Ep 34 From champions through weird records to bindings.
1. Weather
2. Traffic problems near Chambery this weekend.
3. British Alpine Schools Event cancelled.
4. Precise Racing going to Hintertux.
5. Skier fell into icy lake.
6. Ski Bindings.
Shift in weather from full sunshine to wet, wind and SNOW !
Avoid Chambery and that part of A41 this weekend ...........they are replacing a bridge in just 3 days.
Sadly the British Alpine Schools Event planned for January 2026 has been cancelled.
Precise Racing are off to their October camp in Hintertux. If you have someone who would like to join their team, get in touch ASAP.
A thirsty skier in Patagonia ended up with wet feet.
Bindings..........are they rusty from salt water ?
Bindings .... ? pin or hybrid ?
Bindings..............do you NEED them on skis ?
00:11 - Weather 4 OCT 25
00:27 - Bridge being replace near Chambery
00:54 - British Alpine Schools event cancelled
01:24 - Precise Racing off to Hintertux
01:44 - Renting people to space ratio
02:13 - Champion cyclist
02:39 - Weird world records
03:36 - Hole in ice in lake in Patagonia
03:58 - Rusty bindings ?
04:25 - Ski touring bindings
04:51 - Skis without bindings
05:47 - End 4 oct
Good morning Val disere
Well weather has changed…
No more of that bright sunshine lark..
Cold
Rain
Wind
However…………
Due to snow down to
Thirteen hundred metres………….
Yippee
If you are in the car this weekend…
Best to avoid Chambery ….
Or look up a good route avoiding
- The A41
- The traffic that also can’t go on the a41
They have a MASSIVE task…
Just three days
To knock down
And
Rebuild
A bridge
Over the
Motorway…………..
Good luck to them !
I like ambition
HOPING it is all clear
By Wednesday when I am doing
A Geneva return trip….
Disappointment for many
Of our junior champions….
Precise racing have taken the
hard
Decision
To cancel this winter’s
Reasons include
Lack of appropriate
professional race training
And
Competitive environment
plus
always a factor
Cost……….
All hope is not lost
they are planning
a relaunch
For late February
Or early
March
20 27
In the meantime
Precise racing
Are off to
their
Hintertux….
October camp
The busy summer
Training schedule
Should stand them
In good stead
Or steady skis !
If you think NOW could
Be the time to join their team
Get in touch !
If you are looking at places to rent
For a week
Month
Or season….
Rather than going by
Number of beds…
Check the metre squared…
I often laugh
At the adverts….
The
Metre square to people ratio…..
I am SURE it is fine
If you are
Close pals
out skiing all day
And
Partying all night….
Just as long as you know
Before you arrive
How cosy
Or smelly
It could be !
We like Savoyarde champions
Yesterday
Our
Sand dune speed king yesterday
today
Julie Bégo won third place
In the European Cycling championships.
You will remember
She was Junior World Champion
In 20 23
her
Future
Fast
Pedalling
Forwards
to fame and fortune won third place
In the European Cycling championships.
Why do people LOVE
Weird
World
Records ?
German Oliver Kern
Is going for one…
His eighth
This time …
Indoor ski record….
Starting at midnight
Within twenty four hours
He will need to
Ski AT LEAST
Twenty two thousand
Vertical metres
Using
The lift at least
Five hundred and fifty five times
Oliver’s previous victories include
the record for riding
the most different ski lifts in a day,
one hundred and one
if you are interested
Visiting his thousandth ski resort
Covering
35 countries and six continents.
He has been on 8,400 ski lifts
and
collected over twenty five thousand ski passes.
Have you ever even THOUGHT
Of counting
How many lifts you had used ?
Each to his own !
People never fail to amaze me…..
Thought he would get a drink
From a hole in the ice in a lake….
Slipped in………
Didn’t drown
But very wet feet……..
No need to mention
That wet feet
In ski boots
Quickly means
Frozen toes……….
Frost bite
Or worse.
Worth remembering
It is not just your feet that
Suffer in water….
If you have been ski touring
This year
Off a boat….
Make sure you check
Your bindings….
Have they rusted
From the sea water…
Rusty bindings
Are not great…
They may either snap
Or not release….
And then
Your leg snaps…
Best to get them serviced
Before the winter..
While thinking of bindings……..
And ski touring……..
If you are a pin-binding-sort-of-skier
Fritschi
Have released some new models……..
If you are a pin-binding-wanabee
who
Also likes the security
Of knowing they are
ACTUALLY
Fixed to your skis
Safely
Look at some of the
Hybrid bindings
ALWAYS
Ask the experts………
Make sure your boot
matches the binding…
…
Final binding bitty
Several years ago
Val had rudely
Run out of the
Off piste skis
I wanted to buy.
Ordered them
Over the phone
in a shop in
Kensington High Street
What bindings would you like ?
No, no, just the skis please….
Are you SURE ?
Yes …
Rushed in to collect them….
Would you like to choose some bindings ?
No, no, just the skis please….
Are you SURE ?
Yes …
I held out my credit card.
The guy was flustered
Took the card
But fumbled a bit.
Then leaned towards me
To
Discreetly say………
You know…..
You can’t……..
Ski on them………….
Without
Bindings !!!!!
Bless him………..
I probably SHOULD
Have told him
I was getting bindings in Val…….
Instead
I feigned
SHOCK
And
HORROR………
What do you MEAN I can’t ski on these skis ?
That is all for today
I am going to wrap up well
Waterproofs
Hat
Gloves
As the doodles
LOVE
Wet weather…..
See you on Sunday.