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-JP- wrote:
Outdoor sports is a small-world family scene to an extent, so I appreciate knowing these things. To me there's more to skiing than skiing. Part II. I must admit that I saw sharks only once. Scared the hell out of me. I learned my lesson not to go into deep water again. IMHO, meeting 4 or 5 barracudas while snorkling at Cozumel last fall was exiting enough. However, my kids told me not to worry: "A barracuda attacks at up to 100 feet/second (i.e. 30 m/s, 110 km/h or 70 mph), so you won't ever see the one that decides to hunt you." Terje -- - "almost all programming can be viewed as an exercise in caching" |
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When I snorkeled in the keys a few years ago, I looked down on my way to =
the reef we had to swim to and saw them everywhere underneath me darting = about. YIKES!!! They didn't bother any of us, though. June "Terje Mathisen" wrote in message = ... -JP- wrote: Outdoor sports is a small-world family scene to an extent, so I appreciate knowing these things. To me there's more to skiing than skiing. =20 =20 Part II. I must admit that I saw sharks only once. Scared the hell out of me. I learned my lesson not to go into deep water again. IMHO, meeting 4 or 5 barracudas while snorkling at Cozumel last fall was = exiting enough. However, my kids told me not to worry: "A barracuda attacks at up to 100 = feet/second (i.e. 30 m/s, 110 km/h or 70 mph), so you won't ever see=20 the one that decides to hunt you." Terje --=20 - "almost all programming can be viewed as an exercise in caching" |
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Hey! Thanks, Chris.
June "Chris Cline" wrote in message = o.com... --0-1174427192-1078624317=3D:47846 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii Hi All- I've been out of town, and so I missed the "Gunde Awards"-- elections = thru selection. So (see how I hit the return key?) first let me say "Thanks" for = nominating me for such=20 a prestigious honor. It truly means a lot coming from you all. =20 Also, since I now feel so much more like a member of the family, I'll = bite, too on this "other interests" thread. Here's my current list (changing always, = somewhat like my fitness level...): trying to get moved into my new house, trying to decide what color to = paint it (I wish the choices were as simple as they are for waxing skis for a race ;- ) Playing music- guitar, drums Running in the summer-- yes, I know it trashes my knees, but the = mountains in=20 Salt Lake are just too close to pass up, and I feel like I have a target = painted on my back when riding in this city's traffic. Backcountry skiing-- Again, with 10,000 ft mountains 10 miles from my = house, it's tough to pass up all that backcountry snow. but you guys (and a few more = gals, too-- you go, Diva!) are a lot more fun than the RS-Backcountry folks My work-- I'm lucky enough to love my job, doing studies of the effects = of contaminants (mostly mining, lately) on wildlife. =20 thanks, and have a great weekend! =20 PS- if anyone uses the Yahoo mail reader and can tell me how to turn the = HTML off, I=20 (and everyone else) would greatly appreciate it. =20 Chris(tine) Cline Kenneth Salzberg wrote: On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Jeff Potter wrote: Outdoor sports is a small-world family scene to an extent, so I appreciate knowing these things. To me there's more to skiing than skiing. OK, I'll bite: besides skiing, among other interests, I play old-tyme banjo (frailing/clawhammer), and have for much longer than I've skied. -Ken ************************************************** ********* Kenneth Salzberg Hamline University School of Law (651) 523-2354 1536 Hewitt Ave. Sisu Skier - 50K Club St. Paul, MN 55104 ************************************************** **************** --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what youre looking for faster. --0-1174427192-1078624317=3D:47846 Content-Type: text/html; charset=3Dus-ascii DIVHi All-/DIV DIVI've been out of town, and so I missed the "Gunde Awards"-- = elections thru selection./DIV DIVSo (see how I hit the return key?) first let me say "Thanks" for = nominating me for such /DIV DIVa prestigious honor. It truly means a lot coming from you = all./DIV DIV /DIV DIVAlso, since I now feel so much more like a member of the family, = I'll bite, too on this/DIV DIV"other interests" thread. Here's my current list (changing = always, somewhat like my/DIV DIVfitness level...):/DIV DIVtrying to get moved into my new house, trying to decide what color = to paint it (I wish/DIV DIVthe choices were as simple as they are for waxing skis for a race = ;- )/DIV DIVPlaying music- guitar, drums/DIV DIVRunning in the summer-- yes, I know it trashes my knees, but the = mountains in /DIV DIVSalt Lake are just too close to pass up, and I feel like I have a = target painted/DIV DIVon my back when riding in this city's traffic./DIV DIVBackcountry skiing-- Again, with 10,000 ft mountains 10 miles from = my house, it's tough/DIV DIV to pass up all that backcountry snow. but you guys (and = a few more gals, too-- you go,/DIV DIV Diva!) are a lot more fun than the RS-Backcountry folks/DIV DIVMy work-- I'm lucky enough to love my job, doing studies of the = effects of contaminants/DIV DIV(mostly mining, lately) on wildlife./DIV DIV /DIV DIVthanks, and have a great weekend!/DIV DIV /DIV DIVPS- if anyone uses the Yahoo mail reader and can tell me how to = turn the HTML off, I /DIV DIV(and everyone else) would greatly appreciate it./DIV DIV /DIV DIVChris(tine) ClineBRBRBIKenneth Salzberg = >/I/B wrote:/DIV BLOCKQUOTE class=3Dreplbq style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Jeff Potter = wrote:BRBR> Outdoor sports is a small-world family scene to an = extent, so IBR> appreciate knowing these things. To me there's more = to skiing thanBR> skiing.BRBROK, I'll bite: besides skiing, = among other interests, I play old-tymeBRbanjo (frailing/clawhammer), = and have for much longer than I've = skied.BR-KenBRBR*************************************** ************= ********BRKenneth Salzberg BRHamline University = BRSchool of Law (651) 523-2354BR1536 Hewitt = Ave.BRSisu Skier - 50K Club St. Paul, MN = 55104BR***************************************** ***********************= **BRBRBRBRBR/BLOCKQUOTEphr SIZE=3D1 Do you Yahoo!?br Yahoo! Search - a = href=3D"http://search.yahoo.com/?fr=3Dad-mailsig-home"Find what youre = looking for faster./a --0-1174427192-1078624317=3D:47846-- |
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Chris Cline wrote:
Running in the summer-- yes, I know it trashes my knees, but the mountains in Salt Lake are just too close to pass up, and I feel like I have a target painted They are nice, aren't they? :-) Summer of '92, just before returning to Norway, I got the chance to join the guy who'd invited me to come to Utah (Paul Turner) on a hike up to Timp (i.e. Mt Timpanogous (spelling?)). We took almost exactly two hours, getting up to the final ridge in time for sunrise (_very_ pretty, let me tell you). Up on the summit we met quite a few people who'd tented on the final meadow and walked up, one of them asked us how long we taken. When we replied '2 hours' he condescendingly told us hiw wife took just 1:50+ or something. :-) Later he did admit that she was the current local triathlon champion. Anyway, the only problems with trips like this is that you should have a cable car to take you back down, those downhill jogging trips with tired legs are murder on your knees and ankles. :-( Terje -- - "almost all programming can be viewed as an exercise in caching" |
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi Terje- Yes, Timp (Timpanogos, so you were close) is one of the nicer, longer hikes. I did it with a group of XC folks one time, and as we were ski walking up the trail just below the summit (cruising pretty fast, all in a line, all doing this wierd exaggerated walking stride), some guy who was coming down told us we looked like "the Keystone Cops on their way to a fire." Oh well. I don't remember our time to the top, but I think the total trip (out & back, including 10-20 minutes on the summit) was on the order of 4 hours. Those downhills are a lot nicer in the spring, when there's still snow and you can glissade down! ;- ) Chris Terje Mathisen wrote: Chris Cline wrote: Running in the summer-- yes, I know it trashes my knees, but the mountains in Salt Lake are just too close to pass up, and I feel like I have a target painted They are nice, aren't they? :-) Summer of '92, just before returning to Norway, I got the chance to join the guy who'd invited me to come to Utah (Paul Turner) on a hike up to Timp (i.e. Mt Timpanogous (spelling?)). We took almost exactly two hours, getting up to the final ridge in time for sunrise (_very_ pretty, let me tell you). Up on the summit we met quite a few people who'd tented on the final meadow and walked up, one of them asked us how long we taken. When we replied '2 hours' he condescendingly told us hiw wife took just 1:50+ or something. :-) Later he did admit that she was the current local triathlon champion. Anyway, the only problems with trips like this is that you should have a cable car to take you back down, those downhill jogging trips with tired legs are murder on your knees and ankles. :-( Terje -- - "almost all programming can be viewed as an exercise in caching" --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what youre looking for faster. --0-1258732533-1078670167=:30919 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii DIVHi Terje-/DIV DIVYes, Timp (Timpanogos, so you were close) is one of the nicer, longer hikes./DIV DIVI did it with a group of XC folks one time, and as we were ski walking up the trail just /DIV DIVbelow the summit (cruising pretty fast, all in a line, all doing this wierd exaggerated/DIV DIVwalking stride), some guy who was coming down told us we looked like "the /DIV DIVKeystone Cops on their way to a fire." Oh well. I don't remember our time to the top,/DIV DIVbut I think the total trip (out & back, including 10-20 minutes on the summit) was on the/DIV DIVorder of 4 hours./DIV DIV /DIV DIVThose downhills are a lot nicer in the spring, when there's still snow and you can glissade down! ;- )/DIV DIV /DIV DIVChrisBRBRBITerje Mathisen >/I/B wrote:/DIV BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"Chris Cline wrote:BR> Running in the summer-- yes, I know it trashes my knees, but the mountains in BR> Salt Lake are just too close to pass up, and I feel like I have a target paintedBRBRThey are nice, aren't they? :-)BRBRSummer of '92, just before returning to Norway, I got the chance to join BRthe guy who'd invited me to come to Utah (Paul Turner) on a hike up to BRTimp (i.e. Mt Timpanogous (spelling?)).BRBRWe took almost exactly two hours, getting up to the final ridge in time BRfor sunrise (_very_ pretty, let me tell you).BRBRUp on the summit we met quite a few people who'd tented on the final BRmeadow and walked up, one of them asked us how long we taken. When we BRreplied '2 hours' he condescendingly told us hiw wife took just 1:50+ or BRsomething.BR:-)BRBRLater he did admit that she was the current local triathlon champion.BRBRAnyway, the only problems with trips like this is that you should have a BRcable car to take you back down, those downhill jogging trips with tired BRlegs are murder on your knees and ankles. :-(BRBRTerjeBR-- BR- BR"almost all programming can be viewed as an exercise in caching"BRBRBRBR/BLOCKQUOTEphr SIZE=1 Do you Yahoo!?br Yahoo! Search - a href="http://search.yahoo.com/?fr=ad-mailsig-home"Find what youre looking for faster./a --0-1258732533-1078670167=:30919-- |
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Serge wrote:
There is so much in life than skiing... No, I wrote "there's so much more to SKIING than just skiing." : ) To me, ski culture includes things like walking in the summer, canoeing, sauna-ing, homebrew beer, single malts, music after an event, good food, meeting new people... -- Jeff Potter **** *Out Your Backdoor * http://www.outyourbackdoor.com publisher of do-it-yourself culture ... bikes, skis, boats & more! ... ... offering Vordenberg's XC ski tales in "Momentum"! ... ... "The Recumbent Bicycle": the only book about these bikes! ... ... Rudloe's "Potluck": true-life story of workingclass smuggling! ... ... with radical novels coming up via LiteraryRevolution.com! ... ... music! ... articles! ... travel forums! ... WOW! 800-763-6923 |
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Don't poles really help take the pressure off? The only big fast downhill hike I did,
I soon stopped and cut two sapling poles and had a much better time from then on. Terje Mathisen wrote: [ ] Anyway, the only problems with trips like this is that you should have a cable car to take you back down, those downhill jogging trips with tired legs are murder on your knees and ankles. :-( -- Jeff Potter **** *Out Your Backdoor * http://www.outyourbackdoor.com publisher of do-it-yourself culture ... bikes, skis, boats & more! ... ... offering Vordenberg's XC ski tales in "Momentum"! ... ... "The Recumbent Bicycle": the only book about these bikes! ... ... Rudloe's "Potluck": true-life story of workingclass smuggling! ... ... with radical novels coming up via LiteraryRevolution.com! ... ... music! ... articles! ... travel forums! ... WOW! 800-763-6923 |
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Since my take is that there's more to skiing than skiing, I think one
aspect of this "other interests" angle is: how can we bring these things into skiing? ....With beer, music and single malts, I see how it can work quite nicely... : ) -- Jeff Potter **** *Out Your Backdoor * http://www.outyourbackdoor.com publisher of do-it-yourself culture ... bikes, skis, boats & more! ... ... offering Vordenberg's XC ski tales in "Momentum"! ... ... "The Recumbent Bicycle": the only book about these bikes! ... ... Rudloe's "Potluck": true-life story of workingclass smuggling! ... ... with radical novels coming up via LiteraryRevolution.com! ... ... music! ... articles! ... travel forums! ... WOW! 800-763-6923 |
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Jeff Potter wrote:
Don't poles really help take the pressure off? The only big fast downhill hike I did, I soon stopped and cut two sapling poles and had a much better time from then on. 'Stop on cut sapling poles'? On Timp? (3500 m asl!) Sorry, very little growth up there. :-) Terje PS. Please don't top-post! Terje Mathisen wrote: [ ] Anyway, the only problems with trips like this is that you should have a cable car to take you back down, those downhill jogging trips with tired legs are murder on your knees and ankles. :-( -- - "almost all programming can be viewed as an exercise in caching" |
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