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  1. 11-20-2021, 03:17 PM #1
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    Backcountry tow rope?

    What the fuk?

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  2. 11-20-2021, 03:25 PM #2
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    Beaver Creek had a decapitation BITD when the finish line was right at the base. Skier poached the closed course and got clotheslined by the wires over the finish line.

    The above could happen in the bc by Billy Backcountry and the Bros using their ZOAs.
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    I'm skeptical that that thing could get you up a steep enough slope in deep enough snow to be worth the trouble.. Or it could be the first avalanche self rescue kit-=turn it on and the pulls you out of the pile.

    Anyway--if there's a lift it's not BC anymore, by (my) definition
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  4. 11-20-2021, 04:03 PM #4
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    what does 2600ft max vert mean? That amount of vert until the battery dies? lol so like 4 laps on any decent slope?


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  5. 11-20-2021, 04:55 PM #5
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    Jet powered backpacks are coming…
    “I have a responsibility to not be intimidated and bullied by low life losers who abuse what little power is granted to them as ski patrollers.”
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  6. 11-20-2021, 05:55 PM #6
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    Seems interesting and slightly more useful skiing than this thing if it ever makes it to production. https://rewinch.com/
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  7. 11-20-2021, 06:09 PM #7
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    Paracord? Seriously?



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    Hmm.
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  9. 11-20-2021, 06:33 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Laps View Post
    Paracord? Seriously?
    Should be even more fun when it’s ice-crusted paracord.


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  10. 11-20-2021, 06:43 PM #10
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    Hokey.
    They need to make it a platter, you put thru your legs.

    I was the first one up Indian Heads Poma on a 30” cold smoke day. I was exhausted at the top of a 600ft. mole hill.
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  12. 11-21-2021, 09:39 AM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shredhead View Post
    Hokey.
    They need to make it a platter, you put thru your legs.
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    Use a climbing sit harness clipped to the metal loop at the back of the unit.
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    Old technology. Guy name Bob Dog has been skiing the Crazy Mountains with a power head from a chainsaw for maybe 10 years and stringing rope all over the place.
    I have been in this State for 30 years and I am willing to admit that I am part of the problem.

    "Happiest years of my life were earning < $8.00 and hour, collecting unemployment every spring and fall, no car, no debt and no responsibilities. 1984-1990 Park City UT"
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  14. 11-21-2021, 09:58 AM #14
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bunion 2020 View Post
    Old technology. Guy name Bob Dog has been skiing the Crazy Mountains with a power head from a chainsaw for maybe 10 years and stringing rope all over the place.
    Does he leave the ropes fixed and strung for just the winter or all year?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hacksaw View Post
    Use a climbing sit harness clipped to the metal loop at the back of the unit.
    Yeah, that would be the ticket with a quick release.
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    Could be sweet if it actually works. I'm entirely skeptical that it would actually work though. At least not without a relatively mellow slope and firm snow.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SKIP IN7RO View Post
    Does he leave the ropes fixed and strung for just the winter or all year?
    The dipshit was leaving them up. Friends who work for the USFS removed them and left them on his doorstep.
    I have been in this State for 30 years and I am willing to admit that I am part of the problem.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SKIP IN7RO View Post
    Beaver Creek had a decapitation BITD when the finish line was right at the base. Skier poached the closed course and got clotheslined by the wires over the finish line.

    The above could happen in the bc by Billy Backcountry and the Bros using their ZOAs.
    https://apnews.com/article/cd2a5ca42...20b4c3fa37169c




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