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Peter Clinch wrote:
MB wrote:
If there's a lift, it ain't backcountry.
And coasting (lift-served "skiing") isn't skiing.

I would not go that far Marcus. That's what's referred to as a half truth.
I remember when the professional ski writer Seth M. showed up in r.s.a.
And he caught right on that the net is about generalizations.
I went on a cruising vacation, and some times I got moguls.
Seth knew perfectly well from an Alpine (skier) perspective that there
was also Nordic telemarking, and the whole stuff of winter travel like
avalanches and stuff. People ski and don't know all that kind of stuff.

The amusing thing is how novices judge skier knowledge/experience by
downhill speed. That's media for you.

So if I skin/walk up a hill and then coast down, that is skiing, but if
I start at the top, it isn't?

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