http://www.skibanter.com A ski and snow forum covering all aspects of skiing acting as a web gateway with the finest snow related newsgroups en Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:32:45 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.skibanter.com/images/002/misc/rss.jpg http://www.skibanter.com http://www.skibanter.com/showthread.php?t=21576&goto=newpost Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:09:57 GMT Arrive Alexandria & Depart PortSaid

Vessels or cruise ships arriving at Alexandria port and depart from
Portsaid. Two days tour with Fly2egy.com to discover Giza pyramids of
Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinu. Then visit Memphis, the Step Pyramid at
Sakkara, the Egyptian Museum, Alabaster mosque, Saladdin citadel, Old
Cairo and more...

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Day 1: Morning time you will be picked up from your cruise by our
Egyptologist tour guide who will accompany you to visit Sakkara that
is part of Memphis's massive necropolis, and the burial site of the
most ancient Pharaohs where you will see the first pyramids build in
Egypt "Step Pyramid of King Djoser that was designed by Imhotep, the
ancient Egyptian architect also you will visit the Teti Pyramid and
tombs in Sakkara then you will be transferred to Memphis, the ancient
Capital of Egypt to visit the colossal statue of Ramses II and nearby
a still half-buried Hathor Temple then drive to the famous Giza
Plateau, home of Egypt’s signature attractions to visit the Great
Pyramids, ONE of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world including the
Great Pyramid of Cheops, middle pyramids of Chephren and the little
one of Mykerinos and mysterious Sphinx, the Father of Terror for the
ancient pharaohs, the tour includes visit to the valley temple facing
the great sphinx with shopping tour at the Famous bazaars and papyrus
institutes in Giza area and then lunch will be served at good quality
restaurant around pyramids area. From there you will be transferred to
your hotel for check in and having settled in and overnight stay.
Optionally: you will be accompanied to attend the fabulous sound and
light show at the Pyramids or and you will be accompanied to board
your luxurious Nile cruise ship for dinner, belly dance and oriental
show for 2 hours then you will be transferred back to your hotel for
overnight stay.
Day 2: After breakfast at the hotel in Cairo your private Egyptologist
guide will take you to world-renowned Museum of Egyptian antiquities
that was built in neo-classical style designed by the French architect
Marcel Dourgnon which exhibited collections now exceed 120000
masterpieces ranges from pre-dynastic era, Pharaonic era to the Greco-
roman period in Egypt including the treasures of the child King
Tutankhamen, Pharaonic Gods and Goddess with lunch will be served in
5* Nile view restaurant. Then you will be move on to the Citadel of
Saladin that is overlooking the city from the Muqattam Hills and
Mohammed Ali Alabaster Mosque inside that was built in Turkish style
and very similar to the Blue Mosque in Turkey and simply considered to
be one of the landmarks in Cairo whose minaret can be seen from any
part of old Cairo. Finally you will be escorted by your guide back to
the cruise.
Inclusions:
* Meet and greet service at Alexandria Port
* Assistance of our personal during tours
* Transportation by private air-conditioned deluxe vehicle
* Academic Egyptologist guide
* 2 Lunch meals at good quality restaurants in Cairo
* Accommodation for one night at 5* hotel in Cairo
* 1 Breakfast at the hotel Cairo
* Mineral water and soft drinks on board the vehicle
* Service charges and taxes included
Exclusions:
* Entrance fees
* Gratuities (recommended)


http://www.fly2egy.com/tour-egypt/16...-portsaid.html
]]> European Ski Resorts Egypt tours http://www.skibanter.com/showthread.php?t=21576 http://www.skibanter.com/showthread.php?t=21578&goto=newpost Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:16:14 GMT It must come as an extreme shocker to them epicski's bears and you
gappers alike. Here's what your skiing expert, Bob Barnes, of
epicski.com, said about expert skiing:

[quote]And so, I like the skiing of Snowbender in his video clip.
While it is not the style that I would usually prefer for myself, and
it alone does not make him an expert, I contend that few skiers on any
mountain could imitate him. Any true expert could easily imitate his
movements and "style" if he wanted to. While it is true that few
experts ski like him (very often), it is also true that anyone who
cannot ski like Snowbender is certainly not an expert.

Anyone would benefit from turning Snowbender's "style" into a drill
and seeking to master it, even if you don't like skiing that way. In
ways that perhaps few might understand, Snowbender's "exercise" is
helping him master many important nuances of expert skiing, including
subtle edge control, mastery of rotational (angular) momentum, and
fore-aft balance. As an exercise, he is developing a "touch" that few
skiers have, but all would benefit from. [end of quote]

http://www.epicski.com/forum/thread/...g#post_1235744

You gappers sucked.

Yours truly, :)
snowbender
]]> Alpine Skiing snowbender http://www.skibanter.com/showthread.php?t=21578 http://www.skibanter.com/showthread.php?t=21577&goto=newpost Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:09:02 GMT It must come as an extreme shocker to them epicski's bears and you
gappers alike. Here's what your skiing expert, Bob Barnes, of
epicski.com, said about expert skiing:

[quote]And so, I like the skiing of Snowbender in his video clip.
While it is not the style that I would usually prefer for myself, and
it alone does not make him an expert, I contend that few skiers on any
mountain could imitate him. Any true expert could easily imitate his
movements and "style" if he wanted to. While it is true that few
experts ski like him (very often), it is also true that anyone who
cannot ski like Snowbender is certainly not an expert.

Anyone would benefit from turning Snowbender's "style" into a drill
and seeking to master it, even if you don't like skiing that way. In
ways that perhaps few might understand, Snowbender's "exercise" is
helping him master many important nuances of expert skiing, including
subtle edge control, mastery of rotational (angular) momentum, and
fore-aft balance. As an exercise, he is developing a "touch" that few
skiers have, but all would benefit from. [end of quote]

http://www.epicski.com/forum/thread/...g#post_1235744

You gappers sucked.

Yours truly, :)
snowbender
]]> Alpine Skiing taichiskiing http://www.skibanter.com/showthread.php?t=21577 http://www.skibanter.com/showthread.php?t=21573&goto=newpost Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:21:23 GMT Where's my snow?

]]> Alpine Skiing (moderated) lal_truckee http://www.skibanter.com/showthread.php?t=21573 http://www.skibanter.com/showthread.php?t=21572&goto=newpost Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:21:23 GMT Where's my snow?

]]> Alpine Skiing lal_truckee http://www.skibanter.com/showthread.php?t=21572 http://www.skibanter.com/showthread.php?t=21564&goto=newpost Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:31:32 GMT Of course I can do the research, but does anyone offhand have experience or information about propeller powered skiing? Thanks. Of course I can do the research, but does anyone offhand have
experience or information about propeller powered skiing?

Thanks.






--
If possible, please do not advise about safety concerns, safety
concerns are not a problem when you are theorizing.
]]> Alpine Skiing John Doe http://www.skibanter.com/showthread.php?t=21564 http://www.skibanter.com/showthread.php?t=21563&goto=newpost Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:31:32 GMT Of course I can do the research, but does anyone offhand have experience or information about propeller powered skiing? Thanks. Of course I can do the research, but does anyone offhand have
experience or information about propeller powered skiing?

Thanks.






--
If possible, please do not advise about safety concerns, safety
concerns are not a problem when you are theorizing.
]]> Nordic Skiing John Doe http://www.skibanter.com/showthread.php?t=21563 http://www.skibanter.com/showthread.php?t=21562&goto=newpost Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:00:55 GMT Its time to announce the new "Dead Pool" contest. Similar to the
Oscars, Golden Globes etc, this contest will test your" predictive
ability", and thus determine who will "leave us" in the back half of
2010. Seeing that its my post, I get first shot, here is my list:

Scott Abraham
Hugo Chavez
Fidel Castro
Nancy Reagan
Elizabeth Taylor
Andy Rooney
Charlie Sheen
Cloris Leachmen
Lindsay Lohan
]]> Alpine Skiing http://www.skibanter.com/showthread.php?t=21562 http://www.skibanter.com/showthread.php?t=21559&goto=newpost Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:10:52 GMT I saw this thing at a sports store - a parachute for runners for resistance training. Where I am, I have to drive about half an hour to get to a... I saw this thing at a sports store - a parachute for runners for
resistance training. Where I am, I have to drive about half an hour to
get to a decent uphill, and it is not long enough and I'm not thrilled
going downhill on wheels. I do use speed reducers on my Aeros to add
resistance on flats, but it feels artificial. So, a drag chute would
seem like a good idea. Some possible drawbacks come come to mind
though. Unless you're at a stadium, it must look really weird. Also,
if the wind is at your back, this thing will probably sag and tangle,
unless you outrun the wind.

Has anyone used it/seen it used this way?
]]> Nordic Skiing Larry http://www.skibanter.com/showthread.php?t=21559 http://www.skibanter.com/showthread.php?t=21547&goto=newpost Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:30:18 GMT Okay, I only like skiing on groomed trails. I know we are supposed to
prefer ungroomed; but I don't. Back here in WNY ALL trails are
groomed. I can't understand why it isn't like that everywhere.

Any how, last winter we went to Sugarbush for a few days. Marvelous
skiing on the groomed trails; didn't much care for the 70% that
weren't groomed.

Is there anyplace in the region that grooms more?
]]> Alpine Skiing toller http://www.skibanter.com/showthread.php?t=21547 http://www.skibanter.com/showthread.php?t=21543&goto=newpost Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:58:56 GMT wrote: >I confess. >When Tranny Boob Thompson accused me of having violent...]]> On Thu, 8 Jul 2010 16:30:39 -0700 (PDT), twobuddha
> wrote:

>I confess.
>When Tranny Boob Thompson accused me of having violent homosexual
>fantasies regarding his old, flabby, diseased trunk butt, and then
>finally told the truth and admitted that he never showed up at a meet
>because he was afraid of being raped, he was telling the truth. For
>him.
>I've been setting traps for years, hoping to lure him into a situation
>where he could be gang raped by Mormon fudge packers.
>That's why I set a meet this year in Temple Square, site of the
>Tabernacle and Temple. The timing was perfect: if Brain Fried Bob had
>showed up, I was going to force him into the Tabernacle at dick point,
>duct tape him to the rostrum, and encourage the entire choir to
>convert him to Momo Homo while singing the Hallelujah Chorus.
>But Bob saw right through my nefarious plan.
>As for Boob not showing up at Deer Valley, who could blame him? After
>all, there's nothing in the world more obvious as a set up for male
>rape then setting a meet at 9,000 feet, in the mountains, in January,
>right next to a busy ski run. My plan was to duct tape him to the
>stove at the Cabin, and put up big signs on the run advertising his
>availability and charging a dollar a pop.
>Damn. Bob saw my scheme for what it was. Not a transparent
>opportunity for me to prove, once again, that he is a dickless coward
>who never has had and never will be man enough to spew his **** to my
>face, but a way for me ot exploit his new post operative transexual
>status.
>The clincher? I've set at least five meets at El Chubasco, a popular
>local eatery in PC. The name proves me to be the Snidely Whiplash of
>RSA. El Chubb Ass Company. El Chubasco. I had the whole restaurant,
>the owners, the staff, and all the customers primed for the arrival of
>a drunken, debauched, fugly, old, dickless and nutless transexual, Bob
>Thompson. We were going to duct tape him to the condiment counter,
>and rape him with chubby tamales and enchiladas smeared with mayo and
>mole.
>Chubs up his ass. How stupid of me to think I could fool a brilliant
>man like Birther Bob, who figured out Obama is Kenyan?
>I am so ashamed. I have been exposed. Obviously, Tranny Boob has
>exposed the real me. All these years I pretended that I wanted to
>kick the crap out of the freak simply because he is such a depraved,
>vile, cowardly, vicious little bitch. I even had all of you fooled
>into thinking that the notion of any homosexual sadistic tendencies
>was ridiculous. But Tranny Boob, with the wisdom of a bottle of vodka
>and several ounces of meth, saw right through me.
>I can't say I blame you freaks. Obviously, courage and manhood and
>ethics and honor have nothing to do with why none of you ever have and
>none of you ever will talk **** in person.
>You're scared of having a two foot beefstick jammed up your chocolate
>speedway.
>You poor beetches.
>Remember, don't pick up the soap in the shower. You never know when I
>will decide to hunt you down, beefstick strapped on, and have my way
>with you.
Again, you admit to rape
]]> Alpine Skiing http://www.skibanter.com/showthread.php?t=21543 http://www.skibanter.com/showthread.php?t=21539&goto=newpost Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:16:16 GMT From what I have been told by local tourist offices, the Sella Ronda circuit is typically open by the time of the Italian public holiday at the... From what I have been told by local tourist offices, the Sella Ronda circuit
is typically open by the time of the Italian public holiday at the beginning
of December. Does anyone have any practical knowledge of this?

--
Michael Chare

]]> European Ski Resorts Michael Chare http://www.skibanter.com/showthread.php?t=21539 http://www.skibanter.com/showthread.php?t=21538&goto=newpost Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:06:41 GMT To my surprise I have found that Kuoni, a travel company started in Switzerland in 1906, no longer sell skiing holidays. -- Michael Chare To my surprise I have found that Kuoni, a travel company started in
Switzerland in 1906, no longer sell skiing holidays.

--
Michael Chare

]]> European Ski Resorts Michael Chare http://www.skibanter.com/showthread.php?t=21538 http://www.skibanter.com/showthread.php?t=21536&goto=newpost Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:49:32 GMT I had heard that countries like Saudi Arabia have indoor ski slopes climate controlled and... I had heard that countries like Saudi Arabia have indoor ski slopes
climate controlled and everything

http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/20...t-hearing.html

July 14, 2010
Lawsuits on Terrorism Get Mixed Reaction at Hearing
Witnesses sparred at a congressional hearing today over the possible
consequences of a bill designed to open up litigation against foreign
officials accused of financing terrorism.

The legislation, sponsored by Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.), would amend the
Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1974 to allow lawsuits in limited
circumstances. It is in part a response to a 2008 ruling by the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, affirming that Sept. 11 victims could not
sue the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and four of its princes over charitable
contributions that the plaintiffs said went to Al-Qaeda.

"The evidence is very, very forceful about the involvement of Saudi money in
promoting terrorism," Specter said today in chairing a Senate Judiciary
subcommittee hearing on the issue. He said the threat of a lawsuit could
deter those considering financing terrorism.

]]> Backcountry Skiing Ala http://www.skibanter.com/showthread.php?t=21536 http://www.skibanter.com/showthread.php?t=21534&goto=newpost Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:02:36 GMT As you hike up the widely used Five Lakes trail in Alpine Meadows, California, you see a number of towers both below and above you, apparently... As you hike up the widely used Five Lakes trail in Alpine Meadows,
California, you see a number of towers both below and above you,
apparently intended for a chair lift that, if it were completed, would
cross the trail at approximately a right angle, heading up in the
general direction of KT 22.

The towers themselves look quite new and modern and appear to be in very
good shape, except that there's no cable installed, and in fact no
pulley flanges on the towers.

Anyway know the origin or history of these? A project that got started
and then was disapproved or otherwise abandoned?

Do I recall correctly that there once was, quite a long while ago, a
lift in this general area that allowed skiers to ride up from Alpine and
drop down into Squaw Valley?
]]> Backcountry Skiing AES http://www.skibanter.com/showthread.php?t=21534