Stolen skis
 

Just come back from Les Gets where my skis and poles were stolen from
outside a restaurant near the top of a mountain while I was having lunch. I
waited around for 2 hrs to see if they had been taken by accident but they
didn't re-appear. (My poles were fairly unique carbon composite ones so not
easy to take by mistake.) Two points:

How do they do it? I mean, how did the thief get up there (crappy old skis
maybe) and why bother? Wouldn't it be easier to steal them lower down or in
the resort?

The lift operators wouldn't let me hitch a lift down; I had to walk and that
was a real pain. Took me 4 hrs in total to get back.

Anyway, now I have to buy those new skis I was thinking about!

"DMG" wrote in message
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Just come back from Les Gets where my skis and poles were stolen from
outside a restaurant near the top of a mountain while I was having
lunch. I
waited around for 2 hrs to see if they had been taken by accident but
they
didn't re-appear. (My poles were fairly unique carbon composite ones so
not
easy to take by mistake.) Two points:

How do they do it? I mean, how did the thief get up there (crappy old
skis
maybe) and why bother? Wouldn't it be easier to steal them lower down
or in
the resort?

The lift operators wouldn't let me hitch a lift down; I had to walk and
that
was a real pain. Took me 4 hrs in total to get back.

Anyway, now I have to buy those new skis I was thinking about!

Good old insurance companies ;-)

However, this is a sad affair. The happened with my uncle when we went to
Val d'Isere last February. We were at the restaurant at the top of the
Solaise. When we went to report them stolen, it happened on a Friday, the
police were very angry. Phrases such as "You rosbeefs are all zee same,
last day of ski and you lose everyzing just for insurance" didn't go down
too well.

Hope it didn't put a downer on your holiday.

Joe

Joe Hunt wrote:

I mean, how did the thief get up there (crappy old skis
maybe) and why bother? Wouldn't it be easier to steal them lower
down
or in the resort?

This happened to someone I was skiing with a couple of years ago. The
klepto turned out to be one of the hotel's staff - at the end of the
season someone found _loads_ of kit he'd nicked during the season.
Nicking skis at the top means (if they don't get caught red-handed)
they won't get caught at all.

However, this is a sad affair. The happened with my uncle when we
went to
Val d'Isere last February. We were at the restaurant at the top of
the
Solaise. When we went to report them stolen, it happened on a Friday,
the
police were very angry. Phrases such as "You rosbeefs are all zee
same,
last day of ski and you lose everyzing just for insurance" didn't go
down
too well.

I understand the police are going to do spot checks on British tourists
leaving the resorts to foil insurance scammers - being targeted and
with attitudes like ^^ this could be rather annoying!


TimP

DMG wrote:

Just come back from Les Gets where my skis and poles were stolen from
outside a restaurant near the top of a mountain while I was having lunch. I
waited around for 2 hrs to see if they had been taken by accident but they
didn't re-appear. (My poles were fairly unique carbon composite ones so not
easy to take by mistake.) Two points:

How do they do it? I mean, how did the thief get up there (crappy old skis
maybe) and why bother? Wouldn't it be easier to steal them lower down or in
the resort?

Probly just chucked them over his shoulder and off he went. I was amazed
on one occasion when I carried a pair of skis down for someone who was
injured, no one even thought to ask me why I was carrying a pair of skis
over my shoulder.


The lift operators wouldn't let me hitch a lift down; I had to walk and that
was a real pain. Took me 4 hrs in total to get back.
B@stards.

"Steve Haigh" wrote in message
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DMG wrote:

Just come back from Les Gets where my skis and poles were stolen from
outside a restaurant near the top of a mountain while I was having lunch.
I waited around for 2 hrs to see if they had been taken by accident but
they didn't re-appear. (My poles were fairly unique carbon composite
ones so not easy to take by mistake.) Two points:

How do they do it? I mean, how did the thief get up there (crappy old
skis maybe) and why bother? Wouldn't it be easier to steal them lower
down or in the resort?

Probly just chucked them over his shoulder and off he went.

Probably not considering the OPs next sentence.

I was amazed on one occasion when I carried a pair of skis down for
someone who was injured, no one even thought to ask me why I was carrying
a pair of skis over my shoulder.

The lift operators wouldn't let me hitch a lift down; I had to walk and
that was a real pain. Took me 4 hrs in total to get back.
B@stards.

*******s indeed.

The lift operators wouldn't let me hitch a lift down; I had to walk and
that
was a real pain. Took me 4 hrs in total to get back.

Sorry for your skis. It's always a really bad feeling.

Were u alone ? Couldn't a friend lend u his skis and then have them back
through another skier having a lift uphill ? Of course not if u had to trek
down.

Thefts are really unlikely to happen in those areas. When the thieves get
caught THEY usually call the police.

Enotrio

Hi Nick

How do they do it? I mean, how did the thief get up there (crappy old
skis maybe) and why bother? Wouldn't it be easier to steal them lower
down or in the resort?
Probly just chucked them over his shoulder and off he went.
Probably not considering the OPs next sentence.
[Next sentence is, The lift operators wouldn't let me hitch a lift down]
So the thief came on skies, took the stolen pair on his shoulder and
skied down the piste. I have often two pairs of ski with me on one day.

Florian

There's no way to predict if or how skis will be stolen, the only way to
stop it is to lock them up if you leave them. A friend of mine was in
Courchevel a few years ago at a pit-stop by a piste, when a skier came past
and simply swiped a pair of skis stood up in the snow, without even
stopping. My son and a mate had three pairs nicked from their apartment
balcony in Val d-Isere 13 months ago - it seems the thief climbed up the
drain pipe to reach them!

Rob
"DMG" wrote in message
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Just come back from Les Gets where my skis and poles were stolen from
outside a restaurant near the top of a mountain while I was having lunch.
I
waited around for 2 hrs to see if they had been taken by accident but they
didn't re-appear. (My poles were fairly unique carbon composite ones so
not
easy to take by mistake.) Two points:

How do they do it? I mean, how did the thief get up there (crappy old
skis
maybe) and why bother? Wouldn't it be easier to steal them lower down or
in
the resort?

The lift operators wouldn't let me hitch a lift down; I had to walk and
that
was a real pain. Took me 4 hrs in total to get back.

Anyway, now I have to buy those new skis I was thinking about!

In message , Rob White
writes
There's no way to predict if or how skis will be stolen, the only way to
stop it is to lock them up if you leave them. A friend of mine was in
Courchevel a few years ago at a pit-stop by a piste, when a skier came past
and simply swiped a pair of skis stood up in the snow, without even
stopping. My son and a mate had three pairs nicked from their apartment
balcony in Val d-Isere 13 months ago - it seems the thief climbed up the
drain pipe to reach them!


In hardcore resorts, certainly, but you don't expect your kit to walk in
les Gets!

--
Sue ];(:)

Nick Hounsome wrote:


How do they do it? I mean, how did the thief get up there (crappy old
skis maybe) and why bother? Wouldn't it be easier to steal them lower
down or in the resort?

Probly just chucked them over his shoulder and off he went.


Probably not considering the OPs next sentence.

Eh? Don't see the connection between lifties being gits and someone
skiing off with a pair over his (or her) shoulder. It's not hard to do.