Zips...pack and pockets, thats it...
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Megamum, if you had been to helinick´s talk at the EoSB you would have learned that many deaths in avalanche burials are apparently due to the exhaled CO2 being unable to escape from the vicinity of the victim´s nose and mouth and thus asphyxiating the buried person.
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