Day 1 ... the first real shake down ... we had arrived during the night and had to nip into Chamonix for a Carte Neige and breakfast, before heading for the slopes.
First stop Grand Montets ... the car park was over flowing and it wasn't yet 10 am !! ...
plan b
Back to the van and head up the valley - Le Tour was still running and should give some exercise.
Much less crowded, in-fact almost leisurely.
I think I made 5 meters on the first run before the call of the wild gripped and so began a great day in the sun shine.
Dropping down on the Vallorcine side in the powder, to the new chairlift
So from here we had a quick break for lunch, while we planned our next runs.
Another Run?
We finished a great warm up day, and returned to the campsite
One of the things I was experimenting with on this day was a small video cam. Well I had a couple but more about the other one another day. this one shot 640*480 video in a single unit I had tied to my head.
a sample of the results is here ...
however it did suffer from being a trifle heavy and bounced a lot on the strap, making the footage rather blury in places.
First stop Grand Montets ... the car park was over flowing and it wasn't yet 10 am !! ...
plan b
Back to the van and head up the valley - Le Tour was still running and should give some exercise.Much less crowded, in-fact almost leisurely.
I think I made 5 meters on the first run before the call of the wild gripped and so began a great day in the sun shine.Dropping down on the Vallorcine side in the powder, to the new chairlift
So from here we had a quick break for lunch, while we planned our next runs.Another Run?We finished a great warm up day, and returned to the campsite
One of the things I was experimenting with on this day was a small video cam. Well I had a couple but more about the other one another day. this one shot 640*480 video in a single unit I had tied to my head.
a sample of the results is here ...
however it did suffer from being a trifle heavy and bounced a lot on the strap, making the footage rather blury in places.
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