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I went to Livigno over Christmas in 2002. Its pretty snow sure, from 1800m
to 3000m. We went with Inghams, which was pretty cheap.. about 300 pounds for the accomodation, transfers and flights. Its a pretty good resort for beginners. Its also tax free when you're there, so you can buy a litre of vodka for about 5 euros. "Ralph" wrote in message m... Hi, my girlfriend and I want to go skiing for the first time ever. We plan to go over Christmas somewhere in Europe (we live in London at the moment). I am a bit overwhelmed by the choices available on the web. Can anyone help with advice on a good European Resort to go to for beginners that has a very good prospect of snow at Winter; has good atmosphere i.e. the fireplace and all that, for a budget price. Ideally we would love to book a package which includes ski hire, instruction etc - is there anywhere that does that. THANKS!! |
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In message , john elgy
writes Good skiers put in far less effort than novices and take more rest while actually skiing. I bet you stand up and relax while cruising down red and black runs, whereas many novices appear to be constantly fighting the slope, doing lots of turns with masses of physical effort. Agree. Any kind of raised fitness level will be beneficial in countering this. I also have great doubts about the altitude argument. Diet (ie consumption of complex carbohydrates) has probably a more important role. Why? At what altitude does our performance drop say 10-15%? Skiing altitude I would wager. To test this just try walking up hill for a couple hundred meters when at 1800m or above and then try it at home. I'll bet you notice a huge difference, I do. Most of my skiing effort is done anaerobically ie 30 secs to a minute intense effort down a mogul field followed by relaxing and recovering. The reduced oxygen in the air cannot alter that anaerobic depletion, but may alter the recovery rate. I agree with the recovery rate thing. Anaerobic performance depends on the level of oxygenation in the blood to start with. This will be lower. FWIW I very rarely ski anaerobically, and I do some pretty gnarly stuff. Racing mostly accounts for this. IME mogul performance increases with fitness and therefore is not quite over the anaerobic threshold. Surely if altitude was a major component of performance restriction we would all be like mountaineers stopping and panting for very long periods after a few steps (or a few turns), but then being able to continue. I've never seen them do that at the altitudes we ski. Along the same lines I've never seen skiers make base camps to prepare themselves against altitude sickness either [1] so we are talking different altitudes! We stop at the end of the day with tired and aching muscles (local muscle soreness) rather than struggle with getting our breath. And start it with a hang over! -- Pete Devlin [{//////news03//////at\\\\\secondrow/////co\\\\\uk}] A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking. |
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In message , pete devlin
writes I've never seen them do that at the altitudes we ski. Along the same lines I've never seen skiers make base camps to prepare themselves against altitude sickness either [1] so we are talking different altitudes! Doh! Forgot my footnote. [1] Except some ski touring buddies who conquered Elbrus. -- Pete Devlin [{//////news03//////at\\\\\secondrow/////co\\\\\uk}] A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking. |
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In message , pete devlin
writes At what altitude does our performance drop say 10-15%? Skiing altitude I would wager. To test this just try walking up hill for a couple hundred meters when at 1800m or above and then try it at home. I'll bet you notice a huge difference, I do. Absolutely - at 2000m I hurried 20m up a steepish bank carrying my skis, and at the top I had to breathe deeply several times! You don't get that at 50m. -- Sue ];( |
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