wisemanp 0 Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 I haven't been on here recently, it has been nice to come back to such progress in the ATWC plus some excellent posts in the screenshot forum as per usual! In the mean time I was skiing in Switzerland, and one day was spent heli-skiing! The object of heli-skiing is to be dropped off at a remote location in a helicopter and ski back down to civilisation. In our case, we were dropped at 4200m on the Alps' second highest mountain, Monte Rosa, and skied about 10km down the Gornergletscher, Europe's second longest glacier. Here are some shots! HB-ZCC at the heliport, the base of Air Zermatt One of the choppers landing What would be our helicopter, heading off to drop some people somewhere. The pilots are amazing! The choppers come in at a level lower than the pad, then pitch up at the last minute before dropping into the pad. This is our Air Zermatt A Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 Amazing! You lucky b*gger, Phil - I am envious, really! And thanks for sharing - those photo's are brilliant. Cheers - Dai. :atwc: Link to post Share on other sites
SEATAC 400 Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 Wow!!! That must have been amazing. Great photos! Link to post Share on other sites
stu7708 244 Posted April 15, 2010 Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 Those were some stunning photos! Link to post Share on other sites
Edward Longe 3 Posted April 15, 2010 Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 Never done heli-sking my self but I have been Skiing and it was amazing, breaking my teachers collar bone, priceless. Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted April 15, 2010 Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 Wow, what an adventure Phil. A 10Km ski must really take it out of your knees, plenty of Apr Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted April 15, 2010 Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 Excellent pics Phil! Link to post Share on other sites
rob16584 42 Posted April 15, 2010 Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 Good shots Phil. Looks like you had a lot of fun Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted April 16, 2010 Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 A day to remember all your life, Phil. Thanks for sharing the photos. John Link to post Share on other sites
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