Skiing With Sean, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France - 15th March 1999

One of Sean's friends is working as a Chalet Girl over in Chamonix, and so it seems like a good idea to get a cheapo EasyJey flight over and scope it all out. It's Nosher's first-ever time skiing, and so there's a bit of an acclimatisation phase on the baby slopes, under Sean's tutelage. Once that's done, we're off to the "proper" bit, with red, blue and black runs and everything (well, maybe only red and blue). Nosher had always been a bit wary of skiing, on account of the full-gear poseur tits with Oakley shades and all that, but it turns out to be a most pleasant experience - if nothing else for the snow and the stunning scenery.

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A view of Chamonix from Les Planards

A view of Chamonix from Les Planards

On the baby slopes of Les Planards

Learning to ski at Les Planards

Sean does a proper ski pose

Downtown Chamonix

Sean on the phone as we order pizza

Sean and Ponge on the ski slopes

Ready for action

Nosher in twat shades and hat

Sean poses - just don't mention the crossed skis

Messing about in the mountains

Sean slides off

Nosher looks out

Nosher gingerly does a blue run

Safety nets at the end of a run

Sean pauses

Sean is geared up in the dormitory room we're in

The view of Chamonix from the dormitory room

A spot of apres ski

Ponge and Sean roam the streets of Chamonix

Ponge outside a bar

Ponge and Sean mess around

Nosher on a button lift

Nosher on a wall

Outside a café

A view down the mountains

Nosher by a blue-run sign

The Vallée Blanche

Nosher by a snowdrift up in the mountains

Buffet de la Gare on the Vallee Blanche

A view of Chamonix from up the teleferique

The Aiguille du Midi

A collection of random tickets