Heli Camp Romania 2016 - report. - snowprogres english

As the team arrived two days earlier to hold several meetings and prepare sponsors – side, advertising. of course, our earlier reaching intended also splitboarding “enter into closer relations with the romanian winter 2016, it was not very much snow

but the trip went good. Together with “Jesus” we did a few hundred meters height difference and calmly went to the base.
Everything is ready. Meetings topped decisions and plan actions. Accomodation written out and set menus. Scooters “in blocks” …. we are waiting only for riders:]
The joint board split into two meals because of delays on the Hungarian-Romanian border of one of the teams. Finally we set and, after a joint meeting Wellcome drink Palinka. Tomorrow training.
8.00 breakfast and a lecture on the ABC avalanche.
Around 11:00 backcountry training already in the field. The weather does not spoil. Vaguely, strong wind and …. great weather for avalanche training.
Estimating distances proves more difficult than you might think. The involvement of the composition, however, leaves no doubt as to the seriousness and adequate treatment in the field. Both the action on the split, rockets and she simulated rescue / avalanche shows the strengths and weaknesses of the group and the individual preferences of each participant Heli Camp PROGRES SNB.
In the afternoon, another dose of theory and a shared meal.
Dedicated flying the next morning raises doubts as to possible action in the mountains. How’s that for trips heliboarding’owych patience and ability to assimilate up to date with changes to the plan are important features. With one foot and from window to window, interspersed approaches to a nearby ridge to verify the weather changes are classes quite common. In the afternoon, another dose of theory and a shared meal.
Dedicated flying the next morning raises doubts as to possible action in the mountains. How’s that for trips heliboarding’owych patience and ability to assimilate up to date with changes to the plan are important features. With one foot and from window to window, interspersed approaches to a nearby ridge to verify the weather changes are classes quite common.
Next breakfast … .. the weather unstable. Warming, which at night significantly influence the quantity but also the quality of snow. Promising forecasts, however, apply next day. A few hours in standby volatile. Repackaging equipment and trips to watch what a ridge. Weather window lasting a few minutes make it impossible to start the helicopter. Action 8-12 people, since the phone part of the pilot to return takes an average 3-3,5h where each participant is able to fly 5 times and set up 5 marks / lines in pristine areas of the Carpathians.
But that day it will not happen. We decide to take a trip, combined with work on the detectors and the study of the magnetic field emitted by the device avalanches.
Evening discussions sprinkled with beer and to bed. Looking with considerable hopes on the fourth day you need to be rested and compact for action.
Wake up and …. feeling it today. Photos, forecast, talking with remote control … There are a few-hour window. We’re going.
We start with the obvious area would be to Kill. Then we change the valley and here are some visualization. The helicopter lands us on the ridge 2200 meters above sea level, a beautiful area; untouched tracts with a lot of snow. We decide unanimously on patched all time. Because of the unpredictable weather of previous days we do 9 flights of more than 4000m altitude difference, legs taken:]. Endorphin levels at its zenith. Adrenaline and blue do not let that smile has left souls. Freeriding. The rest does not exist. Weirdness palpable. Time stopped ….
The Hotel Felix (the owner) and his local moonshine releases the body … reflection.
Day 5 only confirms the magnitude of the phenomenon that is snowboarding.
The rented scooters and not only extracts for personal use but private mountain. Weather bit of water by the nose (flying anyway) but frequent windows with blue skies allow for setting each time the track. You can dense twist between scattered rocks more or less steep terrain. Open and predictable tracts allow for considerable speed and vast rays. Become familiar with the area which opens each and pushes, every time that a little more. Dream…. Snow magnificent, fly drops again to a waiting scooter. Another line, during which the eyes whiteness intact until after dusk ….
This day, this trip, you people, mountains, emotions, Snowboarding […]
The future already speaks trip.