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Thread: Whistler/Vail North 2020/2021
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04-19-2021, 12:57 PM #1176
Welcome to the best years of your life. Life actually starts at 40 now, and by 55 to 60 you will be at peak YOU.
As far as vax goes, my friends friend friend just told me that Toronto hospitals are using up "tociluzumab" and "optiflow" on people that have had one shot. The jab isn't a fix but it will surely help reduce serious cases and knock this down to manageable levels. That means still masking and not having group orgies JUST YET.OH, MY GAWD! ―John Hillerman Big Billie Eilish fan.
But that's a quibble to what PG posted (at first, anyway, I haven't read his latest book) ―jono
we are not arguing about ski boots or fashionable clothing or spageheti O's which mean nothing in the grand scheme ― XXX-er
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04-19-2021, 02:53 PM #1177Registered User
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When asked whether Canada was considering banning flights from India on Wednesday, federal minister of health Patty Hajdu said that the challenge with country-by-country approaches is that “COVID spreads in ways that we can see and ways that we can’t.”
Until there's a vaccine for this kind of stupidity we're all fucking doomed.
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04-19-2021, 07:33 PM #1178Registered User
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I've really missed the late part of the season for the last two years now. I always look forward to it and consider it an important part of my year overall. Still the good chance of a winter storm and new snow and those nice sunny days mixed in. Best part of the whole season at WB imho.
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04-19-2021, 09:15 PM #1179Registered User
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More than half the people were arguing the wrong answers. Those people also have strong opinions on public health, virology and vaccination. We are so doomed. I wonder how most of the parliament would do answering the question. They would probably waste a few millions on consultants.
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04-20-2021, 12:31 AM #1180
Whatever the maths, we're all fucked now. As per Horgan, they will be conducting COVID BREATHALIZER TESTS all along the Garibaldi neve /s. Wife and I have talked to our doctor friend and we agree to only get the Pfizer and/or Moderna. She (the doc) convinced me and my wife that the AZ isn't as primo as I had thought. So that's that. Got to do what the wife and family doctor says. Wife WILL NOT chance blood clots. So that's that.
A friends mother (80+ years old) died today in another province. She lives with her parents and all three got the vid. And all three are in the hospital. She's still on oxygen along with the father but the mother started turning BLUE and it was her express wishes not to be intubated and/or revived.
Good to see those dudes on SCT that did the Mt. Seymour Spring Suffer. They skied to First Pump peak, then skied down and mtn biked the trails all the way to sea level with their skis and boots strapped to their bikes. What a way to suffer on this amazingly beautiful sunny cloudless +26 Celsius day!OH, MY GAWD! ―John Hillerman Big Billie Eilish fan.
But that's a quibble to what PG posted (at first, anyway, I haven't read his latest book) ―jono
we are not arguing about ski boots or fashionable clothing or spageheti O's which mean nothing in the grand scheme ― XXX-er
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04-20-2021, 09:17 AM #1181Subversive
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Well I for one am glad we managed to sneak into your province and nail the McBride traverse during an unbelievably good weather window: cold, clear, stable.
Some notes:
- We did Squamish to Whistler via the Neve and McBride, April 11 to 16. Five days and change, but we were traveling fairly heavy (real tent, good food, booze, etc).
- Most people go the opposite direction but south to north means you climb frozen solar aspects early in the day and ski good snow ("dildo powder"??) on the colder aspects.
- Generally found it to be very straightforward -- nice conditions make things easier of course. But it's a few notches easier than, say, Bugaboo-Rogers.
- If I were to do it again, I'd spend some time camped out to get more time skiing the amazing north facing glacier runs found the entire length of the route. I trudged by some incredible looking lines...
Anyways, sorry for sneaking into your province, and sorry for cunting up your thread. You may resume arguing about the relative riskiness of AZ now....
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04-20-2021, 09:44 AM #1182
Nicely done CSG!!!! Agreed about going S to North. Need to explore more around Hour Pk and Drop Pass and Carcajou for example
And definitely agreed on this ". But it's a few notches easier than, say, Bugaboo-Rogers"
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04-20-2021, 09:48 AM #1183Registered User
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04-20-2021, 11:16 AM #1184
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04-20-2021, 01:13 PM #1185
Landyachts - nice
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04-21-2021, 02:48 AM #1186
Cool!!!! Almost looks like that pulsejet bike that Colin Furze built.
OH, MY GAWD! ―John Hillerman Big Billie Eilish fan.
But that's a quibble to what PG posted (at first, anyway, I haven't read his latest book) ―jono
we are not arguing about ski boots or fashionable clothing or spageheti O's which mean nothing in the grand scheme ― XXX-er
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04-22-2021, 03:35 PM #1187
In other news, the Pique has a valid point here.
https://twitter.com/PiqueNews/status...08170621313024OH, MY GAWD! ―John Hillerman Big Billie Eilish fan.
But that's a quibble to what PG posted (at first, anyway, I haven't read his latest book) ―jono
we are not arguing about ski boots or fashionable clothing or spageheti O's which mean nothing in the grand scheme ― XXX-er
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04-23-2021, 09:41 AM #1188gravityfed
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Love this reply. Ski touring in 'non-low' Avy terrain has a 1 in 5000 chance of fatality. Anyone on this thread knows how to evaluate and calculate risk. We are happy to trust scientists and engineers who send us weather data and design our transceivers, yet we don't trust the medical experts who tell us to get jabbed? Yes the politicians and bureaucrats have screwed up procurement, approvals and messaging but the docs are unanimous, it's a risk worth taking. Geez, we all ride A-Line and many of us have experienced unexpected slides. My wife got AZ. My kids & I all got Moderna as we weren't eligible for AZ. A close friend who's an ultra-high perf athlete is now a long-hauler and can barely walk the dog, and I know 3 people who've died. Yes dead, no blood clots, dead. Just get off the forums & get the jab if you have the opportunity. Even AZ and JJ. Go for it, invite your friends, you won't regret it. We need herd immunity in the huts - ha!!
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04-23-2021, 10:22 AM #1189
I just got AZ an hour ago. Time for a run to really get this shit coursing through my veins!
As soon as someone starts talking about "x isn't as effective" or "y has more risks" I either end the conversation immediately or just get down to business if on a work call. Armchair epidemiology has gotten VERY fucking stale over the past 12 months. Glad to have just taken one giant step closer to ending this thing.
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04-23-2021, 12:02 PM #1190
Nice one. I didn't realize that people go north to south, but that's consistent with general ignorance. We did it quite a bit later in the season and still had some powdery north aspect descents.
To me, it seems like anything other than switch to the village followed by a pitcher at the Longhorn deserves an asterisk, ha ha.
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04-23-2021, 06:39 PM #1191
All the events you listed you die quickly and hopefully painlessly... Being a lab rat on a vax that was rushed thru approval and is approved in an emergency use authorization only by health Canada which could lead to having possible complications for 20+ years isn't painless....Herd immunity can only be achieved by some people also having real antibodies developed from actually having the disease. A lot of people are not going to get vax'd till health canada officaly approves it and the drug manufacturers are liable. The way it is now the manufacturers are not liable for anything.... very scary.....
On a side note- Ive got a claim with Vail Resorts that I was told would be addressed in 3-5business days. Its 12-14 business days later.....
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04-23-2021, 07:07 PM #1192
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04-23-2021, 07:14 PM #1193
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04-23-2021, 08:16 PM #1194
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04-23-2021, 08:18 PM #1195
Lol- do your own due due diligence
Ski you on the slopes fruit juice! Don’t let the dinasour kick u in the ass on the way out!Last edited by teamdirt; 04-24-2021 at 05:42 AM.
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04-24-2021, 06:10 AM #1196
What a ride last night. Woke up at 4am sweat just pouring out of my body, I’ve never sweat like that before in my life. Went to bathroom dry heaved a couple times and just laid naked on the cold tile for a bit to cool down.
If this is the antidote then man covid must be pretty intense.
It definitely wasn’t the 12 beers I drank last night.
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04-24-2021, 09:35 AM #1197
Huge snowpack, still lots of time to enjoy it, out for a leisurely stroll a couple days ago, hopefully we get a good refresh.
Squamish/Whistler/Pemberton/SLRD-all of the S2S don’t want any visitors
https://www.whistler.ca/media/news/e...s-until-may-25
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04-24-2021, 12:26 PM #1198
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04-24-2021, 03:28 PM #1199OH, MY GAWD! ―John Hillerman Big Billie Eilish fan.
But that's a quibble to what PG posted (at first, anyway, I haven't read his latest book) ―jono
we are not arguing about ski boots or fashionable clothing or spageheti O's which mean nothing in the grand scheme ― XXX-er
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04-24-2021, 08:20 PM #1200
Epic shredding in the Rockies today! Enjoy!
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