alison wong
Angel Diva
Many posts mentioned this: "Never take the last run"
Why? What does it mean? What is considered as the last run?
Why? What does it mean? What is considered as the last run?
I broke two rules today. One, letting the group decide where to ski, where everyone in the group has been skiing for 40+ years. Except me (starting year 3).
Two, dehydration. It wasn’t pretty.
No drinking while skiing, wait till afterwards.
No kidding, so stupid. Was on a lift last year with a young gun who'd definitely been drinking. I think he even had alcohol in his camelbak. On the way up he laughed and stuck his ski out to hit the lift pole. It caught and started to turn the ski backward. Fortunately, his binding let go of his ski and it fell to the closed trail below. My husband said out loud "Dude, that was stupid. You're an idiot." The guy just laughed. We got to the top of the lift and they had to stop it so the guy could walk off and then back down the trail to retrieve his ski. It was shortly thereafter we called it after the drunkards came out for the night skiing. We just no longer felt safe skiing and feared getting hit. Seen one too many closed calls...ABSOLUTELY! It makes me sick when I see people drinking then skiing, and I don't mean one beer, a couple of strong drinks. I only broke this rule once at Stratton, had one beer at the "mid-mountain" lodge which is only 200 yards from the bottom. It was fun, cool setting, but usually never do that.
I have a corollary to this, which is “Any day on skis is better than a day not.” It’s how I remind myself to be super grateful that I’m on a mountain, no matter how small, crowded or icy.There is no bad snow.
ABSOLUTELY! It makes me sick when I see people drinking then skiing, and I don't mean one beer, a couple of strong drinks.
I’ve seen or heard about pounding down beers on the gondola (and throwing the cans out onto the mountain), smoking pot on the lift, and drinking from a flask of whiskey.
@newboots Ugh you really were dealt 2 big ones. On the first, being the bronco and bucking the group dynamic--all that energy and bonhomie--is certainly not easy. On the dehydration, I used to ski with a small hydromedary pack, but stopped because it was just easier to not have to deal with it. I drink a lot of water in the day before and the morning of a ski day these days, and drink 2-3 of those small cups during the inevitable bathroom breaks.I broke two rules today. One, letting the group decide where to ski, where everyone in the group has been skiing for 40+ years. Except me (starting year 3).
Two, dehydration. It wasn’t pretty.
@newboots Ugh you really were dealt 2 big ones. On the first, being the bronco and bucking the group dynamic--all that energy and bonhomie--is certainly not easy. On the dehydration, I used to ski with a small hydromedary pack, but stopped because it was just easier to not have to deal with it. I drink a lot of water in the day before and the morning of a ski day these days, and drink 2-3 of those small cups during the inevitable bathroom breaks.
No yelling "MOM!" right before I drop in, unless it's an emergency.