Skiing

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).


My Skiing Log

YEARTHE SKIING RESORTS
19981Dolomites
19992Lac du Tignes
20023Lac du Tignes
20034
5
Selva
Wengen
20046Bavaria
Teaching ACF Teenagers to ski
20047
8
Morzine
Oberjoch
20059
10
11
Selva
Oberjoch
Silvretta
200612
13
Klosters
Tignes
200714
15
Argentiere
La Plagne
200816
17
18
Klosters
Les Coches
Tatras
200919
20
21
Klosters
Meribel
Mottaret
201022
23
24
Morzine
Wengen
St Anton
201125St Anton
201226
27
Wengen
Val Thorens
201328
29
Meribel
Val Thorens
201430
31
32
Tignes
Selva
Val Thorens
201533
34
35
Davos
Les Coches
Val Thorens
201636
37
38
39
Damuls
Vail
Aspen
Val Thorens
201740
41
Kitzbuhel
Canazei
201842
43
Selva
Flims (Laax)

My Ski Touring Log

DATEAREAOBJECTIVES ACHIEVED
31-Dec 81SnowdoniaPenyrolewen, Carnedd Dafydd, Carnedd Llewellyn
15-Apr-84Pennine AlpsVerbier to the Mont Fort Hut
16-Apr-84Pennine AlpsMont Fort Hut to the Prafleury Hut
17-Apr-84Pennine AlpsPrafleury Hut to the Dix Hut
18-Apr-84Pennine AlpsDix Hut to the Vignettes Hut
19-Apr-84Pennine AlpsVignettes Hut to Zermatt
20-Apr-84Pennine AlpsZermatt to the Britannia Hut
21-Apr-84Pennine AlpsBritannia Hut to Saas Fee
07-Mar-90PyreneesPeigne d'Aragon
12-Mar-90Pyrenees3 cols traverse
13-Mar-90PyreneesPetite Vignemalle
15-Mar-90PyreneesVignemalle
11-Apr-01ScotlandWhite Corries
12-Apr-01ScotlandNevis Ranges
4 to 9-Mar-07Austriano record


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