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Schladming, Austria - Thumbnails

A week's skiing, boarding and tobogganing in Schladming, Austria.

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SAS Ball 2006 - Space Hopper Racing
SAS Ball 2006
Glastonbury 2008 (glasto2008_92)
Glastonbury 2008
Canada 2006 - On the way up.
Canada 2006

...like a tractor


Saturday

Thumbnail: Schladming, Austria - Bill finishing his first pint of the holiday. At 6:02am.
Bill finishing his first pint of the holiday. At 6:02am.
Photo: Schladming, Austria - These two bottles of Fiddy didn't last long.
These two bottles of Fiddy didn't last long.
Picture: Schladming, Austria - Mukki and some 'free' beer.
Mukki and some 'free' beer.
Image: Schladming, Austria - Watch out for the boot-burp.
Watch out for the boot-burp.

Monday

Pics: Schladming, Austria - Mukki at the top of Hochwurzen.
Mukki at the top of Hochwurzen.
Gallery: Schladming, Austria - Occasionally we'd make it onto the slopes.
Occasionally we'd make it onto the slopes.
Pictures: Schladming, Austria - ...the views were worth it.
...the views were worth it.
Images: Schladming, Austria - A couple of amateur boarders.
A couple of amateur boarders.
Pic: Schladming, Austria - Bill and his knackered ankle.
Bill and his knackered ankle.
Thumbnail: Schladming, Austria (schladming_10)
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Photo: Schladming, Austria - Mmm, nice.
Mmm, nice.
Picture: Schladming, Austria - Back in Papa Joe's. I think we paid for these beers.
Back in Papa Joe's. I think we paid for these beers.
Image: Schladming, Austria (schladming_13)
(schladming_13)

Tuesday

Pics: Schladming, Austria - This photo would have been dirtier but there were kids present.
This photo would have been dirtier but there were kids...
Gallery: Schladming, Austria - A liquid lunch improves your skiing. Really, try it.
A liquid lunch improves your skiing. Really, try it.
Pictures: Schladming, Austria - Bill looking moody. (Photographer's instructions - I told him he shouldn't be looking cheerful if he can't board.)
Bill looking moody. (Photographer's instructions - I told...
Images: Schladming, Austria - Mukki taking on off-piste shortcut through some trees.
Mukki taking on off-piste shortcut through some trees.
Pic: Schladming, Austria - Lee and Reena after their first full day's skiing.
Lee and Reena after their first full day's skiing.
Thumbnail: Schladming, Austria (schladming_19)
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Photo: Schladming, Austria (schladming_20)
(schladming_20)
Picture: Schladming, Austria - Reena Sharma and Matthew Duckworth.
Reena Sharma and Matthew Duckworth.
Image: Schladming, Austria - Mukki and Lee.
Mukki and Lee.

Wednesday

Pics: Schladming, Austria (schladming_23)
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Gallery: Schladming, Austria (schladming_24)
(schladming_24)
Pictures: Schladming, Austria - Local beer. Yum!
Local beer. Yum!
Images: Schladming, Austria (schladming_26)
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Pic: Schladming, Austria (schladming_27)
(schladming_27)
Thumbnail: Schladming, Austria - Lee on the pull. (For the record: access denied.)
Lee on the pull. (For the record: access denied.)
Photo: Schladming, Austria (schladming_29)
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Picture: Schladming, Austria (schladming_30)
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Thursday

Image: Schladming, Austria - On the chairlift up in the morning...
On the chairlift up in the morning...
Pics: Schladming, Austria - ...not much snow in the valley.
...not much snow in the valley.
Gallery: Schladming, Austria - It wasn't exactly ski-in ski-out.
It wasn't exactly ski-in ski-out.

Friday

Pictures: Schladming, Austria - Law of averages - if you take enough photos, one may be properly framed. I'm still waiting.
Law of averages - if you take enough photos, one may be...
Images: Schladming, Austria (schladming_35)
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Pic: Schladming, Austria (schladming_36)
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Thumbnail: Schladming, Austria - I could have sworn I was skiing better than this.
I could have sworn I was skiing better than this.
Photo: Schladming, Austria - Lee showing us how it's done.
Lee showing us how it's done.
Picture: Schladming, Austria (schladming_39)
(schladming_39)
Image: Schladming, Austria - Lee spraying Mukki with the white stuff.
Lee spraying Mukki with the white stuff.
Pics: Schladming, Austria - Mukki Bisla and Lee Gorman.
Mukki Bisla and Lee Gorman.
Gallery: Schladming, Austria - Bill and Mukki doing a bit of sledding. They were harder to control than you'd think.
Bill and Mukki doing a bit of sledding. They were harder...
Pictures: Schladming, Austria - Finish off with a nice three-litre Erdinger.
Finish off with a nice three-litre Erdinger.
Images: Schladming, Austria - Demonstrating how a donkey punch should be performed.
Demonstrating how a donkey punch should be performed.
Pic: Schladming, Austria - 'I can write da feem toon, sing da feem toon.'
'I can write da feem toon, sing da feem toon.'
Thumbnail: Schladming, Austria (schladming_46)
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Photo: Schladming, Austria (schladming_47)
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Picture: Schladming, Austria - Job done.
Job done.
Image: Schladming, Austria - Bill and Mukki in a weird igloo bar in town. Very smokey, like everywhere in Austria.
Bill and Mukki in a weird igloo bar in town. Very...
Pics: Schladming, Austria (schladming_50)
(schladming_50)
Gallery: Schladming, Austria - Night of the Living Dead part 1.
Night of the Living Dead part 1.
Pictures: Schladming, Austria - Schladming Hauptplatz at night.
Schladming Hauptplatz at night.
Images: Schladming, Austria - You can't go to Austria without having Jägermeister. I don't make the rules.
You can't go to Austria without having Jägermeister. I...
Pic: Schladming, Austria - ...you don't have to drink it like this, though.
...you don't have to drink it like this, though.
Thumbnail: Schladming, Austria - Lee, Bill and Reena.
Lee, Bill and Reena.
Photo: Schladming, Austria - Night of the Living Dead part 2.
Night of the Living Dead part 2.

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Halv09:28 3rd Apr 2007 

Thanks to everyone for making it such a memorable holiday. It was nice to meet you, Lee and Mukki (sorry about the back of your head :wink:).

Extra thanks to Bill's dad for the accommodation.



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halv19:49 12th Apr 2007 

This was a handheld photo. I'm quite impressed with how well the camera coped with the low light, especially as we'd been doing a bit of boozing.






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