actually a perfect description. A guy I didn't know on the chair with me said it was mashed potatoes. I said : no, more like chunder. He said: no, more like KY Jelly. I said: oh, come on!
Did...

you do know that it drives young boys crazy. we saw a kid looking around for low hanging items when the snowpack was deep. also agree that it has to have something to do with conquest, the panty...

number 6 of your list seems the core of the matter. Claiming to plan capital improvements on the operations side would diminish resistance to the village expansion by people who's focus is the Squaw...

The story I always heard was that a tourist (MD) had a sliding fall that took him over the cliffs below your looker left line. He died in the fall and the run has been closed since. Not a rational...

Squaw has had some injuries and deaths from sliding falls on ice. never heard the legal ramifications. Is it possible that the skiers involved chose not to sue? how is the law worded differently in...

I thought It'd be more interesting to to dig into this important issue if you knew who I was, and that is nothing to anyone else.
I think we're all addicted to skiing because of the perfect bliss...

no one is butthurt. There are tougher things in life than listening to your stuff. If you skied like you talked, I guess I'd be interested in what you said.

I was over high yellow to get to Our Father. It turned out to be easier, safer, to hike up on the ridge, but even there it was icy booting. In places that gator back ice was so difficult to edge,...

exactly. I know you hate the way I said it, but that's exactly what I said .

koot, you are exactly right. And I have not been clear, so no wonder I come off like an angry pussy. All I'm really saying is: media, get off the high risk emphasis, and skiers, enjoy all...

clarifying: It doesn't matter how anyone skis, only that they enjoy aspects of the sport that are not death exposure. maybe it's more about a low threshold for joy. that guy that is always smiling,...

the cold does get harder to cope with. I like your life plan. should work, if you get to be old, again that point, you have to get old first, then put the next plan into motion. mine was to move...

explain flow state. like 'in the zone'? I only need low crowds, storm day, refills and I'm there. not really dangerous, but exciting enough to be in a 'state'.
There is a current theory that we...

this is the point. at the end I was alive and no stories went around about a 'death on the ridge', bumming everyone out. If the risk is reasonable, you can fall, slide, be carried (sluff management...

skiing with your lizard brain. that could be a factor.

The current thinking is that you can re-form connections in your brain, that it is not a fixed structure but a mutable one. You two are having the important discussion: where does the instinct for...

then you may be "talking about" certain skiers with such strong desires that only risking death will satisfy them. sounds desperate (back to the OP). Just me, I'm completely over it.

If challenge is important, there are ski areas that have runs that scare, yes, even you guys. Yet it's a danger with some safeguards. A kind of fake danger where the ski patrol and surgeons have...

Skiing has enough technical challenges to occupy most of us for an entire lifetime.

I read that Andreas was there to produce story and image for his new web series. I am aware of quite a few accidents occurring on the ascent. what's up with that? first step on the trigger spot is...

You can tell if there are factors that may cause instability. you can never tell that it is stable. pits are too localized. slope history helps. traditional strategy on a hill is based on real life...

good points, neither I nor you can tell if a slope is safe or not (analysis is a myth), so to my point: you can't ever tell if a really hairy slope is safe, so if it's death exposure, don't ski it. ...

once patrol had just opened a zone first thing in the morning. I was like: seriously? I don't think so....but of course I went anyway, first one in an' all. and yes, a few seconds later I was...

that's really true. thanks. I'm also trying to shame sponsors for pushing the risk factor to make money. And give skiers other things to be proud of than risking death.

I'm not a backcountry skier and not an expert bc skier either. I am bummin' about one thing: too much death. Andreas Franson was my hero, and he recently wrote about it being time for him to take...

Most of you b.c. rider dudes don't ski enough vertical to get any good at the decent, and walking uphill just doesn't do much for your skiing. People taking risks for un-tracked snow, in dangerous...

gates could add something for the audience. another subjectively judged sport may be hard to relate to for many viewers. this only relevant if a bigger audience and budget is a goal at all.

Because world cup downhill bike racing is solve-able? so similar really. and competitors need to quit idolizing the promoters and hold them to a higher standard.

truth that when a skier stops in a narrow chute they pack a little shelf into the snow. bad etiquette! if you can't ski it in one piece, don't ski it; go elsewhere and learn a few more things. hate...

There is a lot to think about in glademasters comment. I hold the wildly unpopular notion that the structure of the venue is at fault for the failure of the sport to attract interest beyond the...

actually, helicopter rescue is totally limited by weather, so depending on the region, not effective half of the time. It would be comforting to think you are always 10 minutes from the world's best...

in that time, World Cup Downhill mountain biking has taken off and become a huge success in every single aspect. do I have to point out the differences between FWT and WCDH? seems clear to me that...

in an interview I think it was Kent Kreitler who said that Big Mountain skiing was " a contact sport" that you can't do for very long because of the big hits you take.

your point about unification is really important and speaks to what I'm saying about a broad, representative pool of skiers to chose from. I think there is still a need for a North American-only...

of course that's what it should mean. and there weren't but a few in that comp who can say as much. what would you know about my pals?

no, I really don't see the difference between these guys' film skiing or comp skiing. the run may be different, and the coverage, but it's the same skier ripping with the same skills. The FWT is not...

this is also wrong. selection from a few pro skiers and some rich dudes does not offer a wide enough pool. and 'pro skier' now days don't mean shit. everyone's a pro who's got a pair of free...

mostly really awful skiing. I attribute that to the high cost of being on the tour (first qualifying factor: lots of money from mom and dad) and therefore the lack of a broad, talented field to...

[QUOTE=old goat;4256772]The difference between KSL spending and FOV spending is that FOV is spending its own money, plus contributions. KSL is spending the revenue it gets from passholders, who...

Hey Man, we all still talk about you and all the cool stuff you laid down.
the totally pure form. RIP

Gee, surf safari to Peru goes wrong. tough shit.

about as many times as the glorious skills of the skiers in the group was (over)-stated. hey, no one's that outstanding; ski as buddies.

Hold on man. You are way out of line. Read again. I would bet that the smoking group went left. The head of marketing was not going to smoke with his entourage. He was straight, late, competitive,...

You do NOT want to go there.

what a brilliant f'ing idea! No one without a big brain would think of that one.

I use a good sunblock with a high SPF on sunny days and a good moisturizer lower SPF for cloudy dark days.

I was up there in 2006 when Kevin (jolly, pink faced big wall climber ripper skier in his 50s) was greeting everyone and drumming up a real party spirit. He asked my age and declared that I was the...

and that bar of soap has a name so let's show some respect.

It's not 15 seconds and if any of you ski you know that. It's several people in front of you who if they chose to ski the line you are thinking of are going to shred the fresh instead of you. THAT'S...

Exactly right