 Poster: A snowHead
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Well, you've missed it now but it was on Saturday 1st Jan at the Verdons restaurant in Chourchevel 1850 (top of Verdons bubble, bottom of Saulire cable car).
Two groups of snowHeads who were staying in La Tania eventually got their act together for a meet up at lunchtime. Five snowHeads - GrahamN, Pete Horn, Vic Dennis, Moosepig and Danny O'Connell were there along with another 10 of Graham's friends & relatives. I think we can claim to be the first snowHeads meet of 2005.
SnowHead Alex Presland was conspicuous by his absence - New Year's Eve the night before!
I'll save more reports (including news of the Boris-Johnson Challenge) for when I'm back home with a better internet connection, suffice to say the in the 3 Valleys there is some good snow but a large number of runs could do with more cover, rocks abound. This was perhaps not a good week to buy new skis (Vic's needed repair after just 2 days).
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Yep - took us a while to get around to it (it was our last day), but it was good to meet Pete and the rest - and witness the fantastic feat of memory from the waiter, who remembered 15 meal/drinks orders prefectly from one recital, including a couple of switches.
Snow cover was deceptively good. Glad Vic's only needed repair - I managed to completely write off my Bandit XXs (with only 6 weeks on them) in two afternoons in Meribel. Still - I now have a pair of rock-hoppers I can bring out for similar conditions (or if I ever get the urge to ski in Scotland  ) without worrying about them any more!
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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 had a dose of "food poisoning" from something I'd "consumed" the night before. I got up in time to make the meet, but was feeling so ill that I went back to bed.
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| Pete Horn wrote: |
| I'll save more reports (including news of the Boris-Johnson Challenge) for when I'm back home with a better internet connection. |
You've been back over 48 hours now... and even managed lunch in the Waterloo yesterday. Come on Pete, tell them about the Boris-Johnson Challenge!
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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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Moosepig's got the photos and did the whole of the challenge (I wimped out and did some skiing first  ), I was expecting him to report.
A snow report has gone in under "3 Valleys".
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Boris-Johnson Challenge photos here.
Bit too busy to write up the whole day, but suffice to say that the Challenge was based loosely on the Ski Club's Luttmann-Johnson Challenge which takes place in Zermatt each February. The aim here was to visit mountainside restaurants and stop for at least a drink at each one, regardless of the brevity of the skiing between them. No points (and hence no prizes) were awarded; it was a fun and relaxing day out.
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On that snowHead pic, from the left Pete Horn, Danny O'Connell, from the right Vic Dennis, Graham Naylor, in between Graham's entourage, behind the camera Moosepig.
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There was a snowHeads meet on 3rd Jan at the Tipi in Kleine Scheidegg (followed by some skiing)
Photos to follow.
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Anyone going to be in Morzine 15 Jan-19 Jan or Murren 19 Jan - 23 Jan? Might be fun to establish that there are real people lurking under those usernames...
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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David Murdoch, There are always lurkers, could 'people' be a fairly loose description?
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