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How about water skiing? Is *that* skiing too? If so, I guess it could be backcountry skiing too. Backwater skiing? Does that imply that you have to swim to and from the shore (not hitch a ride with the boat that is to pull you), or else it's just "skiing on the backwater"? Martin -- "An ideal world is left as an exercise to the reader." -Paul Graham, On Lisp |
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Eugene Miya wrote:
It's practical and functional. Snowshoes don't allow you to glide at all, skis do, snowshoes are more manoeuvrable. I would not say the latter. Eugene, either you're /sensationally/ good at kick turns in confined spaces, or we're thinking of different things... ;-) Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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In article ,
Peter Clinch wrote: It's practical and functional. Snowshoes don't allow you to glide at all, skis do, snowshoes are more manoeuvrable. Eugene Miya wrote: I would not say the latter. Eugene, either you're /sensationally/ good at kick turns in confined spaces, or we're thinking of different things... ;-) Well, I would not use the word /sensationally/, but I find a lot of relatively new skiers don't know it as a basic turn. On the issue of turns in confined spaces: I can think of deadly narrow cat tracks which have nets to prevent skier death. Similarly, snow shoes will glide, more slide given a steep enough slope with underlying harder layer. But I am not certain that I necessarily want to be on that slope. I think snowshoers rationalize far more than skiers on their insecurity. A lot of skiers might be arrogant, but they have a big industry which has a skilled clientele. Snowshoes are still pretty crude. A lot of Nordic skiers are also very poorly trained as well. -- |
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In article ,
klaus wrote: I'm not really sure what the definition of "Backcountry Skiing" is, but I do know, that when you are doing it, you know it. Elder Klaus, perhaps you should consider a Supreme Court appointment. -- |
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