How old are you??

[sillybunt2]

Spademan plates on Head metal skis with 120 feet of vert and a rope tow at Pine hill NJ. Frank Zappa at the Tower Theatre in Philadelphia

[Fred Pabst]

All sorts of fun thread drift in this one.

Someone mentioned riding a single at Stowe and using the wool blanket. I too used the wool blanket, but at MRG. Managed to not strangle myself. Rode the first chairlift at Sugarloaf which is long gone.

My old man had some Spademans on some K2 Comp 5's Great ski. Bindings not so much. That was a weird era for bindings. The Cubco, the Besser plate, the Burt (I think) that would release but was held on by cables

Boston, "More Than a Feeling" my first show in '78.

[stan51]

Northland skis with paint-on bases and screw-on edges; bear trap bindings with cable throw heels, leather double lace up ski boots; rope tow over-mitts; rope tow at Fauhnstock (sp?) NY, maybe 50 vert.
This year my sister and I will celebrate 65 years of skiing together.
I do remember the blankets on the Stowe single chair... yeah, I am old.

[old goat]

Northland skis with paint-on bases and screw-on edges; bear trap bindings with cable throw heels, leather double lace up ski boots; rope tow over-mitts; rope tow at Fauhnstock (sp?) NY, maybe 50 vert.
This year my sister and I will celebrate 65 years of skiing together.
I do remember the blankets on the Stowe single chair... yeah, I am old.

I sanded off the paint on my skis and pine tarred them and waxed them. Replaced the bindings with Silvretta cable bindings that held my mountaineering boots and could be set for heel lift or heel held down. My first BC set up. I think I used it about twice and got a skinny skis tele setup.

[subtle plague]

I sanded off the paint on my skis and pine tarred them and waxed them. Replaced the bindings with Silvretta cable bindings that held my mountaineering boots and could be set for heel lift or heel held down. My first BC set up. I think I used it about twice and got a skinny skis tele setup.

why didn't you train the mammoths to pull you up the mountain?

[Meadow Skipper]

I sanded off the paint on my skis and pine tarred them and waxed them. Replaced the bindings with Silvretta cable bindings that held my mountaineering boots and could be set for heel lift or heel held down. My first BC set up. I think I used it about twice and got a skinny skis tele setup.

I had those Siverettas on my first BC set up, on Fisher 77s. Used them for some memorable multi-day tours in California - the Sierra, Lassen, Shasta… My first long ski trip was from Dodge Ridge into the Emigrant Basin, then out to Pinecrest.

First concert was Jefferson Airplane.

[gorgonzola]

Spademan plates on Head metal skis with 120 feet of vert and a rope tow at Pine hill NJ. Frank Zappa at the Tower Theatre in Philadelphia

Ha same with Glen Landing middle school ski club! Molly Hatchett and Outlaws at the Spectrum

[charlesj]

Leather boots, cable bindings, wood skis with screwed in edges, bamboo poles. Somewhere WNY

James Gang long before Joe Walsh got Eagle wings, Cactus opened, Davis Gym Alfred U way upstate

[farmguy]

All sorts of fun thread drift in this one.

Someone mentioned riding a single at Stowe and using the wool blanket. I too used the wool blanket, but at MRG. Managed to not strangle myself. Rode the first chairlift at Sugarloaf which is long gone.

My old man had some Spademans on some K2 Comp 5's Great ski. Bindings not so much. That was a weird era for bindings. The Cubco, the Besser plate, the Burt (I think) that would release but was held on by cables

Boston, "More Than a Feeling" my first show in '78.

Holy ...just the mention of the Besser Plate will give me nightmares for a while. My first binding, Besser Glass (fiberglass) That upward toe release was responsible for so many yard sale accidents. In the bumps, Im not sure which would have been worse, all the dozens of crash's (daily) of something worse once in a blue. moon.

[old goat]

I had those Siverettas on my first BC set up, on Fisher 77s. Used them for some memorable multi-day tours in California - the Sierra, Lassen, Shasta… My first long ski trip was from Dodge Ridge into the Emigrant Basin, then out to Pinecrest.

First concert was Jefferson Airplane.

Very impressive on that set up. Or any set up.

[Meadow Skipper]

Very impressive on that set up. Or any set up.

It seemed like a lot of fun at the time - kind of grueling, especially with the ancient frame packs and other early 70s dirtbag gear. My partner was on Bonna wood skis with screwed-on metal edges. Somehow we got to the cabin in Coopers Meadow where we dried out and rested, then out along the Stanislaus to Pinecrest. What’s actually impressive is that we survived - hard to believe in retrospect.

[old goat]

It seemed like a lot of fun at the time - kind of grueling, especially with the ancient frame packs and other early 70s dirtbag gear. My partner was on Bonna wood skis with screwed-on metal edges. Somehow we got to the cabin in Coopers Meadow where we dried out and rested, then out along the Stanislaus to Pinecrest. What’s actually impressive is that we survived - hard to believe in retrospect.

Type 2 fun for sure.
How old am I? Old enough that I only want Type 1 fun.

[AirheadD8]

Um??? What was the question?