santacruz skier
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Come to think of it, I had lunch at one of the ski resorts near Aosta Valley in Italy several years ago and Grappa was served complimentary with my favorite spaghetti bolognese!
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Is skiing ready for the self-serve beer bar?
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Omigod, I so want to hear about this.
SallyCat
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Christy
Angel Diva
There's nothing wrong with having beer or wine at lunch.
If you're worried that people are going to use the opportunity to get totally lit then ski dangerously, I think the people that are going to do that are going to do so via booze in a flask. Or they are going to do it regardless of whether they pour it themselves or sit at a bar. People drink at the bar at the Crystal base at lunch then head back up.
mustski
Angel Diva
Ok ... long story short ... I was 22 and went to Tahoe with a 19 year old coworker. We stayed with some friends of hers who had a condo near Heavenly. They were perfectly nice guys, no one was ungentlemanly and nothing seemed out of the ordinary. We drank a bit Friday night, went to a casino, went to sleep late. As we are riding up the chair on Saturday morning, I start to feel weird and mention that maybe I'm getting sick. My friend says she is feeling quite woozy also. "Surprise," they exclaim, as if it's the best birthday present ever! They put LSD in our morning coffee because it would "enhance" the ski experience. Luckily, they bought crappy drugs and we only got a body high with a mild light headedness - no halucinations! I got on a bus back to San Diego that night. I will confess that I had a great ski day -never got cold, never got tired ... they did keep reminding me to drink water and made me eat a granola bar. I felt like a superhero skier, but I doubt that was true!
mustski
Angel Diva
Like I said, I was saved by bad drug connections. I was very relieved that I was only mildly high. I have enough trouble skiing without being impaired! That was the 2nd time that someone spiked my drink. After the first time, I learned to never set a cocktail down. After the 2nd time, I don't set any liquid down - not even coffee. I'm lucky. Nothing bad happened on either occasion.
I seriously lol'ed at this part. Glad it turned out ok! Hilarious story that could have been a lot scarier.
skibum4ever
Angel Diva
KathrynC
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Yeah, we used to have a shot of brandy in hot chocolate before getting on the morning lift on student snowboarding trips - but that was fully consensual. I wouldn't do that now. @mustski, that sounds like one of those things that wasn't great at the time but makes a good story now - glad it worked out!
BlizzardBabe
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
As caught up in drinking culture as I was for many years, I never mixed alcohol and athletics. It was somehow anathema to me even though I could always be counted on as the first to order a pitcher for the table at apres.
These days I'm a newly minted non-drinker and I'm looking forward to a season where I'll never ski with a fuzzy head. It takes 11 hours for blood-alc levels to dissipate (and 7-14 days for alcohol to leave your body entirely), so I undoubtedly and unwittingly skied over the limit on mornings after an extended apres. I'm glad that's over with.
These days I'm a newly minted non-drinker and I'm looking forward to a season where I'll never ski with a fuzzy head. It takes 11 hours for blood-alc levels to dissipate (and 7-14 days for alcohol to leave your body entirely), so I undoubtedly and unwittingly skied over the limit on mornings after an extended apres. I'm glad that's over with.
newboots
Angel Diva
@BlizzardBabe Hi! Congratulations on stopping something that was not working in your life!
I’m a Blizzard woman myself, as Dear BF was once a rep for Blizzard and promotes them incessantly. He owns about a dozen pair of Blizzards - the joy of the pro form!
I’m a Blizzard woman myself, as Dear BF was once a rep for Blizzard and promotes them incessantly. He owns about a dozen pair of Blizzards - the joy of the pro form!
dloveski
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I think we're safe from this bad idea here in Utah!
Drinking while skiing is not my thing---skiing enhances my senses and is its own escape (and drinking not only dulls that but handicaps me as I try to apply decent ski form).
I am glad that resorts here have become strict about "drinking while boarding" as it's obnoxious when the boarders stand in line and chug. And then litter from the lift.
I don't mind as much the little potheads who lurk deep in the trees.
Drinking while skiing is not my thing---skiing enhances my senses and is its own escape (and drinking not only dulls that but handicaps me as I try to apply decent ski form).
I am glad that resorts here have become strict about "drinking while boarding" as it's obnoxious when the boarders stand in line and chug. And then litter from the lift.
I don't mind as much the little potheads who lurk deep in the trees.
newboots
Angel Diva
I love the imagery! Sounds like elves or gnomes, only smoking pot while lurking.
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