 Poster: A snowHead
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yes many times and i am not a great skier but i am not ready to turn off the light of life all you will end up doing is to watch the telly and its all rubbish.
perhaps you should join a younger group and teach them some of your experience it can be very rewarding and a great ego boost as well as feeding from
their adrenalin
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Think I am giving up as well, but only on certain parts
Yesterday the wife and I went to Ferrybridge service to pick a friend. We were early so drove into the Junction 32 which is one before Ferrybridge to have a look at Xscape indoor skiing facility.
A few years back the SH had a meeting here and so we joined in. This time we couldn't pick up any interest if someone offer us to ski there for free. The reason is we came back back from St Moritz this year and are no long that desperate.
Yes we are giving up on dry slope or may be indoor skiing domes, crowds, queues, traffic jams... but that is because we become selective.
We never ski for kicks. It is for the joy to do something outdoor in the winter. It is cold and lonely out there but when you are skiing it is a different world, especially you have someone to share it with.
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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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yes, the only time I've ever felt jaded with skiing was at the end of the one season I did. And I wasn't jaded so much with the skiing, as with the resort and the interminable ski-talk.
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Ditto.
I could get bored with doing whole seasons but unfortunately since then I've never been able to get enough skiing done to get close to asking Chris's question.
Chris, have you worked 7 seasons in a ski resort? I'd have gone postal before getting jaded!
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chris, Will you be giving up Serre Chevalier too ?
I would not be minded to buy in a ski resort because there may come a time when snowsports lose their appeal, or I lose the fitness to take part. Cold, slippery mountain terrain may not suit the infirm - especially if they have not grown up with it.
Even the idea of a home built around golf course - where age would be less of an impediment - does not appeal.
Having said that I have not been to Serre Chevalier. I understand Briancon is the main town. That would have more appeal than a station de ski like Les Arcs for example.
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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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Oliver, If there are parts of this thread that you are having difficulty with its probably best to just accept the fact that one day you will understand rather than go and ask Mum and Dad what it all means 
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blockhead, there's more to do than just ski or watch TV you know.
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Megamum, Even Dad is struggling to explain what it all means 
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Having seen the wild eyed crazy looking seasonaires(sp) at the end of the season may I suggest you a) get some sleep, b) stay off the booze for a while and c) leave the whizz alone altogether 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| Skiing is a bit like making love! When youv'e tried everything, you don't just pack it in, you concentrate on the things you enjoy the most, doing them again and again, until it's just right. You may wish to time yourself, or make a recording. At the moment I am wearing a head cam. I have strapped it to my helmet! |
You make love wearing a helmet!!!!???? RESPECT!!  And my partner tries to tell me bondage is kinky!
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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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Tatra Man, haven't you heard of safe sex 
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You know it makes sense.
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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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chris, good luck to both of you. Where are you going to find all those summer walks in the UK?
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Poster: A snowHead
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chris, Finding it hard to fathom what you've just done! I'm the complete opposite end atm, everything is geared towards getting to a stage where I can move to Serre Che. Good luck to you though and I hope the skiing bug bites you again soon 
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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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JulesB, cheers. Herefordshire does have plenty of walks, but not of the same quality of the SC. Haven't seen any Marmottes here yet!
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JT, the chalet was sold in Febuary and completion date was the end of April. We tied up loose ends and came back last week. It sounds easy, but there was plenty of stress inbetween! 
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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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chris, enjoy the babysitting
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chris, good luck to both you and Lin.
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chris, was your decision purely a spiritual one, one of heart? Or were there other more prosaic reasons also?
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chris, it was a pleasure to ski with you but a shame you won't be around when we head back to Serre Che - as we surely will, great place to ski
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chris, Good plan to hold on to the boots. You may find in the future you enjoy doing a week here or a week there in different ski areas.
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chris, Wow! I hope you don't regret it and find something else soon that floats your boat.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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I cannot imagine skiing in just one area - discovering new places is part of the buzz.
I can imagine getting tired of pistes - I already avoid them in general. Skiing where the natural snow is always different and often a challenge is part of it, but skiing somewhere far from anyone else where there are no tracks in the midst of wild mountain landscapes is the thrill I can't imagine getting tired of. Even if I could only walk there I would still do it.
Last edited by And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports. on Wed 13-05-09 14:32; edited 1 time in total
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snowball, sounds great. Totally agree. Especially the bit about being far from anyone else!
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You know it makes sense.
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Looks like I'm going to need some more off-piste lessons. When's the next ropes session ? 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I'm with snowball on this.... I can't get too enthused about skiing runs as in pistes all day, every day.
Unless there is something more exciting to go after then piste skiing loses it appeal pretty quickly. You will not get too tired of that nice untracked pitch in great snow and a bluebird day, but they aren't every day by any means.
I can certainly understand getting jaded about skiing.... but not about to stop going just yet.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Most are forgetting that the Op has spent several FULL seasons out their and not just a few weeks each season like us puntaaaahhhhs.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Frosty the Snowman, true. How long do you reckon before the novelty of English curries wears off Chris?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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JulesB, does it ever wear off?
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This season I skiied 48 days, I imagine this is as many or more than some resort based folks who aren't actually professional on the mountain. On a couple of occasions especially if I was travelling to resort on my own, I did wonder 'what am I doing, I've only been home for a week', strangely whilst this feeling sometimes persisted up the cable car it always just evaporated at the top  .
I could see getting jaded if I'd done what the OP has, but that's why he's doing the right thing in stepping back for a couple of years, bet after that he's well up for it again.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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midgetbiker, yes, you are right of course.
Partly I'm just envious as I wish I had done a season when I was younger - but now, since my wife doesn't ski, I suppose I never will.
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snowball, I would imagine if your wife was happy to relocate there are plenty season where you could do a 'season' and still have loads of other things going on. Apart from skiing every day the mountain town 'vibe' is really cool.
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Well, she is head of teacher training at a London University. Perhaps when she retires in a few years, but I'm already 60...
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snowball, don't despair. One of the many pleasures of being in the mountains all season is that you don't have to go at it for hours at a time. And you can take it easy with the skiing, too.
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snowball, I was speaking to someone I know yesterday, she's 60 and just back from a season in Chamonix. Going again next year too. I think you have plenty time yet.
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I hope so.
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