#alwaysalpinemeadows

[dunfree]

Did someone say dentists? Who here was this?
https://nypost.com/2022/01/13/dentis...-hunting-trip/

[Benny Profane]

Did you get one at Taos? Their Grateful Dead ridge hippies shirts are pretty cool.

Oh, no, never does Benny wear Grateful Dead crap. Ech.

[muted reborn]

I wore one when my kids were young but haven't since.

When they get old and my marriage is approaching the 20 year anniversary I'm sure my wife will see me without a helmet and be like "You do you! I support you!" and I'll think I've finally won.

[old goat]

I'll have to check that out. I collect patrol shirts.

Big Sky Patrol sells nice shirts.

[old goat]

Oh, no, never does Benny wear Grateful Dead crap. Ech.

Then you probably wouldn't like an (uofficial) OV Team Tie Dye t shirt, but they wouldn't let you have one anyway.

[Benny Profane]

Thank God. No fucking tie dye.

[Not DJSapp]

Fucking up your brain in a crash ain't worth saving some money.

For those of us that have met and skied with Irul, there's nothing in that helmet worth protecting. It's more of a courtesy to the patroller who has to scrape his brains up from the slope. It should keep the mess mostly contained.

[m2711c]

Most helmet manufacturers recommend replacing helmets every 5 years (more often if involved in a crash) and that helmet is probably well over a decade old.

Fucking up your brain in a crash ain't worth saving some money. And judging by the craps on the helmet, it's been involved in a few crashes....

spending money ain’t gonna save yer brain…


https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/01/s...uries.amp.html

[senior researcher]

You can tell by the smell.

[Benny Profane]

spending money ain’t gonna save yer brain…


https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/01/s...uries.amp.html

"Schumacher’s doctors say he would not have survived his fall had he not worn a helmet."

Precisely. I've had two hits that probably could have killed me.

[brutah]

Of course they are going to tell you things like that, they want to sell more helmets!

i get that. but why risk permanent brain injury over a $100-300?

[brutah]

spending money ain’t gonna save yer brain…


https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/01/s...uries.amp.html

why wear a helmet at all then? (full disclosure: I did not read the article due to the paywall)

[2FUNKY]

Precisely. I've had two hits that probably could have killed me.

It all makes sense now.

[east or bust]

Awesome thread drift.

I just got a new helmet this year to replace my old, 10+ yo, helmet. It had been pretty packed out and loose. Replaced with same model, doesn’t seem like anything has been updated other than it’s MIPS now.

I’ve definitely clocked myself good enough to be glad I’ve been wearing a helmet.


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[irul&ublo]

Tram is on schedule to be running next season. Luckily they eliminated the station on the Buttress. My understanding is that you will be able to load/off load at the top of KT. Load/off load at Alpine will be near the current lodge.

[heckacali]

RIP AM.

[Hood26]

That NYT article is almost 10 years old.

[riser4]

It's not like it was called Mountain Meadows.

[irul&ublo]

I blame Rob Story

[Core Shot]

Can we rename the Tetons yet?

And Mary’s nipple?

And what about beaver creek?

I’m aroused and offended at the same time.

[irul&ublo]

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[Benny Profane]

https://beaverliquors.com/product/lips-tank-top/

[irul&ublo]

What about Mt. Johnson?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_...n_(California)

[PB]

Now wait just a FUCKING MINUTE; who the HELL allowed Benny in at AM?!?!? Heads/helmets are gonna roll.

[neufox47]

From what the shop owner told me, Alpine Meadows will no longer exist as a separate entity soon. All of it will be Palisades Tahoe. A lot of work is already done on the tram infrastructure.

Benny is in Tahoe? You didn’t even write?