In reply to Doug:
> A bit heavy on the helmet questions, would have preferred an option to say I don't wear one (and maybe why) & to avoided being asked to rank criteria for choosing something I never wear or buy. I would have though some questions on use of avalanche transceivers, shovels etc relevant to safety
I think he wants the info as he's doing a project on a helmet for ski touring?
> I'm also not clear which I should have chosen between
> Ski-hiker (I like the way up as much as the way down)
> Ski-mountaineer (I'm looking for performances)
> as I would usually say ski-mountaineer as I like summits but I wouldn't say I was bothered about performance (other than getting up the hill & back down in one piece)
> And 'slopes' ? do you mean pisted areas in ski resorts?
I also found this tricky to answer as I was loathe to tick 'Ski-hiker' as it's such a horrible phrase, despite it being the description best describing me.