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Mood: wheres the wind?

12th February 2005
Skiing: Melchsee Frutt
Wind Direction:
Wind Stength: Gusting 70 mph +
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Air Temperature:
Sea Temperature:
Weather: rain low snow top
Max Speed:
Distance Covered: 4 (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise)

A change in the weather and for the worst very high winds and rain.
I managed a a few runs but then the wind went mad wouldn't of minded if I was windsurfing but this was skiing.
I got stuck on the lift for about 30 mins cos the wind was so strong it was swinging the chairs so much they were almost hitting the towers. The lift operators were having to watch the lift stopping it when the chairs starting swinging too much.
It was still possible to get to the top of the mountian on the gondolar but there was quite a queue as there were only 10 cars running rather than about 50 cars, these ten cars also were full up with concrete blocks so they weighed as much as the full amount of cars on the cable another reason not to go up was some skis had been blown off the racks on the outsides cars and my skis wouldn't fit inside the car.
On the last run going down after getting stuck on the lift I took my time coming down trying to do some 360's(on the snow not in the air!) on the way I managed a couple quite good as my skis are 180cm long and not meant for stuff like that.
After that it was down to town for lunch via a drive round the some of the lakes

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