what do you do in the offseason? thinking of trying a new sport

On Mar 7, 12:41*pm, VtSkier wrote:
On 03/07/2011 02:46 PM, Richard Henry wrote:



On Mar 7, 11:12 am, Dick *wrote:
On Mon, 7 Mar 2011 10:19:37 -0800 (PST), Richard Henry

*wrote:
On Mar 7, 10:14 am, Dick *wrote:
On Mon, 7 Mar 2011 10:05:29 -0800 (PST), Richard Henry

*wrote:
On Mar 7, 10:02 am, Dick *wrote:
On Mon, 7 Mar 2011 09:53:34 -0800 (PST), Richard Henry

*wrote:
On Mar 7, 8:45 am, *wrote:

Running is one of the worst things you can do for your knees.

Is it worse than skiing?

It is for me. My knees always swelled up when I went skiing untul I
cut dowm on the running and switched to hiking in hills.

I have lousy knees, both mcl's have been destroyed via skiing

Skiing? *Or falling?

Falling...both times totally unnecessarily, once by a boarder who
blind sided me, the second by a beginner who was on a black and had no
place being there

I sprained my shoulder once taking a mid-day nap on a ski day, but I
never thought of it as a skiing injury.

that must have a rather athletic nap.

Due to bad weather and slow traffic, I didn't get to bed until about
3AM. Since we were staying at Mammoth Mt. Inn across the parking lot
from the lifts, I came back at lunch time to eat with the family, and
took a nap. I slept on my right side with my arm under my head, and
when I woke up, my arm was "asleep" from the neck down to my
fingertips. Since I couldn't feel anything, I wrenched my shoulder
pushing out of bed and didn't know it for a few minutes until the
feeling returned.

On 03/07/2011 05:05 PM, down_hill wrote:
VtSkier wrote:
On 03/07/2011 01:02 PM, Dick G wrote:
On Mon, 7 Mar 2011 09:53:34 -0800 (PST), Richard Henry
wrote:

On Mar 7, 8:45 am, wrote:


Running is one of the worst things you can do for your knees.
Is it worse than skiing?

yes

much worse than skiing.

VT skier are you working killington this weekend?

We are heading to okemo but wife want to roam

m

Probably skiing Friday. Need to see a potential client
on Saturday. Probably staying home Sunday.

comadrejo wrote:
In article ,
Dick G wrote:

The season is slowly coming to an end, to keep in shape I typically
run (very early mornings) and mountain bike, with the odd game of
golf and some hiking. I would golf more often if I could but its
difficult to coordinate consistent tee off's with everyone's busy
schedule. I have been thinking of scaling back the golf even
further and getting into rock climbing. Any climbers out there? How
did you get into the sport?

Join a rock gym, sign up with a beginner's climber's class group, like
the Mountaineers or through the Alpine Club of Canada, etc.

here is an example of a rock gym in Ballard, aka a neighborhood in
Seattle

http://www.stonegardens.com/

Are there active climbing clubs you get together with, or do
you head out alone?

If you are a neophyte, start on a rock wall, learn the techniques,
start off on really easy known routes with lots of holds.

One reason why many rock climbers I know are hard core yoga fanatics,
because they need the stretching ability for some of the climbs they
do in the North Cascades and Squamish.

If any exercise that is low impact, great benefits, and pretty hard
workout, I would probably put Yoga up there, given it helps so much.

When I took the Mountaineers basic climbing class many years ago, I discovered
the perfect back exercise. My back muscles were all sore after the the first
rock climbing practice. I could immediately tell from the pain that I wasn't
going to have any of the horrible back spasms I previously had, after the
exercise/stretching that climbing provided.

VtSkier wrote:

We are heading to okemo but wife want to roam

m

Probably skiing Friday. Need to see a potential client
on Saturday. Probably staying home Sunday.


You looked at weather?
calling for non powder precipitation

On 03/07/11 16:16, Richard Henry wrote:

On Mar 7, 12:41 pm, wrote:
On 03/07/2011 02:46 PM, Richard Henry wrote:

I sprained my shoulder once taking a mid-day nap on a ski day, but I
never thought of it as a skiing injury.

that must have a rather athletic nap.

Due to bad weather and slow traffic, I didn't get to bed until about
3AM. Since we were staying at Mammoth Mt. Inn across the parking lot
from the lifts, I came back at lunch time to eat with the family, and
took a nap. I slept on my right side with my arm under my head, and
when I woke up, my arm was "asleep" from the neck down to my
fingertips. Since I couldn't feel anything, I wrenched my shoulder
pushing out of bed and didn't know it for a few minutes until the
feeling returned.

Not sure why my back is sore (perhaps from my one unfortunate attempt at
landing properly after an inadvertent launch into the air) but it's
worse when I just get out of bed. A local chiropractor is offering free
trials AND a meal at a nice Mexican restaurant tonight, so maybe I'll
give it a shot.

Going to SS or BM Thursday with friend with new skis. Hope it's not as
warm as I'm afraid it will be :-(

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Cheers, Bev
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Non illegitimi carborundum.

On 03/08/2011 01:12 PM, down_hill wrote:
VtSkier wrote:

We are heading to okemo but wife want to roam

m

Probably skiing Friday. Need to see a potential client
on Saturday. Probably staying home Sunday.


You looked at weather?
calling for non powder precipitation

Hmmm, predicting a liquid snow event. I'll
have to keep watch. Today may have been my
last for a week or so.

On Mar 8, 3:31*pm, The Real Bev wrote:
On 03/07/11 16:16, Richard Henry wrote:



On Mar 7, 12:41 pm, *wrote:
*On 03/07/2011 02:46 PM, Richard Henry wrote:

* *I sprained my shoulder once taking a mid-day nap on a ski day, but I
* *never thought of it as a skiing injury.

*that must have a rather athletic nap.

Due to bad weather and slow traffic, I didn't get to bed until about
3AM. *Since we were staying at Mammoth Mt. Inn across the parking lot
from the lifts, I came back at lunch time to eat with the family, and
took a nap. *I slept on my right side with my arm under my head, and
when I woke up, my arm was "asleep" from the neck down to my
fingertips. *Since I couldn't feel anything, I wrenched my shoulder
pushing out of bed and didn't know it for a few minutes until the
feeling returned.

Not sure why my back is sore (perhaps from my one unfortunate attempt at
landing properly after an inadvertent launch into the air) but it's
worse when I just get out of bed. *A local chiropractor is offering free
trials AND a meal at a nice Mexican restaurant tonight, so maybe I'll
give it a shot.

Going to SS or BM Thursday with friend with new skis. *Hope it's not as
warm as I'm afraid it will be :-(

--
Cheers, Bev
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++
* * * * * * * *Non illegitimi carborundum.

On Mar 8, 3:31*pm, The Real Bev wrote:
On 03/07/11 16:16, Richard Henry wrote:



On Mar 7, 12:41 pm, *wrote:
*On 03/07/2011 02:46 PM, Richard Henry wrote:

* *I sprained my shoulder once taking a mid-day nap on a ski day, but I
* *never thought of it as a skiing injury.

*that must have a rather athletic nap.

Due to bad weather and slow traffic, I didn't get to bed until about
3AM. *Since we were staying at Mammoth Mt. Inn across the parking lot
from the lifts, I came back at lunch time to eat with the family, and
took a nap. *I slept on my right side with my arm under my head, and
when I woke up, my arm was "asleep" from the neck down to my
fingertips. *Since I couldn't feel anything, I wrenched my shoulder
pushing out of bed and didn't know it for a few minutes until the
feeling returned.

Not sure why my back is sore (perhaps from my one unfortunate attempt at
landing properly after an inadvertent launch into the air) but it's
worse when I just get out of bed. *A local chiropractor is offering free
trials AND a meal at a nice Mexican restaurant tonight, so maybe I'll
give it a shot.

Going to SS or BM Thursday with friend with new skis. *Hope it's not as
warm as I'm afraid it will be :-(

--
Cheers, Bev
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++
* * * * * * * *Non illegitimi carborundum.

BM tomorrow, maybe shifting to SS in the afternoon.

The Real Bev wrote:

--
Cheers, Bev
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++
Non illegitimi carborundum.

This should read:

Illegitimus non carborundum

Don't let the *******s grind you down.

On 03/08/11 20:31, NormG wrote:

The Real Bev wrote:

--
Cheers, Bev
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++
Non illegitimi carborundum.

This should read:

Illegitimus non carborundum

Don't let the *******s grind you down.

Certes! I've asked about this before in an appropriate newsgroup but
never got a GOOD (both accurate and artistic) translation. Illegitimus
is a single *******, multiples are illegitimi, and it/they should really
be in the ablative case :-)

--
Cheers, Bev
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++
Non illegitimi carborundum.