I'll likely pick up a full day lesson for exactly this reason. Anyone interested in off piste let me know!<br><br>Erik<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 5:25 AM, David Woodhouse <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dwmw2@infradead.org">dwmw2@infradead.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 10:05 +0100, Carsten Otte wrote:<br>
> I did personally need more than two days to get comfortable<br>
> on skis. You'll be able to get downhill in a controled way<br>
> after two days for sure, but you could learn some nice<br>
> techniques if you continue to take lessons which will get<br>
> you downhill more easily and more gracile.<br>
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</div>You gain a lot by having a guide who'll take you to see new parts of the<br>
mountain, too. New parts that, in his expert opinion, you can ski on<br>
without dying.<br>
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That benefit continues even after you're relatively competent -- when<br>
Johannes and I had lessons last year, we ended up in _lots_ of places we<br>
would never otherwise have been¹. It was great fun.<br>
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I'd definitely go for 5-6 full days on your first week, and hopefully<br>
you should be capable of doing red runs by the end of it -- which means<br>
you can cover most of the mountain quite happily.<br>
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