The Europeans have no REAL mountains for skiing !!!!!

"Rob White" wrote in message
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Going back to my other replies - the 4 corners in Espace Killy is in
excess
of 10,000m vertical

Oxygen masks recommended :-)
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Simon Brown
www.hb9drv.ch

In message , Rob White
writes
It's do-able in a day (if you're young and/or fit, not 50ish & a bit
flabby like me),

Easily in a day and quite possibly in half a day. I shall time myself
for this next time I go. See if we can't get a little challenge going!!
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Pete Devlin
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Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world.
Kaiser Wilhelm

Oxygen masks recommended

Now you are being silly - I don't mean all in one run, you have to go up and
down.

Rob
"Simon Brown" wrote in message
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"Rob White" wrote in message
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Going back to my other replies - the 4 corners in Espace Killy is in
excess
of 10,000m vertical

Oxygen masks recommended :-)
--
Simon Brown
www.hb9drv.ch

The lads set off at about 10ish, stopped for lunch and were back in the
chalet at 3, 1/2 day is possible, but you'll have to go like the clappers.
If you do it let me know how you get on. When are you there? The boys would
be pleased to go with you - We're there for a week from this Thursday. PS -
the significance of 10,000m is that it's more than the top of Everest to sea
level.

Rob
"pete devlin" wrote in message
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In message , Rob White
writes
It's do-able in a day (if you're young and/or fit, not 50ish & a bit
flabby like me),

Easily in a day and quite possibly in half a day. I shall time myself
for this next time I go. See if we can't get a little challenge going!!
--
Pete Devlin
[{//////news03//////at\\\\\secondrow/////co\\\\\uk}]
Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world.
Kaiser Wilhelm

In message , Simon Brown
writes

Do not feed the troll, pls.

Until the tourists arrive at the end of the week there's not much else to
do!


I like that troll. Serious responses are obviously pointless, but an
astute group can have a lot of fun with some of the wackier claims.

--
Sue ];(

On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 13:38:43 GMT, JPL allegedly
wrote:

Very funny, indeed.

I can't believe you wasted all that time, typing in 100+ lines in response
to a troll.

Nice wind-up, just like the one you also posted (Beamed ?) to
uk.music.guitar...


"Bruno Beam" wrote in message
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American mountains are much bigger and better, European mountains are
just tiny "hills".

Hey Rob

Could you possibly post the route they took ? Seems quite cool not to
use the same lift or piste more than once.

Where did they start ?

Jim Hutton

On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 09:26:33 -0000, "Rob White"
wrote:

I wasn't going to rise to that but as they say in the USA "what the hell!!".
I've looked up the top 10 resorts for snowboarding, advanced, off-piste and
moguls ( a fair selection I think) in my 2003 ski and snowboard guide. Of
the 40 resorts 26 are in Europe and only 14 in the USA. Of the those 14
resorts are Telluride that is so small that is only covered in the
"round-up" section in the back with a vertical drop of only 1070m and
Killington (top @ only1285m) with a vertical drop of only 900m. We're
going to Serre Chevalier next month, not exactly on of Frances's biggest or
highest resorts but is still has a vertical drop of 1300m and a 7km run.
Last Christmas in Val D'Isere my sons skiied the 4 corners (Fornet,
Breviere, Grand Motte and La Daille) in a day without using a lift or piste
more than once and covered over 10,000m vertical. Seeing as America is many
times larger than Europe I'd say that their skiing (by comparison) is
lacking. And while I whinge at paying 190e for a week's pass in the 3v or
somewhere comparable that is bloody cheap compared to the extortionate
prices charged by the much smaller American resorts.

I rest my case.

Rob




"Bruno Beam" wrote in message
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American mountains are much bigger and better, European mountains are
just tiny "hills".

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American mountains are much bigger and better, European mountains are
just tiny "hills".

Any American resort with 2000 metres drops? :-)