We're taking two way radios with us for a bit of stupid fun whilst on the piste!!! (well if I'm honest we all scared of losing each other in the snow!) Will we look complete saddos or do other people use these as well?????
PS: They are great fun though if you want to feel 6 years old again or like playing emergency services!!!
Just back from Bansko, didnt use them there, but when I was with family in France last year, they were great fun...and one one occasion seriously useful.
We took them and found them useful. The only problem was we would invariably call each other when hammering down a run or clinging onto a darg lift - so you have to be patient sometimes waiting for the reply.
I was giving Mrs Bill direction to a bar I had alighted in and she was only coming about 100 yards from the Rila, she was taking ages so I kept trying to call her. When she arrived she explained that she would have taken half the time if she didn't have to put her skis down every ...
We took them and found them useful. The only problem was we would invariably call each other when hammering down a run or clinging onto a darg lift - so you have to be patient sometimes waiting for the reply.
I was giving Mrs Bill direction to a bar I had alighted in and she was only coming about 100 yards from the Rila, she was taking ages so I kept trying to call her. When she arrived she explained that she would have taken half the time if she didn't have to put her skis down every thirty seconds and pull the bl**dy thing out of her jacket just to answer yours truly - even if the message was going to be, "shut up ****** ******"
Have a great time, 'tis now a distant memory for us.