Â
With full force presses the Skikanten into the runway. The hard snow crunches loudly. The boards vibrate and solve small chunk of the frozen surface. About two meters in front of the instructor, the driver to stop and envelops him in a white cloud of dust. Paul Prader satisfied smiles. "Well done, Tina," he says.
Prader is the head of the ski on the mountain Plose Brixen in South Tyrol. On this afternoon he clasped his ski poles instead of two oversized plastic hands. One green, one in red as soon as a participant of his group is approaching, he stretched one of them abruptly into the air. Red means "Stop!" - Tina has her departure, therefore, with a sharp but technically skilful swing canceled.
Why the whole exercise, although far and wide for no reason Vollbremsung recognizable? "People should stop the momentum internalize when a sudden obstacle arises," says Paul Prader. Many drivers, especially inexperienced, would be an obstacle on the runway tend to focus on the trousers to the ground instead of a stop accomplished lie.
With the result that they finally lose control, and certainly the obstacle schliddern. Anyone who has learned to slow down properly, and the runway is always unexpected expects, safe travels. Actually, a truism. "But unfortunately, does the sense is not always with me," says Prader. The Skisicherheitstraining should help.
Few people know how fast they are
Shortly below the summit is the free-standing Plose relatively flat, treeless and unloading. From the Eisacktal sees the massive acts like a snow cap. The panoramic view is fantastic: Zillertaler Alps, Ötztal Alps, Stubai Alps and the Brenta tower in the distance to the Dolomites seem to grasp. Many Plose on the slopes are wide and comfortable to drive. With nine kilometers, the so-called Trametsch longest downhill as South Tyrol.
The body, in the Prader his students can abruptly stop, has only a moderate slope of about 30 degrees. The skiers reached yet in seconds speeds of 50 km / h. At such a pace it can without a helmet and without a sense of the correct technique in a collision on health have become critical.
For comparison: According to the collision of the Thuringian Minister President Dieter Althaus early January with the mortally wounded while Skifahrerin courses estimates of the Austrian police, the accident that the two parties for around 50 km / h fast were.
The underestimation of the rate is a phenomenon that has among skiers apparently widespread. "Few have any idea how fast they ever are," explains Prader. In a steeper part of the safety course, participants should therefore shot him to ride vorbeiflitzen. Almost all easily reach speeds of over 70 km / h. The fastest speed is 85 on the road. After questioning one's own speed, are all located far off the mark. Usually far less.
Little interest in tourism enterprises
The focus of the criticisms are always high-tech ski models, such as modern carving skis. They enable even beginners without sophisticated technology and experience to rapidly downhill wag. But they are only one reason to ski regularly incredible situations.
Another reason is that the safety of which has been neglected, to the undisturbed snow delights earn: Tourism industry, Slope operators, ski schools. The raised index finger looked like a fault line in the rush to the lifts. Driving safety training as the Plose in any case are still a rarity. Nevertheless, the case Althaus has awakened the general public. Also in South Tyrol was the accident of the German politician an issue.
Nevertheless, with the ride safety training little money. "The people want on the mountain everyday forgotten," says Prader. Although risks were discussed, but then again suppressed. "Many believe that if they wear a helmet, they are automatically on the safe side," says Prader.
To all interested parties to motivate the instructors offers individual courses on request in terms of safety is currently free. Bay a student for a whole week course, the safety circuit automatically in the course plan. This includes conduct exercises on the topics of runway crossings, barriers lying behind a hilltop, road narrowing and explaining the warning signs.
Six years ago launched a former employee of the school Plose training. "At the beginning, interest was very low," said Prader, "the school wanted to even recruit training." And from other ski resorts that you have been compassionate smile.
The lack of experienced skiers to the simplest knowledge of the behavior on the slopes. This is of twelve rules of conduct regulated by the International Ski Federation FIS had. They apply worldwide to all ski slopes? after accidents and also in court. Sample asked many skiers do not know that there are binding rules of conduct exist, Prader. And he brings to even understand: "If me to ask the ten commandments, I do not know all."
Many instructors still without a helmet
Meanwhile, also the Provincial Chamber of instructors in South Tyrol on prevention. It has the concept of Plose over and migrates in the winter with a safety circuit of ski area to ski area. Again, the skiing is not a moralizing event dilapidated.
"We do not want to demonize the sport," says Claudio Zorzi, President of the Provincial Chamber. He would prefer to ski wrongdoing by providing information to prevent than by threats of tougher laws and penalties. After all, the interests of amateur athletes in the safety circuit in the visited ski areas, according to Zorzi brisk. Probably because the participation is free.
Free lesson is also anyone who for a while an ordinary ski slope in mind. Because learning by observing the simplest teaching aids, leads Prader the participants at the end of the training in the target area to a runway. There he observed the scene with them. Within minutes, the Sammelsurium to completely rule violations:
A walking tour, at the edge of the ski-mountain climbs. A mother who is tired with her child behind a hill in the snow continues. A snowboarder who repeatedly cross the runway limitations to the side of the embankment again hineinzubrettern. A Rodler, with the sled under the arm the slope from left to right durchstiefelt. An easily toppled skiers, the slope does not immediately released, but the middle of the route to the mobile phone and picks? and then calmly continue. A runway Rambo, several other drivers of the cuts. A young mother, her baby can ride in the backpack. "Irresponsible," says Prader and shakes his head.
At least it is incomprehensible that there are
or instructors are included in their courses do not wear helmets. Although children under 14 years in Italy must wear a helmet and ski instructor as a role model have inne. "Why not wear a helmet ski instructor?" Says Prader an insider joke, "because they have square skull." Previously granted his trainers for a transitional period. But from February to Prader sees no fun anymore? they must also all his employees wear a helmet.
SECURITY TRAINING IN PLOS
Skischule PloseSkigebietAuskunftUnterkunft
A five-week course (total of eleven hours), the trip also includes safety drills, it costs 95 euros. On request, individual courses in security matters agreed upon.
Internet: www.ploseskischule.it
The daily pass for the entire ski area Eisacktal cost for adults 30 to 34 euros, is also
Plose member of the association Superski Dolomiti. There, the daily pass will cost 35 to 44 euros for adults.
Tourism Association in Bressanone Isarco
Phone: 0039/0472/80 22 32
Internet: www.eisacktal.info
Alto Adige information
Phone: 0039/04 71/99 99 99
Internet: www.suedtirol.info
For entschleunigten Winter Holidays offers holidays on a farm. The South Tyrolean Farmers. provides accommodations that are close to the valley stations, and even directly to cross-country skiing trails are: Strong in the trend are courtyards with their own organic products.
 ->
No comments:
Post a Comment