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Telling time on the slopes
POHB wrote: wrote: I've employed this useful system on occasion, particularly for night sessions. Yesterday, however, my son had a basketball game scheduled for the evening and kept asking me what time it was so we would be sure to leave early enough. So what you really needed was to know when it was a specific time, not to be able to tell the time in general. Set an alarm on your mobile phone, then you don't need to remember to keep checking. I could try that, but I don't think I would hear the alarm go off in the parking lot when I am on the hill. Joe Ramirez |
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Telling time on the slopes
Umm--well, Chair 2 always stops @ 11:30---
Actually I velcrowed a simple TIMEX to my right glove. 2 years and it keeps on ticking. wrote in message ups.com... Department of trivialities: Those of you who like to keep track of the time when you're on the slopes -- how do you do it? I can't wear a wris****ch because I wear long gloves with wrist protectors underneath. It's impractical to place a watch in a warm interior pocket because getting it out would require too much unzipping and fumbling. What I do is put it in an exterior jacket pocket high on my chest, where it's least likely to get banged when I wipe out. I can take it out for a glance fairly easily, but I'm concerned that exposure to the cold (the outer pocket is not insulated) may eventually damage it. Joe Ramirez ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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Telling time on the slopes
On Jan 22, 7:36 am, wrote:
Department of trivialities: Those of you who like to keep track of the time when you're on the slopes -- how do you do it? I can't wear a wris****ch because I wear long gloves with wrist protectors underneath. It's impractical to place a watch in a warm interior pocket because getting it out would require too much unzipping and fumbling. What I do is put it in an exterior jacket pocket high on my chest, where it's least likely to get banged when I wipe out. I can take it out for a glance fairly easily, but I'm concerned that exposure to the cold (the outer pocket is not insulated) may eventually damage it. Joe Ramirez I use a cheap $6 digital watch with the straps torn off. I can never wear a wris****ch; I'm allergic to the metal. I just put my watch in my pocket. One of the straps came off after awhile; I later removed the other strap myself. Since it's supposed to be waterproof anyway, I just put it in my front coat pocket. Worked fine, even though it was snowing/raining when I was at Boreal last Friday. Of course I have to remove my right glove to tell the time. Michael |
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Telling time on the slopes
On Jan 22, 4:36 pm, wrote:
Department of trivialities: Those of you who like to keep track of the time when you're on the slopes -- how do you do it? Suunto S6 wristop computer comes with a strap extender that enables you to place it on top of your clothes. It has an altimeter that tells you the number of runs and the total vertical down, and you can upload the data into your computer for highly useful graphs :-) I'm currently at 51km ~= 165000 feet for the season... |
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Telling time on the slopes
"Evojeesus" wrote in
oups.com: you the number of runs and the total vertical down, and you can upload the data into your computer for highly useful graphs :-) I'm hmm.. was this cross posted to alt.geek.snowboarding? and here I thought I was being a dork when I asked the pass office to scan my id to see how many days I was out! |
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