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"Rob White" wrote in message
... 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 |
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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 |
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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 ... "Rob White" wrote in message ... 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 |
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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 ... 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 |
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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 ];( |
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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. |
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Nice wind-up, just like the one you also posted (Beamed ?) to
uk.music.guitar... "Bruno Beam" wrote in message om... American mountains are much bigger and better, European mountains are just tiny "hills". |
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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 . com... American mountains are much bigger and better, European mountains are just tiny "hills". |
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"Bruno Beam" escribió en el mensaje
om... American mountains are much bigger and better, European mountains are just tiny "hills". Any American resort with 2000 metres drops? :-) |
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