11 Tips To Reduce Risks Of Ski Injury

Feb 09, 2010 38 Comments by

The risk of ski or snowboard injury is currently around 1 in 1,000 skiers per day. Like many statistics this hides a lot.  The risk of injury is significant, but actually half what it was twenty years ago. But it’s my firm view, since skiing with many groups of people, that there are still those […]

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How To Enjoy The Seven Rila Lakes

Jul 25, 2009 8 Comments by

Waking up in Sapareva Banya on Saturday, the forecast was 36 degrees and looking up at the clear blue sunny skies and smelling the clear air and slight mist clinging to the mountain slope.  This sensation confirmed my view from a visit last year, that this is a very special area and required an assault […]

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Bulgarian Ski Resorts Are Illegal: Investigation

May 20, 2009 No Comments by

Bulgarians are accused of illegal development, flouting environmental rules and ignoring building regulations. BanskoBlog investigates. The accusations are simple. Environmentalists claim much of the expansion of the country’s ski areas has been done on land that is protected by international and national law. With Bulgaria now in the European Union, the EC is currently looking […]

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