Training Update: Feb 21 2012 – Chamonix & Flaine
This is a report on the first week of training for Olivia Sayers, who will be representing Australia at the 2012 INAS World Championships...
Training Update – Feb 25 2012 – The Road to Turkey
Firstly thanks to all who read and commented on the first Training Update (link here) - Olivia enjoyed reading every single comment and very...
Australia First and Fifth in 2012 INAS World Championship Slalom
Australian Skiers Nicole Harris and Olivia Sayers have placed First and Fifth respectively in the Slalom at the 6th INAS World Championships for the...
Further Gold for Australia in 2012 INAS World Championship Giant Slalom
Another day, another Gold for Australian Team member Nicole Harris. In extremely testing conditions she narrowly took out the Giant Slalom event at the...
Silver in Super G, Gold In Combined Plus Medal Presentations and 2012 INAS IWSC...
The final day of competition at the 2012 INAS World Championship for Athletes with an Intellectual Disability was the Super G, and while the...
TR: Chamonix 2012 Day 1 – Col du Belvedere
After a very worthwhile week in Turkey (more details on sister blog aussieskier.com ) I came back to Chamonix to ski for myself. After...
TR: Chamonix 2012 Day 3 – Glacier Rond Failure, Vallee Blanche Plan B
It started with a loaded question over dinner - 'Are your edges sharp?" - I replied in the affirmative and said they had been...
TR: Chamonix 2012 Day 4 – Steep Skiing – South Face of L’Aiguille d’Entreves
After yesterday's aborted mission on the Glacier Rond we figured if we wanted to ski a steep line a better option would be to...
TR: Chamonix 2012 Day 5 – SE Couloir of Tour Ronde to Brenva Glacier
After yesterday's successful mission on the Italian side skiing the Aiguille d'Entreves we concluded that if the weather remained the same our best chance...
TR: Chamonix 2012 Days 6-7: Bivouac d’Envers des Dorées – The Missing TR
Just discovered this on my laptop. I wrote it in anticipation of getting the photos from Jerome, which I never did. I have a...