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02-14-2006, 03:04 PM #51
Just my .02 worth but I fully intend on taking my kids skiing in a pack until they are old enough to ski on there own. I think anything to some people sounds stupid. Hell some people think base jumping would be the greatest thing since sliced bread but to me "common sense" sais don't go jumping off of cliffs, bridges, or whatever else with a parachute strapped to you. Do you realize how many people have died doing that? There is a danger in everything we do from the second we are born until death. I think a person has to stick to what they feel comfortable doing.
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02-14-2006, 03:07 PM #52
If you are an accomplished skier and stick to the beginner lifts and runs I don't see anything wrong with it. And I'm speaking about toddlers, not infants. You know, everyday I see kids in child carriers pulled behind bicycles on busy roads and that seems to be socially acceptible. I think that's WAY more dangerous than casual laps at the resort.
Also, what's so wrong with the leashes? I thought they worked quite well and I can't see why they would be a hazard as long as you completely remove them before they get on the lift. What am I missing here?Last edited by flabango; 02-14-2006 at 03:14 PM.
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02-14-2006, 03:40 PM #53Originally Posted by blondin
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02-14-2006, 03:45 PM #54
Upside isn't that far up and the downside is way down.
There are other ways to play in the snow with a baby or a toddler.Damn, we're in a tight spot!
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02-14-2006, 03:51 PM #55Originally Posted by BFD. . .
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02-14-2006, 04:17 PM #56
Things to consider.
A lot of people have poor spacial awareness especially when wearing a hat or helmet. Most baby carrier packs hold the child with the head higher than the adults head. The other day I watched someone come within a couple of centimeters of smashing their childs head into the top of the gates coming into a lift loading area.
The halo on surface lifts eg platters or Ts doesn't always have a lot of clearance over a tall adult and this can change daily depending on the grooming so even a lift you know can be lower than you expect one day. I have seen very near misses for kids in back packs on those as well.
I am a patroller and get hit by an out of control skier or boarder at least once a season, sometimes this happens in a beginners area.
Infants are less able to adjust to altitude and less able to maintain there body temperature in the cold. They may not communicate to you that they are having problems.
If you fall with your child in a pack (from being colided with or whatever) their head is going to hit the ground from 6'. Head injuries suck.'I dare to dream and differ from the hollow lies'
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02-14-2006, 04:38 PM #57Mr. Old Lady
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Shit...I've been using an old milk carton and some surgical hoses to tote my little girl around the hill and she loves it. She gets inverted almost as much as I do, but that's just because I can't keep the straps from flippng over. I wouldn't dare take my girl in a pack. It would scare the living crap out of me.
It's weird. When it's your body you're willing to try just about anything, but once it's your kid things change quick. I want to get my girl a helmet just for wearing around the house. She's an adrenaline junkie already. Loves being tossed in the air. Freaks out when I stop. She then throws her hands in the air signaling that she wants more. I think her first visit to the ski hill will be when she's learning to ski...on her 2nd birthday.
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02-14-2006, 04:47 PM #58Registered User
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Originally Posted by focus
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02-14-2006, 04:52 PM #59
Then there's the guy whose baby froze in it's backpack.
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02-14-2006, 04:58 PM #60Originally Posted by MOHSHSIHd
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02-14-2006, 05:13 PM #61Originally Posted by flabango
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02-14-2006, 05:27 PM #62
Saw this at Alta in December. I remember seeing a baby on a table in the mid mountain lodge and wondering how the mother got her up there. She then put the baby in her pack and left to ski down the hill. Personally I would think the risks out weigh the benefits, but then again I don't have a kid.
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02-14-2006, 06:22 PM #63
Skiing with a baby in the backpack is the ultimate stupidity. A thread like this got played at Epic @ two years ago. I'd post the link but I forgot (it's been that long) how to spell my name over there and/or my password. Apparently you can't search without one. Can't believe the amount of people over there who defended the practice. I really didn't know shit about posting etiquette or the meaning of troll. Also I can't spell.
If it weren't for serendipity, there'd be no dipity at all
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02-16-2006, 11:51 PM #64Originally Posted by focus
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02-17-2006, 12:19 AM #65Originally Posted by Bullet
And I too support people making their own decisoons about what is good for their child, but there are laws that cover these things and I find it hard to believe that putting a child in obvious peril isn't covered by law in most places.
An adult falling on a child is one thing. An adult strapping a child to his or her back, then going skiing - that's trading what's best for the kid for what's most fun for you. Selfish.
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02-17-2006, 03:31 AM #66Originally Posted by Red Baron
Awesome
78Its not that I suck at spelling, its that I just don't care
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02-17-2006, 03:58 AM #67
about 20 years ago my dad took me skiing in a pack. i absolutely loved it and told my dad to go faster, turn quicker, pass my mom etc.
back then here in europe the resorts would let you, nowadays they usually won't let you ride the lifts if you're carrying a kid in your pack.
i think if you dress the kid warm enough, don't stay out in shitty weather, don't stay out too long, ski in control (no brainer!) and ski somewhere not too crowded, it's perfectly fine.
i believe that my dad taking my out on the ski hill before i could ski myself definately got me addicted to skiing.
btw, we got run over once, by some dipshit who was out of control. i got thrown out of the pack (back then they didn't have "seatbelts" or harnesses (don't know the word for it)) and supposedly cried (don't remember myself). no harm done though it was a shock for everyone involved.
still, i absolutely loved it and think it's ok to take your kids when skiing...
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02-17-2006, 05:29 AM #68
I'm late on this thread
focus check out http://wildernessengineering.com/KinderShuttle.html and their kindershuttle, much safer the a backback carrier and its a great workout pulling it. I haven't gone down anything super steep but with a wedge turn you can negotiate something comperable to a easy blue if needed. Most of the tours I've done have been on logging roads and X-C trails but if you could find a mellow enough approach I see no reason why you couldn't go uphill
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=41296For sure, you have to be lost to find a place that can't be found, elseways everyone would know where it was
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02-17-2006, 08:07 AM #69
I plan on taking my 23 month old girl up the hill this weekend if the weather is nice. Catch the last gondola, let the crowds clear out, and mellow turns to Apres with my wife on here ski day, sunday. I have done it a number of times, mellow backcountry tours on xmas and resort cruiser on warm spring days. Last year she fell asleep, this year she is way into it. Shes got some strap on skis, and will be on real skis before you know it. The mountain allows access up the gondola, but not he chairs. Last time I met my wife and a posse of friends. I had a bubble of rippers around me the whole way down. No bumps, no chutes, no high-speed, and no drops. She is more protected on my back then she will be in a couple of years when she will be letting it go on her own down the mountain runs.
If you don't ski everyday, or you are not completely confident in your skiing don't do it.
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02-17-2006, 08:28 AM #70
I think most people are picturing this the wrong way..... I've done it, but I wouldn't really call it "skiing" with my kid in a backpack. I highly doubt there are any parents out there that just put a kid in a pack and head out for a day of skiing... more likely its an expert skier taking a couple of runs, on beginner groomed terrain, on a warm, non-crowded day. That's what I have done, and my kids have loved the experience.
The world is full of risks for little kids. Riding down a green circle run on my back isn't a very big one. I would estimate that I would be roughly 10 times more likely to fall on an icy sidewalk while carrying my child, than falling while skiing beginner terrain.
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02-17-2006, 08:30 AM #71Originally Posted by Core Shot"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. The winds will blow their freshness into you, and the storms, their energy. Your cares and tensions will drop away like the leaves of Autumn." --John Muir
"welcome to the hacienda, asshole." --s.p.c.
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02-17-2006, 09:57 AM #72
Just as potentially dangerous as the parents skiing with the kid in the backpack are those who ride their bikes down city streets with the kid in the bike trailer--right at bumper level! Always pissed me off a little when I see it...
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02-17-2006, 10:44 AM #73Originally Posted by Dam Skier
No offense man - but what if you do fall, Hugo Harrison?
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02-17-2006, 10:50 AM #74
Wow, there are lots of different opinions on this thought. I am not sure where I really stand, but I know of some who have done this, been the baby, and claim that this is where part of their love for skiing came from. I really admire his parents starting him early and claim that my parents hosed me as I didn't start until really late ... Exposure early on is a good thing! I think it comes down to comfort levels and being cautious and aware at all times.
Small is the number of those that see with their eyes and feel with their hearts - A.E.
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02-17-2006, 11:17 AM #75Originally Posted by Cliff Huckable
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