Monthly Archives: February 2012
29/2/12 – I hope Pippa Middleton’s ski poles are the right length
Guess what? I have something in common with Pippa Middleton (who, funnily enough, has been mentioned briefly in this blog before – ‘Peeeepah’, the hot topic in the Bernese Oberland). She and I have been preparing for a very long … Continue reading
Filed under Racing, Switzerland
22/2/12 – Caroline Stuart-Taylor to leave Ski Club of Great Britain
An email landed in my inbox this morning from Caroline Stuart-Taylor, announcing she is to leave her post as chief executive of the Ski Club of Great Britain on 31 March. “CST” has been a fixture at Ski Club HQ … Continue reading
Filed under Off-piste, Racing, Switzerland
22/2/12 – My brush with Jean-Claude Baumgartner
I was interested to read in various papers recently about a man named Jean-Claude Baumgartner, who was jailed for more than two years last Friday for fraud. Baumgartner was involved in at least two ski-related businesses, and in relation to … Continue reading
Filed under Food and drink, France, Transport
10/2/12 – Aspen: first impressions
Yesterday, I skied in the US for the first time. I’m lucky enough to be in Aspen – and even luckier in that I’m here on a press trip, researching articles for the Telegraph and Fall-Line magazine. We arrived on … Continue reading
Filed under Off-piste, Transport, United States
6/2/12: Ski Sunday – an uplifting episode
If you missed Ski Sunday yesterday, try to find time to watch it on BBC iPlayer. Not for the coverage of the men’s World Cup downhill at Les Houches, Chamonix, on Saturday – though it was exciting, with three Canadians … Continue reading
1/2/12 – Inferno 2012: how did it turn out?
Just over a week ago I predicted that wax and the tuck would swing the result of the Inferno downhill on Sunday, 22 January, on the Allmendhubel to Lauterbrunnen “glide and hairpin” course. It turned out I was partly right … Continue reading
Filed under Link to article by Yolanda Carslaw, Racing, Switzerland
