Comments on: OR Show Gear Highlights – Part One http://www.wildsnow.com/1179/or-show-gear-highlights-part-one/ Backcountry Skiing Snowboard Telemark Snowsports Information News Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:38:42 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dongshow http://www.wildsnow.com/1179/or-show-gear-highlights-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-10604 Dongshow Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:41:01 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1179#comment-10604 Lou, yea that's really funny to hear about the Salt Palace being over run. I remember them building that thing for the Olympics and talking about how it'd serve the community for years, looks like it's lasted 6. Is there any talk going around SLC about Kennecott's proposed ski area in the Oquirrh's west of town? I'd really love to see how they turn an open pit copper mine into a resort, could be very interesting. Lou, yea that’s really funny to hear about the Salt Palace being over run. I remember them building that thing for the Olympics and talking about how it’d serve the community for years, looks like it’s lasted 6.

Is there any talk going around SLC about Kennecott’s proposed ski area in the Oquirrh’s west of town? I’d really love to see how they turn an open pit copper mine into a resort, could be very interesting.

]]> By: Lou http://www.wildsnow.com/1179/or-show-gear-highlights-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-10603 Lou Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:41:13 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1179#comment-10603 I wouldn't call it a drunken mess, but it's definitely a mess. With over 20,000 people packed into that small space, it's gotten way too crowded. Happy hour is fun every day, but the crowding is making it more like a rock concert depending on where in the hall you are. They either need a bigger venue, or they need to jury out some of the cast iron cookware makers and clothing companies that crowd out the core companies. It's also so crowded I've started wondering what it would be like in an emergency such as a fire. Scary. I wouldn’t call it a drunken mess, but it’s definitely a mess. With over 20,000 people packed into that small space, it’s gotten way too crowded. Happy hour is fun every day, but the crowding is making it more like a rock concert depending on where in the hall you are. They either need a bigger venue, or they need to jury out some of the cast iron cookware makers and clothing companies that crowd out the core companies.

It’s also so crowded I’ve started wondering what it would be like in an emergency such as a fire. Scary.

]]> By: Dongshow http://www.wildsnow.com/1179/or-show-gear-highlights-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-10602 Dongshow Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:30:50 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1179#comment-10602 Is the OR show still a drunken mess? While going to the U of U I remember sneaking in with a couple of passes from some Park's and Rec students and having a great time. That was the show in January, but at the time it seemed like the main marketing method was to ignore Utah's absurd drinking laws. Some company was pouring Mt. Gay and Coke and I drank so many I can't remember what they were trying to sell. Is the OR show still a drunken mess? While going to the U of U I remember sneaking in with a couple of passes from some Park’s and Rec students and having a great time. That was the show in January, but at the time it seemed like the main marketing method was to ignore Utah’s absurd drinking laws. Some company was pouring Mt. Gay and Coke and I drank so many I can’t remember what they were trying to sell.

]]> By: Lou http://www.wildsnow.com/1179/or-show-gear-highlights-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-10601 Lou Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:14:30 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1179#comment-10601 Bill, yeah, I've always thought a good avalanche emergency breathing system could just be something that squirts supplemental oxygen at your face. Perhaps these guys, since they're experts at working with highly compressed gas, could someday come up with something like that. Bill, yeah, I’ve always thought a good avalanche emergency breathing system could just be something that squirts supplemental oxygen at your face. Perhaps these guys, since they’re experts at working with highly compressed gas, could someday come up with something like that.

]]> By: BillL http://www.wildsnow.com/1179/or-show-gear-highlights-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-10593 BillL Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:37:11 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1179#comment-10593 Looks like some sailing safety equipment...life jackets that wait to inflate until they get wet. Maybe they can use oxygen to make the jacket fully inflate in an avalanche, providing padding, less crushing weight of concrete snow, and extra O's for breathing...? Looks like some sailing safety equipment…life jackets that wait to inflate until they get wet.

Maybe they can use oxygen to make the jacket fully inflate in an avalanche, providing padding, less crushing weight of concrete snow, and extra O’s for breathing…?

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