Have you ever forgotten your boots?

[Neurodoc]

I voted "no" which pretty much assures I will forget them at some point.

But I usually forget bike-related stuff rather than ski. One time I forgot my pedals; the next, my chain. Note to self - FINISH wrenching your bike.

[pbourdon]

First lay off the pot and you won't forget your shit. Second, I have never forgot my boots but once I forgot my pants, but I said fuck it and skied in my Carharts, it was radness.

Funny thing...I wasn't stoned when I was getting my gear together. So that wasn't the cause.

edit: I'm enjoying reading everyone else's stories about forgetting gear, and I find it really interesting that so many mags have re-occurring dreams about forgetting their boots.

[azphi]

I personally haven't left the boots at the house but, I have had several people riding up with me forget them. Kinda funny listening people bitch about rentals when they forgot their gear in the first place.

LouPenya

[P_McPoser]

Was thinking of that day earlier this season as I watched some dude in a tshirt, softshell, and no gloves trying to stay warm on a snow day at loveland. Didn't look like fun.

One day you'll grow some tesiticles and this won't seem strange.

Base layer AND fleece at 0*? Jesus christ I would be sweating fucking buckets.

[jmf]

One day you'll grow some tesiticles and this won't seem strange.

Base layer AND fleece at 0*? Jesus christ I would be sweating fucking buckets.

Something about the guy hopping around alternately trying to keep either his ears or his waist covered indicated that he wasn't sweating buckets. I'll keep an eye out for you pulling off layers next time there a break in the white out up there toughguy..

[The Duke of Hurl]

Got halfway to Red (about a 3 hr drive) with a friend who flew in from Seattle for the weekend when it hit me. T'doh. You can forget just about anything but not your boots. Went back for them. Spring day anyway, needed time to soften up, yeah that's it, sure. Day ended up sucking anyway. Somehow got into unskiably steep, tight trees, had to basically downclimb without gear. Funny, that guy has never visited again. Heh.

[Caucasian Asian]

Once, last season. Ripped back home, and was in the gondi line 20min later.

The worst "forgotten" moment i've ever had was back at Sun Peaks. A friend rolled into the store on a quiet day that I wasn't scheduled to ski on. Boss told me to take a hour and ski so I started grabbing grear together. Pulled a pair of demo skis out of the rack and quickly adjusted the bindings to fit. 25min later we at the top of Skunk and I looked down a realized that I hadn't adjusted my din at the shop. Sweet. Tyrolia rentals set at 6.

[McDee]

Yeah, last year while going "figln" on the Nordkette. Only noticed after i'd gone all the way up with the gondola... Left the boots outside the gondola station, roundtrip took over an hour, as the lift takes ages. For all who don't know what figln is, an example:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8jCOCGknfQ"]YouTube- Figln – without doubt the weirdest snow sport[/ame]

You need lots of late spring corn and steep steep couloirs, and its as much fun as you can have once skiing season is over!

[tricameron]

forgot the my rope once when we went out for a day of climbing... does that count

[PulverSchwein]

forgot my boots in the parking lot once, that sucked

my buddy actaully just pulled this a couple days ago, noticing he forgot them ~10 mins from the hill. I laughed, kept going and then let him take my car back to town. his fuck up cost him two hours

[powpig]

Never forgot my boots but did forget my jacket once many years ago.
I did forget my bike shoes last summer, drove all the way to Tahoe City, got the bike off the car and had nowhere to go.

[jepilot]

I forget my boots on epic powder days at least a few times every year...in my dreams. ...The only other dream I have with similar regularity is the "I'm in college and forgot about some class I was taking. Too late to drop. Haven't been all sememster. And now it's exam time" dream. .

Haha...I had that college dream countless times. I tend to have dreams about leaving boots before every trip. I've even dreamed that they were confiscated by TSA.

[JBird]

I've forgotten poles, and my wallet on a few occassions but never my boots.

Funny thing is yesterday the guy I gave a ride got to the parking lot and started to put on his boots. After putting one on began frantically looking for the other, with no success. One boot on and the other was down at the mouth of the canyon in his vehicle. One hour round trip and he was good to go. This story, however, will be told over, and over and over.....

[Slaag Master]

yeah, but as i was walkin the mile to trax i realized my error. how bout your season pass?

[Relico]

I forgot my boots at a freestyle competition in Holiday Valley, NY back in the early 90's. I wore my mother's boots that were too small. My toenail fell off and I went through a cycle of trying to grow a new one for a very long time.

[jgb@etree]

how bout your season pass?

Done that too many times, but it's usually no big deal. Go inside and they'll look you up & give you a day pass.

[buckethead]

never forgot my boots, but once had a buddy take mine/leave his in my car and travel 3 hrs south effectively ending my 3day ski weekend after day 1.

as luck would have it though, i got really sick that evening, and didn't return to snow for 8 days...

[skiberly]

No, but I DO have a reoccurring dream that I did.

Uh huh. I've even gotten off the chairlift in a dream, only to realize i forgot my boots. Nightmare.

[Ripzalot]

A couple of years ago, me and TeleAl rallied for an early season dawn patrol down to Zermatt. I pick him up along the way at the train station at 6am. About 7am, Al wonders aloud: did I put my boots in your trunk? An hour later, back at the train station, there they sat in the dark where he left them. The ride back was an odd bit of deja vu. No matter, there was hardly anyone there and we had a great day of early season powder anyways.

[TeleAl]

At the train station after taking the earliest train out of town for a "dawn patrol" down valley.

Discovered error a bit less than an hour down the highway.
Got back to station, and they were still there, right where I left them.

Ripz was not happy with me.

Yes, I was kissing them for missing them.

[GFP]

^^^ Classic.

About a month ago I woke up at 5am for a dawn patrol at Berthoud. I drove up 70 to Fall River road where I met my buddy. As he's throwing his stuff in the back of my Jeep he says, "where are your boots?" Me: "What!?.... You're kidding me..... Mother F#@!%^$*@@(#(#($($#$(@@$_!@#($#%)@$!@)#!@$@)$)$!)# )@$_)%$^)_%_+_$"

On the plus side I got some nice sunrise shots from Lookout Mtn on the way back down to Denver.

[puhisurfer]

When I first saw this thread I just thought "What kind of asshat forgets his boots?"

Two weekends ago I left not one but four pairs of boots at home - 3.5 hrs away.

So, I guess the me kind of asshat. Karma, bitches, karma.

[big mike]

just 2 weeks ago loading up early to head from fernie to nelson for a week long hut trip with solesides. had all my gear for a week trip including food and clothes, we get on the road and about 20 min later past elko it hits me! my boots sitting on the boot dryer still at home... we turn around blaze back and still beat everybody to nakusp for a nice soak at the hot spring.

[That was Pontus]

I drive in my boots, can't forget 'em Karma is bound to catch up to me now... if you see me upside down in the ditch, please laugh at my misfortune. Have had friends forget them the odd time, usually works out with free beers or something.

[hutash]

I did forget my custom foot beds once. I couldn't figure out why the boots were so sloppy.