Exactly. On the face of it cross posting can make sense, as it does
with Edgar's question. In practice, the tenor of discussion is dictated
by the group that treats each other the worst. I haven't followed
backcountry for a good while, and hopefully their discussions are as
decent as .nordic's, but many others, such as bicycle, are often not
nice. RSN gets caught in the crossfire every so often.

Gene



"Bob" wrote:

Gene,
there's nothing wrong with cross posting within reason (2 groups is
certainly ok) and only to groups with interest in the subject (both
might travel with skis in this case). I don't read backcountry... Are
you worried that the folks there aren't as friendly as us nords? ;-)

Now, multi-posting *is* evil. Multiposting is posting to more than
one group in such a way that the various groups do not see each other
and don't benefit from the comments of people in the other groups.
It's wastes a lot of people's time.

BTW: Top-posting and failure to quote are considered rude in some
groups - here in rsn, not so much. But, I digress.

Wishing everyone a happy new year,
Bob

"Gene Goldenfeld" wrote in message
et...
Hmmm.. cross posting. One bag, not one pair of skis, otherwise
how could racers and teams afford to travel. This is where a big bag
that doubles for skiing and travel comes in handy. Load the ski bag
with a lot of clothes for distribution and protection.

Gene

"Edgar" wrote:

Previous rec.skiing.backcountry topic on best ski bag turned to a
discussion on air travel ski baggage hassles.

Here is what Delta's offical policy is with regard to ski
equipment:

One item of ski or snowboard equipment is accepted as part of
your free checked baggage allowance.
One item of ski or snowboard equipment is defined as: One
ski/pole bag or one snowboard bag, and one boot bag.
These combined items must meet the standard free baggage
allowances for weight and number of pieces or normal excess
baggage charges will apply.


http://www.delta.com/traveling_check...oods/index.jsp

Other airlines have similar rules. For us Nordic skiers, a big
problem is the term "one". Depending on my ski holiday, I may
"need" two or three pairs of skis, boots and poles. E.g.
mountain touring skis, track or light touring classic skis and
skating skis. In multi-ski trips, it becomes "don't ask, don't
tell". The number of ski issue is even more of a problem for
those traveling to multiple event races where one may want to be
bringing a couple of pairs of classic skis and a couple of pairs
of skating skis.

I suspect that the best strategy in traveling with multiple skis
is to keep the weight of the bag as low as you can so that the
agent doesn't feel obligated to look inside, and not pack it with
too many clothes so that it looks like a stuffed sausage.

The other downside of multiple skis is that would become more
problematic if you need to claim damage. Of course, the other
downside is that on international travel the breakage
compensation is based on weight. What is the airline liabilty on
braking your 2 kg Atomic RS11
+ bindings skating skis ?

Edgar