The wake of TGR .. in Kashmir??

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09-26-2005, 05:39 PM
sherpa

The wake of TGR .. in Kashmir??

www.himalayanpowderdreams.com

Since part of Tangerine Dream is shot in Gulmarg, Kashmir, India we wanted to share our website with you. We've been over there a couple of seasons now trying to get things moving a little bit, trying to help publicise the resort in our homemade sort of way.... but hopefully it will all come together this winter, and the world's highest gondola will run. It's a mental place to spend a week or few..

We're just waiting to confirm the ski patrol, and then you might even think about a trip out. hopefully there's some decent information on the site for you if you are considering it, plenty of photos, and even a sunny video, nothing to rival Mika, Dash etc .. but we had a bit of sun , not sure if the crew had that privelidge...

assalaam aliakum mere dost.... mazaaa!

sherp
09-26-2005, 05:48 PM
lax

http://www.himalayanpowderdreams.com.../two_lines.JPG

mmmmmmmmm
09-26-2005, 06:50 PM
frozenwater

TGR Needs more spam like this...

That is a place I really want to get to.
09-26-2005, 06:54 PM
FreakofSnow

http://www.himalayanpowderdreams.com...in_haircut.jpg

For a second there I thought that was splat!

Ripit! :yourock:
09-26-2005, 06:56 PM
Buster Highmen

I now have bulbous pants.
09-26-2005, 07:08 PM
backpack

"Well, you probably want to know about the gondola. It is working during the summer right now. However things are still up in the air about its use this winter for skiers and boarders due to safety concerns. The government is reportedly trying to get in some 'foreign experts' to patrol and open the slopes. Are you a qualified ski patroller? The Kashmiri government is looking for the best! Why not get in touch and find out more? There may be the experience of a lifetime waiting for you and the chance to help out a wonderful yet poor region of the world."

The place sounds really interesting...
09-26-2005, 07:16 PM
dropinskiout

looks amazing...I would love to make it there sometime.
09-26-2005, 09:16 PM
iceman

Quote:

Originally Posted by backpack

"Well, you probably want to know about the gondola. It is working during the summer right now. However things are still up in the air about its use this winter for skiers and boarders due to safety concerns. The government is reportedly trying to get in some 'foreign experts' to patrol and open the slopes. Are you a qualified ski patroller? The Kashmiri government is looking for the best! Why not get in touch and find out more? There may be the experience of a lifetime waiting for you and the chance to help out a wonderful yet poor region of the world."

The place sounds really interesting...

This sounds like a job for Geoff, for real.
09-26-2005, 10:02 PM
Altaholic

I must admit that was AltaBird pow in The Tangrine Dream kashmir segment,. That would be an wicked awesome place to ride.
09-27-2005, 03:30 PM
hop

Kashmir= DINERO! and that dude hittin´ the hubbly bubbly is Yaseen, the owner of the Kashmir Alpine Ski Shop. He is also Dinero. Listen to his stories and drink tea with him. You won´t regret it.

Hey Lax... turn your camera about 90 degrees to the right and you will see some mind blowing terrain. What you see there is about 2% of the easy access gondy stuff (and that tower under the cornice is the one Farooq Shah told us was destroyed by an avalanche, which was completely untrue). I certainly hope the gondola stays open for winter operations....

Bring skins and extremo avy respect because nobody there (yet) has the skills to patrol or control or make the call regarding snowpack.
09-28-2005, 12:03 AM
Phatstix

This ski patrolman looks perfectly qualified.
http://www.himalayanpowderdreams.com...in_haircut.jpg
10-02-2005, 06:39 AM
sherpa

who is Geoff?
10-02-2005, 10:05 AM
iceman

Geoff is a ski patroller and veteran traveller, I know he was planning to go to Manali with Redskea (she's also a patroller) last May, although I'm not sure what finally happened. You might send him (or her) a PM and see if he or they are interested.
10-04-2005, 02:51 PM
sherpa

who/what name/ should i PM? where can i find this travelling soul? / can you point in me in the right direction?
cheers :)
10-04-2005, 02:52 PM
hop

try to PM "geoff" or "redskea" and see what happens.
10-04-2005, 02:53 PM
sherpa

righto Redskea it is..
10-04-2005, 02:56 PM
sherpa

I mean Geoff, sheesh kebab that was fast, just dont want you to think i'm gonna mail the bird when there's no need. Geoff it is. sweet. Shukriya
10-04-2005, 02:58 PM
hop

de nada. Psst, I believe we met in February. I was with the group of ski journalists that was also at the Hotel Highlands Park.

edit: actually you can PM them both as they are different people.
10-04-2005, 03:11 PM
lemon boy

Just so there is no confusion:

Geoff

Redskea
10-05-2005, 02:20 PM
sherpa

yeah, i was staying above the ski shop at the time, going pretty damn stir fry, were u with TGR or the guys from La Grave?
10-08-2005, 02:51 PM
cj001f

How are the things after the tumbler?
10-08-2005, 06:16 PM
hop

holy shit! That´s about, oh, an artillery shell´s flight from Gulmarg. Hopefully everyone´s ok.

Oh, I was the longhaired tele guy with the LG crew.
10-08-2005, 07:23 PM
iskibc

Nice vid and cool terrain. Would love to make it out there sometime.
10-09-2005, 06:28 AM
sherpa

Quake hits gulmarg

i spoke to one of the guys at the ski shop in gulmarg, and he said everything was fine, phone lines are still working anyway, haven't managed to get thru to someone who speaks good english tho yet..
hop, video you are in hope u like it, i was the one with video camera
10-09-2005, 11:20 AM
hop

More news from Kashmir. Looks like they got spared, although it seems a lot of folks did not. Very sad.

Dear Adam
Hello,
Thanks for the mail and prayers.It was the worsesest sitiuation i have been, More then 20,000 thousand people got ,killed by this Earthquake and lots of the vellages are disappeard from the face of Earth not much dammage done in the Srinagar City though more then 9 people got killed in Srinagar city.
Gulmarg is pretty much safe and i talked of my friend in Gulmarg and he said every one and Gondola is also safe.The epick center of the earth quake was the Muzzafarabad which is close to Gulmarg all the edjoining areas of the POK are badly effected anyways u cant do much to privent these kind of the desasters from the God it was in the desteny of kashmiries thanks for shearing ur concerns thanks.
Thanks for ur concerns thanks
Regards and love
Firdous
10-18-2005, 07:21 AM
G

Cool, Y'all. Thanks for the heads up.

This sounds like it could be fun!
10-18-2005, 08:17 AM
iceman

Glad he got a hold of you, hope it works out mang.

Let us know what happens.
10-28-2005, 06:04 PM
sherpa

cheers evry1 for helping me get in touch with Geoff
10-28-2005, 08:44 PM
Garnshit

Sherpa... just for fun... what is the spring season like over there... would april work for skiing. Corn... stilll winter... etc... Basically asking if it's more like the PNW w/ wet storms late or US Rockies w/ dry warm days late...

Sort of a pipe dream, but might as well ask.