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#81 ·
I may take your advice and hit Austria first. I'll have to do 3 days there, then verbier, then 3 valles. Probably crash your pad jan 12. Jan 9 may be our last day in verbier then we could meet up if your not beat up from your travels. By mid January my family is going to have forgotten what home looks like.
 
#87 ·
I have had PMs from numerous people for places to stay, thanks for lookin out for the community. It's amazing how many people care enough to reach out. I will definitely hit some of you up along the way. :D

#swisscheesecaserole
#nenisplace

If anyone wants to follow the journey feel free to like my sons Facebook page, we will update it and also the epic race site. I have no idea what that site will look like though. We will be posting videos, pictures and updates along the way. Probably do a backflip across vail edit, backflips in every vail resort..... :dunno:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Matthew-Walence/187227181383343?ref=hl

Here is the fund raiser site of my sons again too. Thanks again to everyone that has donated. Every little bit helps. Wrath, Acro and devil went big on donations, my son really wants to say thanks. I thank you too for makin him ecstatic!! :yahoo:

Matthew's Epic Race Fundraiser by Matthew Walence - GoFundMe
 
#88 ·
I will also post up on here if I can. I'm taking my iPad for Internet access and it won't upload pics on the forum.... If there is a trick lye me know. Also, the offer still stands for people that can donate united airline miles for international tickets.... I'll trade you for a week of a room in vail. My spare room that is, we home cook meals every night too.
 
#89 ·
I will also post up on here if I can. I'm taking my iPad for Internet access and it won't upload pics on the forum.... If there is a trick lye me know. Also, the offer still stands for people that can donate united airline miles for international tickets.... I'll trade you for a week of a room in vail. My spare room that is, we home cook meals every night too.
I post pics from my iPhone, but I have to pull them from face book. If you open Facebook with safari instead of the app, then go to the picture you posted, click on "view full size photo", then just cut and paste the URL to the upload photo button here.

Jeez, that sounds like a PITA. It's not terrible, but I guess that's why I don't post more pics. :laugh:
 
#90 ·
You could also set up a flickr account, upload the pics to there and paste the BBCode directly onto a post without needing to use the image url function.

At least this way you've got a backup of your photos on flickr as well, you can upload full res files there and download them later on if you need to.
 
#91 ·
Any ideas as to dates roughly for Europe, i am going to look at pricing a drive down from Norway to do some of the Europe leg...

It depends on price and dates, and i am not stressed about accommodation, as i have a car plenty big enough to sleep in for a week if i have too, that and backpackers accommodation and i'll be sorted, but ferries would need to be sorted in the next month or so if i can do this...

It's just an idea at the moment, as i am looking at Sochi for the Olympics as well, so hoping the dates are close enough together to be able to drive it all... ;)
 
#92 ·
My plan currently is jan 1-14. Fly in to Zurich, hit arlberg for a few days, then verbier for a day or two, the 3 valles for 4 days. Stay a night near Zurich before flying back and most likely hang with neni that night. Not sure if we are flying out jan 13 or 14, that's dependent on airfare. I will be buying tickets in 3 weeks. I'll let you know the dates then. I will likely be car camping a lot of nights too, I'll be way too broke to afford a hotel by that point!
 
#94 ·
Cool, it may be far too early in the year for me to be able to do, will look at costings, and ferry availability into Germany from Norway and see what the costs are for that... But i would love to do some resorts with you if i get can swing it, the other problem i have is my son normally comes over for xmas, but he will be skiing with his mum, so was planning to do new year instead, and he has to be back in the UK for UNI on the 7th or 8th... May get him to fly somewhere in Germany and pick him up and have him there with me instead...
 
#96 ·
It's a 2 hour drive, then 22 hours on a ferry then 12-16 hours drive each way...!!!

Trying to work prices now, but the ferry is looking like around $800 return on it's own with the car...

Will be interesting to see how it could be done, but have to work out a schedule and costs more accurately...
 
#98 ·
We will probably hit verbier Switzerland on jan 5 and drive through after checking in and making a run or two, drive to France immediately and stay in 3valles for 4 days. Then after we knows them all off we will go back to verbier for 3 days of riding/exploring the area.
 
#100 ·
I can drive the lot in 24 hours, but the ferry is actually cheaper than fuel and road tolls, so it makes sense to do that and get to Germany around 10am in the morning so the drive would be 1 hit, and rest when i get there, ready to board in the morning... ;)

Not stressed where i start, it is all roughly the same for me, and the more slopes i can hit the better, it is all an experience that is for sure.

Will get back to you if i can pull it off... ;)
 
#106 · (Edited)
Man, I'm so pumped about doing this. I could scream like I just got done with a chest deep pow line..... I think we all have our schedules worked out and everything lined up. Matthew has paid for his own ticket with donations.... Super stoked about that... Registration is this Friday. I'm interested to see how many people register for it since there is very little hype around it. I had one PM on here from a German dude that's going to do the race. We will try and meet up when he is in vail. Give him a little tour if there is more mtn open than just front side.... I'll post the Facebook link when we get rolling in November for anyone that wants to keep up with the "race".

Watching ski/snowboard movies is killing me too...... I'm glad I have abasin to take the edge off.

Here's the link again for my son.
Matthew's Epic Race Fundraiser by Matthew Walence - GoFundMe
 
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