25-2-07 Chamrousse 1650-2250m -max-sarah-mike-andrew-trevor and family

what could happen when you are with friends in a station that you do not know very well, with a map that is just as usefull as a box of chewing gums to orientate you in the colourfull tracks, when snow is falling and fog forbids to see further than the few 75 m sphere around you?

this is part of the answer: you do mistakes and get lost!

Sarah and I went down a little after getting out of the telesiège and though seeing a little nice blue track. Down there we realised it was a dead end because the "tire fesse" was off. Full of courrage (not feeling like walking back up by feet to the top with the 50 cm deep snow layer = the usual lazyness that caracterises me), we decided to follow fresh traces of ski going down the hill over the delimitations (off piste). i said: "that guy must have found a track".
that was going fine, sliding down for 5 min, until the moment we realised we were going down to a valley full of stones and trees without any apparent tracks to get to the lifts... OUPS! (was i thinking inside myself from deep in!)
i realised how wrong i had been.... the only option was to go backwards following our traces. The landscape was awesome and we could see the traces of an old avalanche just above us ... that motivates to climb...
30-45 min later, after climbing up very slowly the hill, completely exhausted, spiting our lungs in the snow, we reached the blue track so much wanted...
we are safe again... for the moment at least (the season is not over yet!)

the victims of the montains:

********Top secret pictures********

La Maxipizza

"Allo, i want a Maxipizza"

ok, it is in the oven !!!

basic pizza + slices of tomato + sausages + fried onions in olive oil + pre cooked bovine meat
=
miam

Vaujany 11-feb 07 (Alpes d Huez)

with David, Estelle, Sarah (2) and Maxime

the beginning of the day was chaotic because some of us had some difficulties to find the path in the fog.... and kept falling and falling.... ;)
but the afternoon was very nice. the snow ultra powder
have a look at some nice views of the mountains...







do not search for the Yeti or "abominable maxime des neiges" anymore...



some views of the montains with actresses...

when it disappears...

Some lyrics from bryan adams that could express the feelings coming to your mind when some words said by somebody close have the same effects as a cold shower falling on you....

"Still feels like our first night together
Feels like the first kiss, its gettin better baby
No one can better this...
Still holdin on, youre still the one
First time our eyes met, same feelin I get
Only feels much stronger, wanna love ya longer
You still turn the fire on...
So if youre feelin lonely dont
Youre the only one I ever want
I only wanna make it good
So if I love ya a little more than I should
Please forgive me, I know not what I do...
...i cant stop lovin you
Dont deny me this pain Im going through...
...if I need ya like I do
Please believe me every word I say is true...
...our best times are together...
...touch, still gettin closer baby
Cant get close enough...
Still holdin on, still number one
I remember the smell of your skin...everything
...all your moves...you, yeah!
...the nights ya know I still do...
...one thing Im sure of is the way we make hugs
And one thing I depend on is for us to stay strong
With every word and every breath Im prayin
Thats why Im sayin...
...never leave me I dont know what Id do... "

"When you love someone - youll do anything
Youll do all the crazy things that you cant explain
Youll shoot the moon - put out the sun
When you love someone

Youll deny the truth - believe a lie
Therell be times that youll believe you can really fly
But your lonely nights - have just begun
When you love someone

When you love someone - youll feel it deep inside
And nothin else can ever change your mind
When you want someone - when you need someone
When you love someone...

When you love someone - youll sacrifice
Youd give it everything you got and you wont think twice
Youd risk it all - no matter what may come
When you love someone
Youll shoot the moon - put out the sun
When you love someone"

Laura Pausini:
La solitudine

"Marco se n´è andato e non ritorna più
Il treno delle 7:30 senza lui
E´ un cuore di metallo senza l´anima
Nel freddo del mattino grigio di città
A scuola il banco è vuoto, Marco è dentro me
E´ dolce il suo respiro fra i pensieri miei
Distanze enormi sembrano dividerci
Ma il cuore batte forte dentro me
Chissà se tu mi penserai
Se con i tuoi non parli mai
Se ti nascondi come me
Sfuggi gli sguardi e te ne stai
Rinchiuso in camera e non vuoi mangiare
Stringi forte al te il cuscino
Piangi non lo sai quanto altro male ti farà la solitudine
Marco nel mio diario ho una fotografia
Hai gli occhi di bambino un poco timido
La stringo forte al cuore e sento che ci sei
Fra i compiti d´inglese e matematica
Tuo padre e suoi consigli che monotonia
Lui con i suoi lavoro ti ha portato via
Di certo il tuo parere non l´ha chiesto mai
Ha detto un giorno tu mi capirai
Chissà se tu mi penserai
Se con gli amici parlerai
Per non soffrire più per me
Ma non è facile lo sai
A scuola non ne posso più
E i pomeriggi senza te
Studiare è inutile tutte le idee si affollano su te
Non è possibile dividere la vita di noi due
Ti prego aspettami amore mio ma illuderti non so!
La solitudine fra noi
Questo silenzio dentro me
E´ l´inquietudine di vivere
La vita senza te
Ti prego aspettami perché
Non posso stare senza te
Non è possibile dividere la storia di noi due"

Hard time on Christmas holidays

Sometimes life exposes us to unexpected events and the initial objectives are ... delayed


http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=802

it seems i was not the only one disappointed...


http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=804

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it seems i am ready to go to the mountain for snowsurfing!!! yeah!
however, recently Sofia had a score of 7.0.... i still have to improve ;)

The visit of "the terribles" from the family

Once upon a time there was some people having some holidays to take just before christmas. They came to grenoble to spend some time in the city and in the surrounding mountains. the time spent in the city was nice but cold...
The mountain was something else since some of the people had to learn how to surf/ski.
First "une mise en jambes" climbing to the bastille of Grenoble to check the view. Then we choose Les 2 alpes and Alpes d'Huez to train the beginners in ski/surf since the snow was not present in lower ski stations. (end december!!!)
Good thing to know: in L'alpe d'huez, there are a lot of dark tracks!!!!

Here are some of the adventures of L-P, Pat, Clai and Max.

Just a little warm-up before the huge ascention to the Bastille!

I feel so much better now that Pat has found another victim!

The 8 km long "cours Jean-Jaurès" in Grenoble seen from the Bastille... according to a friend it would be longer than the champs Elysées in Paris if half the road was not renamed... must be a french story somewhere....

The mood in the Chistmas market in Place victor hugo....

We finished the night in a Moules frittes restaurant... (see the blog of Sofia for the nice piccies: http://asherat.blogspot.com/2006_12_01_asherat_archive.html)

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THE MOUNTAIN!

the thing is that the snow was not really on time at the appointment.... they had to bring it with a truck.... oops it does not seem good for the quality of the "pistes"

WAAAAH we are so pro! heuu well Louis-P was still beginner so lets not mention some of his little problems: (right picture) on the right top corner: L-P and on the bottom left corner of the picture: his ski!!!!!! ;)


the break: snow battle... with a pre-defined target... hehe


1, 2 and 3 inches???



http://video.google.fr/videoplay?docid=-7070688211688628304

Some of the survivors:


On the 23rd december, we learned that the airport of Charleroi (which does not enter the right category to work when heavy low clouds are present!) was closed... Indeed, we almost choose to go back to belgium by plane.... it would have been funny not to be able to come back home for Christmas! I still believe in my little star in the sky ;)