Hi, I am just up for a minute.Thank you very much ! I will post them shortly.
If anyone has any picture wishes or questions, feel free to ask.
These is my climbing wall and house in the backround.The tree is a Gingko.
The helmet is a downhill Scotch helmet made for downhill biking, but works well for skiing and cost 279 euros or so new, but I got him for 100 or so.I had him with me in Valley Blanche but took him off, stored in my backpack he pulled me backwards and was burdensome on the way back up to the heli pickup site.If you wear him, very warm even at Mt. Blanc height and protecting.But even such a helmet can´t save you from a crevasse fall - up to 200 m to accelerate smash anything.
The glasses are the best Oakleys I think available - a Wisdom Black Iridium with the silver bottom line - the black gathers heat and the silver may reflect some warmth or some rescue beacon signal - it does not mirror any picture maybe some coloration or so.The come with helmet strap which is a little longer, but the other strap works with helmet, too.
I got them from a guy at powdermag, downhilldave for 40 $, but new price is 200 $ or so.The let 8 % of light through and filter all UV out.
The other pair is the nicest Oakley namely an A-frame with polarisation filter.
store price 250 Euros, but I got them for 179 $.
This one should filter out UV naturally reduce total light to ca. 8 % also and
eliminate all polarized light.This light comes about when light does not issue form one body ( the sun ) of illumination but n ( the reflecting moguls etc., the clouds or fog that is reflecting light any direction.This light takes any sense of depth of field out of your view.The problem with that is that you are literally skiing in a white mass without beiing able to tell any piste structures.You can only react with reflexes some sort of foot brain feedback to the profile of the piste it is invisible - not with these glasses, however.
All are triple glass and never had any condensation.Maybe I will buy a second lense for one that is less light absorbing.
I also considered the Smith with ventilator.They also seem great.But I had not much pow.With pow and loads of snow all over the glasses the vent may make more of a difference.The other models I checked I also liked like TNF or Spy.Many good ones out there.
More pics and text tomorrow.
Good night and thanks for reading !
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