I was formally taught skiing on Armed Forces courses in 1979 and 1980 while in the RAF.
I qualified as an RAF Alpine Ski Instructor in February 2005, (but only to the BASI Central Theme).
I qualified as an RAF Off Piste Ski Instructor on courses held in January 2006 and January 2007.
I have logged 43 weeks of downhill skiing, frequently going to as many as three different ski resorts per season. In the later years I was cruising at 30mph and occasionally reaching 50mph. Once you have learned to ski entirely on your edges without ever skidding or sideslipping, skiing is genuinely effortless. On my final trip to Selva in Val Gardena I just managed to ski two consecutive anti-clockwise circuits of the Sella Ronda in one day, by catching the first lift of the day and never stopping (for anything other than toilet breaks).
YEAR | THE SKIING RESORTS | |
1998 | 1 | Dolomites |
1999 | 2 | Lac du Tignes |
2002 | 3 | Lac du Tignes |
2003 | 4 5 | Selva Wengen |
2004 | 6 | Bavaria Teaching ACF Teenagers to ski |
2004 | 7 8 | Morzine Oberjoch |
2005 | 9 10 11 | Selva Oberjoch Silvretta |
2006 | 12 13 | Klosters Tignes |
2007 | 14 15 | Argentiere La Plagne |
2008 | 16 17 18 | Klosters Les Coches Tatras |
2009 | 19 20 21 | Klosters Meribel Mottaret |
2010 | 22 23 24 | Morzine Wengen St Anton |
2011 | 25 | St Anton |
2012 | 26 27 | Wengen Val Thorens |
2013 | 28 29 | Meribel Val Thorens |
2014 | 30 31 32 | Tignes Selva Val Thorens |
2015 | 33 34 35 | Davos Les Coches Val Thorens |
2016 | 36 37 38 39 | Damuls Vail Aspen Val Thorens |
2017 | 40 41 | Kitzbuhel Canazei |
2018 | 42 43 | Selva Flims (Laax) |
DATE | AREA | OBJECTIVES ACHIEVED |
31-Dec 81 | Snowdonia | Penyrolewen, Carnedd Dafydd, Carnedd Llewellyn |
15-Apr-84 | Pennine Alps | Verbier to the Mont Fort Hut |
16-Apr-84 | Pennine Alps | Mont Fort Hut to the Prafleury Hut |
17-Apr-84 | Pennine Alps | Prafleury Hut to the Dix Hut |
18-Apr-84 | Pennine Alps | Dix Hut to the Vignettes Hut |
19-Apr-84 | Pennine Alps | Vignettes Hut to Zermatt |
20-Apr-84 | Pennine Alps | Zermatt to the Britannia Hut |
21-Apr-84 | Pennine Alps | Britannia Hut to Saas Fee |
07-Mar-90 | Pyrenees | Peigne d'Aragon |
12-Mar-90 | Pyrenees | 3 cols traverse |
13-Mar-90 | Pyrenees | Petite Vignemalle |
15-Mar-90 | Pyrenees | Vignemalle |
11-Apr-01 | Scotland | White Corries |
12-Apr-01 | Scotland | Nevis Ranges |
4 to 9-Mar-07 | Austria | no record |
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