 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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very cool. enjoyed that guys. Thanks for sharing.
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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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Absolutely mad.. what we will do for a ski..
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Great stuff! 
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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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erm........ whats wrong with the glacier at Tignes or Les Deux Alpes lol 
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There is absolutely no accounting....
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Quality stuff! "Tamworth take notes" Brilliant!
Ricklovesthepowder, Hurtle, Guess it's one of those "If you have to ask why, you'll never understand" ones.
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Cool!
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Very cool
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Well played.
Gives a whole new meaning to 1st Descent.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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i think its amazing how that much snow stays during the south of france all summer! it looks pretty deep aswell!
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Love it.
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Looked to be a great day out... nice one guys. 
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You know it makes sense.
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Cave skiing, cool. Fifty metre fixed rope ascension, hardcore. Hiking in birkenstocks, priceless! 
Edited to correct the ascent height!
Last edited by You know it makes sense. on Sat 2-10-10 13:26; edited 1 time in total
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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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Zero-G,
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Hiking in birkenstocks, priceless!
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I thought that too!  (I'm devoted to my Birkies, but not for hiking.)
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Poster: A snowHead
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Zero-G, Well spotted...
1 hour into the drive there:
Will (suddenly has a thought): " aaah; I take it you have got trainers or walking boots with you?"
Me: " err, ... yes?"
Will: " aaaahh..."
Still, when you see what porters in various parts of the world will carry with $2 flip flops on their feet then Birkenstocks are positively luxury 4wds in comparison!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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offpisteskiing,
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Still, when you see what porters in various parts of the world will carry with $2 flip flops on their feet then Birkenstocks are positively luxury 4wds in comparison!
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Very true. And I'm a fine one to talk, having walked down (and up!) the Gorge of Samaria in Crete wearing flip-flops.
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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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offpisteskiing, amazing stuff!!! 
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offpisteskiing, too true about porters' footwear.
Do forgive my non-technical description of that ascent. What would you call it, a "free air ascent"? I once did a paltry 3m ascent like that, which left every muscle in my body shaking with exertion. So, I am truly impressed you did 50m
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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What would you call it
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Tiring...
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| offpisteskiing wrote: |
Enjoy! |
Yeah, but where's the chairlift? 
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| Zero-G wrote: |
offpisteskiing, too true about porters' footwear.I
Do forgive my non-technical description of that ascent. What would you call it, a "free air ascent"? I once did a paltry 3m ascent like that, which left every muscle in my body shaking with exertion. So, I am truly impressed you did 50m |
It's not that difficult with the right gear. Cavers are MUCH better at ascending free hanging ropes than climbers. When I was into the sport in the 1980s the record for ascending 100 feet on a free hanging rope was around 28 or 29 seconds.
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| It's not that difficult with the right gear. |
Definitely not that easy with a prusik. And it was my first attempt at tying a prusik, so I think it was largely the fault of my ropework abilities at the time.
I'm still impressed with the 50m ascent, whatever the equipment.
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offpisteskiing, was one of you telemarking?
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FlyingStantoni, that would be the Birkenstock-wearing hippie dude 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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True guys. What were the bones?
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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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Nice bit of subterranean ski-lunking!
Climbing, Caving and Skiing in one day...
007 - Your next challenge is to find snow filled cave with a sump (so you can scuba as well!)
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| Haggis_Trap wrote: |
Nice bit of subterranean ski-lunking!
Climbing, Caving and Skiing in one day...
007 - Your next challenge is to find snow filled cave with a sump (so you can scuba as well!) |
Ffft. It's not true ski-lunking without man-eating sharks and a curtain of fire.
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You know it makes sense.
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| FlyingStantoni, that would be the Birkenstock-wearing hippie dude |
Do you think he stocked up on muesli before the trip?
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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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Zero-G, I used to use a prusik and a shunt for getting back up to a bridge that we used to use for a top rope anchor on a gorge. It certainly took it out of me and that was only 40 odd feet 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Scarpa, these guys did four times that distance (if I've got my metric/imperial conversion right), with a full pack and a pair of skis hanging off them
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Cool vid offpisteskiing. Thanks for posting it up
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