Saturday 22 December 2012

Pow Pow

Well it has been way too long since I last posted but now I have some internet back here goes.

It has been a pretty hectic few weeks with friends arriving back to Cham for the Winter and we have had a huge amount of snowfall so I have just been skiing some incredible powder with friends and then celebrating some great skiing with a few too many drinks.
 
Me in the Trees in Italy
1hr 15mins to skin up , 1hr 30mins down! A very sketchy descent , enough said.
I was getting on the bike pretty regularly in the house at nights but now the skiing has begun I have kind of given up on it as I can now start skinning up the mountain at night for my fitness. I also bought a pair of track running spikes to use on the cross country ski track in town and I am super impressed with them already. Very cheap at only £20 and stick on a pair of neoprene socks to keep me dry and warm and it seems to work fine.

Next weeks plans are a bit of Christmas celebrating and there is talks of going through to Ice Climb in Italy as I really need to get my axes out as I am visiting Scotland for a few days in Feb and skiing powder is not going to help me get strong for that.
Lorne showing how its done in Verbier

I will be trying to update more often from now but here are some more ski pics from past couple weeks.
Fleur pinning it in Italy
Graham enjoying awesome tree skiing In Courmayeur
Laurent in Deep Snow in Verbier