2004-01-17 - Skiing in Livigno, Italy


My pics from Italy. Not many this year - too busy skiing, snowblading and, er..., snowboarding!

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Hey Kaz!
11-Jan-2004  11:46am
 
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Nigel poses in the snow
10-Jan-2004  11:58pm
 
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11-Jan-2004  11:47am
 
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13 out of 16 ain't bad
12-Jan-2004  9:39pm
 
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Livingo by night
12-Jan-2004  10:15pm
 
Had to leave the flash off, because the flash catching the snow in the air ruins the pics - but it means they're very blurry
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Livingo at night
12-Jan-2004  10:16pm
 
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Crack of dawn for another day on the...
13-Jan-2004  8:54am
 
The locals must have trouble finding their cars some days!
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Shopping run
13-Jan-2004  1:09pm
 
Well that's one thing to do when it's snowing too hard to ski. Go shopping! We're at the top of the lower chairlifts (left half of photo) about to board back down the valley (background of photo) to save us some walking through the village with groceries (the village isn't actually in this photo - not that you can tell, just take my word).

BTW, snow blades are NOT good in powder... as I was about to find out.
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Gally's pub
13-Jan-2004  7:57pm
 
... the main meeting point for us after skiing each day.
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Many a yummy desert were had
13-Jan-2004  10:10pm
 
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World snowboarding champs
14-Jan-2004  1:48pm
 
... were on at the same time we were there. We mainly stayed on the opposite side of the valley though
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World snowboarding champs 2
14-Jan-2004  1:49pm
 
These guys were pretty good - massive air + hard landings (not always pretty)
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Snow for africa!
15-Jan-2004  9:55am
 
(somehow that expression doesn't sound quite right here...)
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Yet another painted building
15-Jan-2004  1:16pm
 
Seems to be the trend in this part of town. I quite like it.
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Pizza
15-Jan-2004  9:19pm
 
Good pizza and pasta - compulsory daily diet.
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Final day
16-Jan-2004  10:46am
 
And it was a beauty. We'd all had a good rest after 1 day snowed off the mountain.

The chairs are coming up over a black piste run - nicely groomed for skiers on the left, left as powder for borders on the right.
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Pretty mountains
16-Jan-2004  10:46am
 
My photos didn't do justice to the mountains this trip - these mountains were around us 360-deg. They averaged something around 3000m each.
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16-Jan-2004  10:47am
 
The top (bottom?) end of the village in the background - my challet is somewhere in the "little boxes" to the right.
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HeadCam Attempt 2
16-Jan-2004  1:34pm
 
Another year, another failure. Looks like it's just too cold for that little camera.
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Board, guys?
16-Jan-2004  1:51pm
 
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Cubie hits a jump
16-Jan-2004  1:58pm
 
...and crashes spectacularly!
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Glyn hits a jump
16-Jan-2004  1:58pm
 
...and crashes spectacularly!

Yeah, my camera takes too long to focus. I missed them both.