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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Interesting, but buy yourself a modern tele skis some modern tele bindings and skins. A nice set of 2 clip, low plastic tele boots (or leather ones if you must). You'll then have light weight confy boots you can walk in, but skis that you can actually turn. Even on that modern kit you'll find that you work up plenty of warmth skinning up. Clothing wise the choice is upto you . Reckon you'll have just as much fun as they did in thirties probably more. Especially if you head off where there are no lifts as you'll know the runs are all your own work.
I'm off to do a bit of xc somewhere local today (probably the Clash).
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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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no_snow_in_swindon, Thanks, I enjoyed that.
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holidayloverxx, You're welcome!
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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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Whilst I have nothing but respect for these ski pioneers who founded an exhilarating pastime that we all now enjoy, there's no way I'd want to do as they did. Not the daft clothing, nor the perilous wooden skis, nor the ungroomed/unpatrolled conditions and certainly not the laborious walk uphill. I expect it was mostly men in those days anyway.
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queen bodecia, My grandmother skied in the thirties, I'm sure she would have worn sensible clothes to do it.
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My body recovered quicker when I was in my twenties, but in my thirties it has proved to be equally good fun - so far
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Didn't start till my 40's so hard to say.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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rjs, I stand corrected. Maybe I spent too long listening to my grandmother. She insists she wasn't allowed out of the kitchen until 1964!
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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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Not sure that it was more fun, but I am sure that the people who skied were much fitter back then, after all they had to climb up the hills first before they skied down 
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I have skied in every decade of my life so far. Wonder how long I can maintain that!?!
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You know it makes sense.
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What a load of bull. As already said you can get proper touring kit which works a lot better than the old rubbish. Modern jackets aren't really bulky, especially if you compare it to a big thick jumpers. Ok the nostalgia might be fun... for a short while until you break you ankles which you are almost definitely going to do. And they only look happy because its perfect conditions in all those videos. There's a reason things progress. If it was better then we'd still be using all the stuff.
And what's She-ing anyway?
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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davidof, Great photos and clip. Reminds me of some old climbing footage I have on video. People like Bonatti etc.
Btw - I hardly wore shoes until I came to this chilly country... even used to go to school barefoot in NZ.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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davidof, I love the photos - thanks for posting them 
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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 enjoyed that..
I put these photos of my father and friends from the 30s on here some time ago:
 (click to find others)
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Your dad has Bausch and Lombe aviator sun glasses. Invented in 1930 I believe, B&L had the first glass to filter UV light.
Love the car. Excellent photos.
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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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Loving the pics. 
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me too
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snowball, loved those photos. Must look and see what I've got of my Dad (pre-war Zakopane) when I get home.
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| davidof wrote: |
Your dad has Bausch and Lombe aviator sun glasses. Invented in 1930 I believe, B&L had the first glass to filter UV light.
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Wow, talk about arcane knowlege: thanks davidof.
After the war when I was small he filmed us skiing using a movie camera taken from a wartime bomber. Being a fixed camera it had no view finder so he rigged it up with two fold-away wire rectangles at the side which he had to line-up. The lens was, of course, first rate. Do I remember correctly that it was electric powered? I seem to remember he carried the batteries in his back-pack but I could be wrong.
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| snowball wrote: |
Wow, talk about arcane knowlege: thanks davidof. |
You'll be lucky not to meet me in your local 
To go back to the original question. Maybe after the shock of the first world war people appreciated the free time they got more than we do?
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New gear better. But wool still the ultra warmest.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Xavier Adam, Wool over hi wicking thermals... NZ wool shirts are still top notch hunting gear.
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