Life is not a Practice

Out skiing with max this morning. Lots of fresh new snow but still managed to crash and hurt myself - same injury as in St. Anton :-(

Max's log is at http://maxhogarth.blogspot.de/2013/02/nesselwang-powder-skiing_9.html?spref=fb

This morning we sent the two kids off to school and then Alison, Max and I drove to St. Anton in Austria for a days skiing. The weather wasn't perfect but the snow was and there were few people especially on the black runs :-)



In the afternoon we also did a long steep ski trail way out under the mountains. Real adventure but very tiring.



I had three crashes and pulled something during one of them but it was great fun.

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Took the GPS with me and let it write our route. It is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=xcdbishtrwxhjxig Nearly 6000m of descent. No wonder my legs hurt!

A morning with great snow and super weather. max and I went to Hahnenkamm in Tirol to go skiing.



The first run we had the entire slope to ourselves and could go as fast as we wanted. Brilliant!



Later we met a few friends and had even more fun.

A hard days work today looking for a way to get the Internet in to the ski arena Grasgehren.
Unfortunately there is fresh snow every where and I had to use my skis to get around. It is a tough life!



Finished at Grasgehren about lunch time and then went round to th Hörnerbahn to check the view from there.



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Christmas morning. Alison at church and Daniel and Rhiannon in bed so Max and I went to Oberjoch skiing.

Back in Jungholz again. This time with Jon and his boys, Max, Daniel and Rhiannon.
Finished the day by crashing in to Max (or Max crashing in to me - who knows). Max just did a 180° turn but I slid down the mountain.

The ski season has started. Alison and I went to Jungholz just over the border in Austria for a few hours on Saturday afternoon. No sun but great snow and few people.

It snowed on Saturday night so instead of cycling we were back on our skis. Probably the last ski trip of the season and the first with the whole family.



We went to the Hahnenkamm just over the border in Austria.



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After race biking yesterday, It was back on the skis today. Alison, Rhiannon and I went to Hahnenkamm (http://www.reuttener-seilbahnen.at/) for a few hours of skiing early in the morning.



Great snow (at least until 10:30) and no people made for an enjoyable morning



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In the afternoon pthe weather was still sunny and warm so I took my racing bike for a turn (28km and 350 meters of climbing) round the lake. The track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=afaxjlzkexmfwzpp

The weather forecast promised rain in the afternoon so this morning we went to the Hahnenkamm for a few hours of extreme skiing.


This picture was taken just as Max gained control after taking off over a cliff - crazy!

Both Max and I managed accidents. I lost control and tumbled head over heals down a steep off piste slope and Max head butted the piste. He is going to have such sore muscles.