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Can you stop if you fall?
I was at Gore Mountain last week.
They have a sign at the top saying that you will not stop sliding if you fall. They are 35 degrees and one was pretty much smooth ice, so I believe it. (Fortunately the one I did fall on had rather large moguls...) I suppose you will be stopped by the trees once you slide off the trail, but I wonder if there is a safer way to stop. |
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Can you stop if you fall?
Tom wrote:
I was at Gore Mountain last week. They have a sign at the top saying that you will not stop sliding if you fall. They are 35 degrees and one was pretty much smooth ice, so I believe it. (Fortunately the one I did fall on had rather large moguls...) I suppose you will be stopped by the trees once you slide off the trail, but I wonder if there is a safer way to stop. Ski pole arrest. Grab above the basket of one pole with the opposite hand. Jam the tip into the ice/snow, using the pole hand to apply pressure, and the basket hand to take the breaking force. It's always worked for me, although I did break one pole doing it. Of course, that pole was 30 years old. And it still stopped me. |
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Can you stop if you fall?
Bob F wrote:
Tom wrote: I was at Gore Mountain last week. They have a sign at the top saying that you will not stop sliding if you fall. They are 35 degrees and one was pretty much smooth ice, so I believe it. (Fortunately the one I did fall on had rather large moguls...) I suppose you will be stopped by the trees once you slide off the trail, but I wonder if there is a safer way to stop. Ski pole arrest. Grab above the basket of one pole with the opposite hand. Jam the tip into the ice/snow, using the pole hand to apply pressure, and the basket hand to take the breaking force. It's always worked for me, although I did break one pole doing it. Of course, that pole was 30 years old. And it still stopped me. I should add - large moguls are not necessarily a good thing. They can be brutal. Also, the lack of poles is one worry I have when snowboarding, for just this reason. I went down a steep icy double diamond once where a ski patrol woman at the top was telling everyone "if you fall, you will slide to the bottom". I was having a great time boogieing the bumps, when suddenly someone sliding from above took me out like a bowling pin. I quickly arrested, then watched the guy that took me out slide to the bottom. I then skied down, picking up the pieces as I went. A true yard sale. |
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"Bob F" wrote in message ... Bob F wrote: Tom wrote: I was at Gore Mountain last week. They have a sign at the top saying that you will not stop sliding if you fall. They are 35 degrees and one was pretty much smooth ice, so I believe it. (Fortunately the one I did fall on had rather large moguls...) I suppose you will be stopped by the trees once you slide off the trail, but I wonder if there is a safer way to stop. Ski pole arrest. Grab above the basket of one pole with the opposite hand. Jam the tip into the ice/snow, using the pole hand to apply pressure, and the basket hand to take the breaking force. It's always worked for me, although I did break one pole doing it. Of course, that pole was 30 years old. And it still stopped me. I should add - large moguls are not necessarily a good thing. They can be brutal. Also, the lack of poles is one worry I have when snowboarding, for just this reason. I went down a steep icy double diamond once where a ski patrol woman at the top was telling everyone "if you fall, you will slide to the bottom". I was having a great time boogieing the bumps, when suddenly someone sliding from above took me out like a bowling pin. I quickly arrested, then watched the guy that took me out slide to the bottom. I then skied down, picking up the pieces as I went. A true yard sale. Thats frighteening. Same thing happened to me at Sunday River on the double black diamond White Heat. I lost an edge as well as my poles and went sliding head first until I came to a stop 1/2 way down. Never thought there was a way to stop until you came to a flat part of the mountain. |
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Alan Fried wrote:
"Bob F" wrote in message ... Bob F wrote: Tom wrote: I was at Gore Mountain last week. They have a sign at the top saying that you will not stop sliding if you fall. They are 35 degrees and one was pretty much smooth ice, so I believe it. (Fortunately the one I did fall on had rather large moguls...) I suppose you will be stopped by the trees once you slide off the trail, but I wonder if there is a safer way to stop. Ski pole arrest. Grab above the basket of one pole with the opposite hand. Jam the tip into the ice/snow, using the pole hand to apply pressure, and the basket hand to take the breaking force. It's always worked for me, although I did break one pole doing it. Of course, that pole was 30 years old. And it still stopped me. I should add - large moguls are not necessarily a good thing. They can be brutal. Also, the lack of poles is one worry I have when snowboarding, for just this reason. I went down a steep icy double diamond once where a ski patrol woman at the top was telling everyone "if you fall, you will slide to the bottom". I was having a great time boogieing the bumps, when suddenly someone sliding from above took me out like a bowling pin. I quickly arrested, then watched the guy that took me out slide to the bottom. I then skied down, picking up the pieces as I went. A true yard sale. Thats frighteening. Same thing happened to me at Sunday River on the double black diamond White Heat. I lost an edge as well as my poles and went sliding head first until I came to a stop 1/2 way down. Never thought there was a way to stop until you came to a flat part of the mountain. Sounds like an excellent reason to wear your pole straps. Once you lose your poles, you are S.O.L. |
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"Bob F" wrote in message ... Tom wrote: I was at Gore Mountain last week. They have a sign at the top saying that you will not stop sliding if you fall. They are 35 degrees and one was pretty much smooth ice, so I believe it. (Fortunately the one I did fall on had rather large moguls...) I suppose you will be stopped by the trees once you slide off the trail, but I wonder if there is a safer way to stop. Ski pole arrest. Grab above the basket of one pole with the opposite hand. Jam the tip into the ice/snow, using the pole hand to apply pressure, and the basket hand to take the breaking force. It's always worked for me, although I did break one pole doing it. Of course, that pole was 30 years old. And it still stopped me. I once fell about 200' on pretty decent snow, so it took a while; but am not sure I would have had the presence of mind to do that. (all I could think was "oh please stay on the trail) Presumably you have to practice it, rather than hope to work it out on the fly. How? |
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Tom wrote:
"Bob F" wrote in message ... Tom wrote: I was at Gore Mountain last week. They have a sign at the top saying that you will not stop sliding if you fall. They are 35 degrees and one was pretty much smooth ice, so I believe it. (Fortunately the one I did fall on had rather large moguls...) I suppose you will be stopped by the trees once you slide off the trail, but I wonder if there is a safer way to stop. Ski pole arrest. Grab above the basket of one pole with the opposite hand. Jam the tip into the ice/snow, using the pole hand to apply pressure, and the basket hand to take the breaking force. It's always worked for me, although I did break one pole doing it. Of course, that pole was 30 years old. And it still stopped me. I once fell about 200' on pretty decent snow, so it took a while; but am not sure I would have had the presence of mind to do that. (all I could think was "oh please stay on the trail) Presumably you have to practice it, rather than hope to work it out on the fly. How? Sit down on an icy slope, start sliding, then try it? You don't have to start at the top either. Maybe it helped that I had done ice axe practice in a climbing course. It's really not that hard to do. |
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Can you stop if you fall?
On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:55:46 -0500, "Tom" wrote this
crap: I was at Gore Mountain last week. They have a sign at the top saying that you will not stop sliding if you fall. They are 35 degrees and one was pretty much smooth ice, so I believe it. (Fortunately the one I did fall on had rather large moguls...) I suppose you will be stopped by the trees once you slide off the trail, but I wonder if there is a safer way to stop. Always remember, after you stop sliding, and you get back up, yell out as loud as possible, "I meant to do that!." A mighty Hungarian warrior The blood of Attila runs through me |
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Can you stop if you fall?
On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:45:52 -0800, "Bob F"
wrote this crap: Also, the lack of poles is one worry I have when snowboarding, for just this reason. I went down a steep icy double diamond once where a ski patrol woman at the top was telling everyone "if you fall, you will slide to the bottom". I was having a great time boogieing the bumps, when suddenly someone sliding from above took me Somebody from ABOVE you slid into you? You must have been going very slow. Most snoreboarders go too slow. The very reason they should be banned from the adult runs. And shot on sight. Then pistol whipped. Then hung from the nearest yardarm. A mighty Hungarian warrior The blood of Attila runs through me |
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Can you stop if you fall?
On Feb 12, 3:55*pm, "Tom" wrote:
I was at Gore Mountain last week. They have a sign at the top saying that you will not stop sliding if you fall. *They are 35 degrees and one was pretty much smooth ice, so I believe it. *(Fortunately the one I did fall on had rather large moguls...) I suppose you will be stopped by the trees once you slide off the trail, but I wonder if there is a safer way to stop. The real pain in the ass is if both binding releases work, AND the brakes work, AND then you get to work your way back up the ice in quest of your gear. |
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