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Wow! I want to go there! Looks like a blast, but you have to explain the how the girls got hurt. Did the one with the face owie ride after getting hurt?
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08-22-2006, 06:13 AM #1
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My MTB family holiday snaps!
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Just got back from two weeks in the Alps (Verbier, Switzerland for me - though the kids visited Morzine, France too)As you'll see - we had a fair few injuries - all part of the fun though eh?
pics here
Cheers
Polly
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08-22-2006, 06:19 AM #2
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08-22-2006, 06:28 AM #3
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HI Veronica...
My youngest daughter was coming down a steep rocky - cobbled trail, she was nearly at the bottom when she hit a bump/rock and she lost her grip of the bars - she then bounced forward off the bike and her face landed in my friend's back wheel - the spokes cut her face and she had six stitches (and half the trail removed from the cut) she rode back to the chalet afterwards - and was out on her bike the next morning. It was 10 days ago now and there is barely a mark on her face to show her school friends!
The other daughter was coming down a downhill trail in Morzine - she jumped what she thought was a single jump to find it was a table top which she landed on awkwardly - fell off the side - arm went out to save her but she landed badly. She carried on riding too - it wasn't until the next afternoon that we took her to casualty and discovered she had a hairline fracture of the radius.
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08-22-2006, 06:40 AM #4
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Wow! That is terrific! I hope they never lose the spirit of adventure they seem to have.
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08-22-2006, 06:50 AM #5
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Looks like an amazing time. Thanks for sharing the pictures.
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08-22-2006, 08:23 AM #6
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Thank you for sharing!!! I felt like I was on vacation myself while watching your slides. wow, absolutely breathtaking!!!
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08-22-2006, 08:29 AM #7
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Awesome photos! Your vacation looks wonderful.
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08-22-2006, 09:39 AM #8
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I like that picture of your daughter reading her book with those gorgeous mountains and clouds in the background.
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08-22-2006, 10:03 AM #9
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thanks for the comments :0)
Lisa, the one of my daughter reading was for a schools competition - "be photographed reading my a famous landmark and win an ipod" we figured Mont Blanc might do the trick
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08-22-2006, 10:13 AM #10
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That was one of my faves too--just goes to show that a true reader can read anywhere!
Originally Posted by Lisa S.H.
I like that picture of your daughter reading her book with those gorgeous mountains and clouds in the background.
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08-22-2006, 10:29 AM #11
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Awesome shots!!!! I love the mountains.
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08-22-2006, 10:48 AM #12
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wow!! amazing! some of those fotos give me vertigo. that's great sport for children. How wonderful !!
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08-22-2006, 11:24 AM #13
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wow beautiful pictures! thanks for sharing them.
glad to see it was a family trip. everyone looks like they had a blast!"Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it." – William C. Durant
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