Skiing at Christlum - Sunday 29.Jan.2005

CodeRed and I will also join the crew. I have 1 space available in my car. Send me a PM if someone needs a ride.

holy freaking Toytown herd.

bastian's going? shite. bring protective head gear

cool, thanks Graham.. So who's car will I be in? Or are you driving 2 cars?

I'm confused, too (what else is new?). Can we get one of those fancy listings of who's where again?

Oh Christ, don't any of you have a phone or email? Use it!

Gideon's big car takes
Gideon (+Skis)
Oscar (+Skis)
3lions (No Skis will rent there)
Parrothead (No will rent there)

OG's big car takes
OG (+Skis)
mr hamster (No Skis will rent there)
canuck (+Skis)
jooly booly (+Skis)
tench (snowboard)

small car takes
Izabella (No snowboard will rent there)
Izabella's bf
boston sports fan (+skis)

OG's middle sized car
Tom17 (snowboard)
Jeeves (+skis)
tench
MrHays

FlyGuy's car
FlyGuy
Code Red

since Billybob is not sure if he is coming, he can either drive himself, or if has no skis he can meet us at the IR-U-Bahn.

Thanks!

anyone going to orgainse one of these trips for next weekend, better start organising things now

Yeah, and let's put all the planning for next weekend in this thread too, just to throw everyone a curveball

six nations next weekend, see you all in the arc. now how many tables was that, on mine theres me graham, jooly booly and ken and we can fit six weissbiers on the top and an ashtry but if we get rid of the ash tray its ten weissbiers...

no ash trays, its a non-smoking table, so ten weißbiers and a helles it is!

I think you should get Oscar to organise it next weekend

and i'll be def going next time!!!

, flying to calafornia next weekend so will have to put up with life on the beach, rather than life on the ski slope but will miss a few matches

only a few hours drive to the slopes from California!

you mean ski like a madman, just eat chocholate and pommes, and then we all fall asleep in the back of the car. oh and he'd want to drive

isn't it difficult organising things by PM - what a palavar.
but it should be a trip that goes down in the annals of Toytown - really hope l can make it

Showem: Sure we have phones. But they're not a lot of use when 27 people are trying to communicate with each other.

maybe she thinks we have telephone conferencing?

Anyway, typical female solution to all problems; telephone someone and talk for hours.

Jeeves, yeah, but I'm sure one or two people could coordinate via email.

Owain, typical male response; be chauvanistic and insulting.

i do my best

we have been as well! it is not just via thread. The thread helps keep all people informed of the current situation.

And the thread IS for people wanting to skiing, so i don't really see the problem.

Showem: co-ordination IS going on in the background via PMs. Believe me they are being sent

Edit: Besides, your argument is tantamount to saying why do we all bother to post to Toytown at all, we could just ring each other. And it would be just as confusing

Try skype.com for free internet calls inc conf. Its fab.

Okay, if this is the minor version, I'll accept it then.

showem, we're tring our best here. but we started of emailing and telephoning and pming and posting and it was a fucking mess. now its just a mess. anyway why aren't you coming? too cold? err anrnT you from canada. thats a country which begins with c, like cold. canada and cold go together like snow and white.

No, if I put my hat in now, I'll be pelted with snowballs for complaining. Plus it's cold. Plus it will result in 12 more posts to coordinate transport.

naa. we need a few more canadians to make fun of. At least one per car!

rubbish its worth twenty postings if that's what it takes to hear your addictive laugh echoing through the snow coated vallies of austria...

Aw, you sweet talkers. I'll think about it. Have to do some of my own organising before I could say yes anyways.

The Tartan Tank is def going now. Poss Mr Hay in the turret. Anyone else, PM me with mob no. It will take 1-2 more. I have a ski rack for 4 sets. Otherwise will be there.
T

update:

Gideon's big car takes
Gideon (+Skis)
Oscar (+Skis)
3lions (No Skis will rent there)
Parrothead (No will rent there)

OG's big car takes
OG (+Skis)
mr hamster (No Skis will rent there)
canuck (+Skis)
jooly booly (+Skis)
tench (snowboard)

small car takes
Izabella (No snowboard will rent there)
Izabella's bf
boston sports fan (+skis)

OG's middle sized car
Tom17 (snowboard)
Jeeves (+skis)
tench

FlyGuy's car
FlyGuy
Code Red

Tartan Tank
Tartan
MrHays

since Billybob is not sure if he is coming, he can either drive himself, or if has no skis he can meet us at the IR-U-Bahn.

So just to be clear, are all the cars meeting in one place and this place is the innsbrucker ring U bahn at 0645?
T

yes, exactly!

holy crap, we are rolling deep on Sunday

I had a question about the ski hire. Looking at the website it makes me think theres no hire on the mountain just down in the town, so will I have to stop off at the town, get the ski hire and then drive on to the ski area, or is the parking place, ski hire and ticket shop all in the same area?

ski hire is available at the lift "Talstation", right next to the parking lot.

bf & i are probably joining up too, but we have our own car.
maybe see y'all on the slopes or at the ski rental.

Just wondering what people were planning to do for lunch. Mostly bringing your own, or planning to buy at the mountain?

ski rental as OG said is right next to the lift, there was also another next to the parkplatz if memory serves me right.
as for lunch we'll probably by that at the big restaurant up the mountain. usual healthy ski-fare, curry würst and pommens and a weissbier. i allways take breakfast sandwiches and something for the way home. but there again my ski companion is six years old and does not understand the word wait.
see ya tommorrow bright and early and everybody bring a flask of hot coffee and a scarf.

Is there a specific spot that we are meeting at the Innsbrucker Ring U-bahn station? Is there only one exit?

If you arrive on the train that gets there at 06:42, then i am sure you will see everyone on the platform. And at that time on a sunday morning i don't think you will have problems finding the cars

hey jb, maybe we can discuss this tomorrow. I found Friday's meeting very helpful for my personal motivation. I like Joos quite a bit, and I believe if people support him he can pull this off.

cheers, c ya tomorrow.

l can't make it unfortunately but hope you guys have a brill time

went skiing today and it was *ucking freezing with a capital * so make sure you bring lots of clothes/hats/gloves/extra thermals
wore my sunglasses but with watering eyes it lessened the visibility - would have worn goggles if l'd been smarter, doh

anyway, have fun and be careful!

Since Billybob's not coming I shall aim to be on that 6:42 train arrival.
Better go look for my boots...

Richt! Matchsticks in me eyelids ... check

Offski... check

Holy crap, I'm pretty sure we couldn't have imagined better conditions for skiing!

Thanks for the good time, all, especially the organizers and drivers.

It was pretty fricking good dude!!! WOOHO!!! I can still snowboard!

Next challenge.. skiing

Thanks for organising this everyone, it was a great day out. Thanks Graham for letting us use your extra car.

No thanks to all the sods making us sit in traffic for hours tho

can people please post the pictures!!!

i wonder what ever happened to Isabella? Shame we had to leave two snowboarders behind, as we couldn't fit the boards on the roof of Gideon's car.

Amazingly good weather, great snow conditions. All in all a good day out for my first time this season.
Again thanks to all the drivers and especially to Owain for providing two cars and letting me sleep in the back of the luxury vehicle on the way back