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Thread: Stoke of the Week: Ski Lifts
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05-21-2004, 11:02 AM #76Originally posted by bad_roo
A few more of my personal favourites...
Thunder Chair, Jackson (just visible above Tower 3 Chute there)
Fresh Tracks are the ultimate graffitti.
Schmear
Set forth the pattern to succeed.
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05-21-2004, 11:10 AM #77
Historic Lift Stoke
Here is one that is very personal to me. No longer exists, but a lot of history.
Fresh Tracks are the ultimate graffitti.
Schmear
Set forth the pattern to succeed.
Sam Kavanagh
Friends of Tuckerman Ravine
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05-21-2004, 12:16 PM #78
Gotta love this one, too:
No lift in this one, but just for the sake of stoke, check this one out from the same site:
More here: http://www.skiinghistory.org/kruck1.html
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05-21-2004, 01:19 PM #79Originally posted by The AD
No lift in this one, but just for the sake of stoke, check this one out from the same site:
Is that Ernie Blake at Taos?I should probably change my username to IReallyDon'tTeleMuchAnymoreDave.
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05-21-2004, 01:27 PM #80Originally posted by teledave
FKNA!
Is that Ernie Blake at Taos?
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05-21-2004, 01:34 PM #81
I liked the siberia chair at Squaw for the altitude induced vertigo-nausea sensations I got at the top! (I'm an altitude whimp)
Sprite"I call it reveling in natures finest element. Water in its pristine form. Straight from the heavens. We bathe in it, rejoicing in the fullest." --BZ
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05-21-2004, 01:37 PM #82aka Gorillo
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The fucking crasiest ride around.
I swear to god Seth Morrison pointed me to my line from the lift in a white out. I didn't realise it was him till later...
I was scared shitless going up there. Mad wind, sketchy chairs and Argentinos digging it out constantly all day.Y sigue la Fiesta
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05-21-2004, 01:47 PM #83Originally posted by Bullet
Joe Marrilac, Squaw Valley, California 1952
Phil/Gorillo: Marte, definitely on "the list" .Last edited by teledave; 05-21-2004 at 01:50 PM.
I should probably change my username to IReallyDon'tTeleMuchAnymoreDave.
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05-21-2004, 02:09 PM #84
And one in Mulletizer's back yard
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05-21-2004, 03:00 PM #85
Some mad toe-pressure-steeze rahtcheer:
Papa Phunkenstein?
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05-21-2004, 03:23 PM #86Originally posted by Phil
The fucking crasiest ride around.
the ride up is almost as puckering as the ride down
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05-21-2004, 03:51 PM #87
From a Chilean travel review on http://observer.guardian.co.uk/
SlingShot Lifts
They are the stuff of skiers' nightmares, stopping even the most proficient in their tracks and leaving anyone still coming to terms with the sport quaking in their ski boots. Known as slingshot lifts, they cause a line of jaws to drop open on the slopes as white-faced skiers get a first glimpse of the terrifying sight.
We are talking about the grand-daddy of all button lifts - five in a row zipping up the impossible-looking gradient at an incredible speed. Think 18 miles an hour on a 35 degree angle - for many skiers, including myself, a challenging set of statistics just going downhill. But uphill!
'It's like flying,' says my ski instructor. 'Or waterskiing uphill. Nothing scary about it.'
I watch an experienced snowboarder wipe out going up the slope while the other four people on the lift seem to be having their arms wrenched out of their sockets in the effort to hold on.
He finally gets the nerve to go on the lift:
I stick with the mountain theme, heading off with a Swiss teacher, Heidi. Together, we face my bete noir. Within minutes of me asking whether she thinks I am capable of it, I find myself on the Condor slingshot lift, holding on for grim death, feeling an amazing surge of adrenaline course through my body as we fly up the hill. At the top, I wait obediently as we slip down the slope slightly before let ting go of the lift, one by one, carefully, so as not to upset the balance too much.
A huge grin breaks out on my face. It doesn't matter that there's still so much adrenaline in my body that I wipe out on the descent. Or that any future forays are cut short when Heidi points to the rock face behind the lift down which snow is flowing and tumbling; not a life-threatening avalanche, but enough for the guides to blow their warning whistles. I have survived the slingshot lift. What's more, I've got a taste for powder and skiing in Chile that's going to see me back on the plane next year.
Anyone been on one of these? Pics?
Sprite"I call it reveling in natures finest element. Water in its pristine form. Straight from the heavens. We bathe in it, rejoicing in the fullest." --BZ
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05-21-2004, 04:25 PM #88aka Gorillo
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This is one of those explosive lifts. Ya get a real bang out of it. Sorry for the supersized pic but all I could find.
There is a starting gate to cross and all. Ready set, cross the bar, stick between your legs, hold, hold, yeeha !
Last edited by Phil; 05-21-2004 at 04:27 PM.
Y sigue la Fiesta
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05-21-2004, 04:34 PM #89
so it's basically a poma lift?
fine
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05-21-2004, 04:42 PM #90aka Gorillo
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Yup, the attack of the deadly poma, keeps the gorbs and slowboarders away from the goods.
Y sigue la Fiesta
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05-21-2004, 04:47 PM #91Originally posted by tuffy109
so it's basically a poma lift?
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05-21-2004, 09:09 PM #92Originally posted by basom
ding ding! marte = the fucking shit
the ride up is almost as puckering as the ride down
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05-21-2004, 09:36 PM #93
No more guesses on the last one?
Where is this?
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05-21-2004, 11:59 PM #94Originally posted by DaveTV
No more guesses on the last one?
Where is this?
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05-22-2004, 12:40 AM #95
I'm not sure where it is, but they could use this shot to illustrate what is meant by "marginal conditions."
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05-22-2004, 02:07 AM #96
Fernie : white pass quad, with the usuall fernie weather...
I have never been good with facts.
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05-22-2004, 05:27 AM #97Originally posted by DaveTV
No more guesses on the last one?
Where is this?
Or at least that's what hell looks like.
[edit] and Massachusetts.
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05-22-2004, 07:24 AM #98
I can't say I have skied it but...
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05-22-2004, 07:51 AM #99Originally posted by Geoff
That's hell, Dave.
Or at least that's what hell looks like.
[edit] and Massachusetts.
PS Hell=mexifornia. Sorry dude. Wouldn't live there for anything
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05-23-2004, 05:43 PM #100
Peak Chair, Whislter
Lake Louise - Frontside
Paradise Chair - Lake Louise - Backside
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