Austrian Adventure '06
With some fantastic snow forecast, it was time to don my new teles and get with the
programme in St Anton.
Proper match report coming soon..
Saturday 26th February
Rugby (sco v eng) at city road
Beers at the eagle
Sunday 27th Feburary
5:45 Start
Gatwick
Innsbruk – only flight in that day others 4:00 arrival
Wander about town
Got massively pissed 15l red wine over dinner
Met Paul and Katie, our hosts of 16 person ‘chalet hans’
Monday 28th February
Nice day
Skiied badly – no technique, fell over a lot
Out to Bar 31, Scotties, Funky Chicken
Wrecked going home
Spa/ Sauna at well.com, swimming pool
Tuesday 1st February
Cold, Windy, Flat light .. ost hang bahn
Technique coming together
Kiwi girl at Fangs bar.. wedding cake
Quick couple of pints before dinner then ‘Mattys’ pub after
Wednesday 2nd February
Up late, hungover
Went out and started to perfect basic technique for turns
Met guys at the bottom of the Galzig Bahn
Went up again but it was snowing heavily so took refuge at the Krazy Kangaruh
Phone rang – cancelled credit card, work issues
Drinking then schnapps shop
Home, sleep
Thursday 3rd February
Up early
Fresh tracks x3 at kapal, others stuff
Really happy with technique now
Lunch @ fang
Blizzard run from the top
Alibi bar – guide recommended
Out for dinner – dolce vite
Alibi again (phil drawing in the snow on cars)
Friday 4th February
Snowy morning but up early with james and phil. Right to the top with fresh snow, couple of falls over the front of my tips. Lost james after first run of the day off the top and got some face shots on the second.
Phil and I had a bit of a tangle
Ended the day early at the Krazy Kangaruh where we had lunch and quite a few beers as the weather outside deteriorated and the atmosphere inside became busier. We saw two groups of 10 twentysomethings arrive in a blaze of shots and dancing.
After stumbling down the slopes we got back for dinner and after a little sleep I struggled out to Jacksies and got home after midnight.
Saturday 5th February
A snowy start to the day meant lots of roads closed and translated into a late return to London and then through no fault of our own the late arrival of our taxi..
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