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12-14-2018, 08:51 AM #27076
Babbling out load....
The culture of safety really is being eroded by social media. I think we owe it to our sport to do a better job of identifying and managing it. Instead of us crusty fucks looking the other way and simply saying the "safety coming before pictures and videos" perhaps we should realize that people do go out in the backcountry to "get the shot" and should focus more on how to do that safely.
{/old guy going skiing]
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12-14-2018, 08:53 AM #27077Registered User
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Or just let Darwin take care of it.
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12-14-2018, 08:58 AM #27078
More than once, I've been in the runout below Marvin's thinking, and saying out loud to my partners, "let's get the fuck out of here, those beaters up there are gonna kill us!"
So, there's a possibility of Darwin collateral damage
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12-14-2018, 09:03 AM #27079
sorry for posting that vid and opening this can of worms, maybe we could lament about the lack of snow for the next 2 weeks instead?
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12-14-2018, 09:05 AM #27080Registered User
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12-14-2018, 09:32 AM #27081
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12-14-2018, 09:34 AM #27082
Ok ok don't twist words. Leave that to the weather forecasters.
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12-14-2018, 10:34 AM #27083
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12-14-2018, 10:38 AM #27084
I wouldn't constitute being in the far end of the runout, traversing across after skiing a safer line while beaters are rolling 6 deep in the start zone(s) of Marvin's as being culpable in the Darwin award. I guess it's just a fact of life in EV these days that people are gonna drop above you and do stupid shit, but I wouldn't say that makes the decision to ski it a bad decision.
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12-14-2018, 11:39 AM #27085
Anyway, back to weather: mid 50s/60s in Denver next week. The mtn biking should be primo.
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12-14-2018, 12:23 PM #27086
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12-14-2018, 01:35 PM #27087
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12-14-2018, 01:38 PM #27088Registered User
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Lots of nice turns at Berthoud this AM, but the way it was warming up I'd guess anything S/E facing will be nice and crusty tomorrow.
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12-14-2018, 05:24 PM #27089Registered User
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We once had a really close call on that upper exit traverse. On the far north/west side, almost at the very end, our crew was hit with a slide triggered from above. Not sure what they were doing skiing there, sort of a shitty line but people end up all over the place.
Our first guy had just made the corner and was safe, middle guy was hit hard, pulled off the track, and ragged dolled pretty good. I was the last in the group and was able to self arrest in place. Could have been a really bad situation as there was definitely a point we all were exposed.
It made us rethink how we ski back there. Whenever skiing the tweeners/Abraham’s side, I like to use the lowest possible exit, even if it means putting it in. A small, fast moving group limits exposure time to other skiers. Also, now prefer double dipping into the less skied areas. It’s a great zone but the skier congestion adds another complicated factor that can’t be neglected.
In weather news, 57 and sunny in fort collins today. All the low trails are in great shapeLast edited by jpcmoriarty; 12-14-2018 at 06:20 PM.
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12-14-2018, 05:53 PM #27090
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12-14-2018, 08:54 PM #27091
Human factors researcher Dr. Ian McCammon in 2002 known for avalanche systems like Lemons, ALPTRUTh, and FACETS. I told him how teach some extra Cs when I teach his human factors mnemonic... specifically Cameras which encompasses everything from Kodak Courage to Social Image to Perverse Incentives in sponsored athletes/blogers. Ian liked my idea.
But it used to only be the big name bloggers who needed to create constant content for sponsors (eg Steve Romeo RIP). But you point out that the constant need for content is a pressure on the new multitude of small scale brand ambassadors (a concept which is the product of social media) which yields a whole new class of perversly incentivized semisponsored "Insta Hos." "Insta Ho" you taught me a new one!!!Originally Posted by blurred
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12-14-2018, 08:56 PM #27092Registered User
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12-14-2018, 09:27 PM #27093
Colorado Weather Discussion Thread
Hoji was out skiing Peak One today. IG is good for something.
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12-15-2018, 05:59 AM #27094Registered User
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The pattern doesn't look so good out in the long term for Colorado. Models don't do badly though.
https://longrangesnowcenter.blogspot...rm-dec-15.html
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12-15-2018, 06:02 AM #27095
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12-15-2018, 07:15 AM #27096
https://www.instagram.com/p/BrY4U4gF...d=21thsv0ihjtr
And on his insta-story
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12-15-2018, 11:11 AM #27097
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12-15-2018, 12:30 PM #27098Registered User
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anyone skiing the basin today? wondering if the wind did any of its magic
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12-15-2018, 04:09 PM #27099
Copper was nice and quiet today. I think they should keep American Eagle closed
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