Stick It
Post by WildSnow.com blogger Lou Dawson | November 14, 2012
'I Ski Uphill," or 'Ski Uphill." Your choice.
Got a few new stickers. You can edit out the first person singular and make it a call to sustainable action social justice. If you want one, send email to our contact addy via “Contact” link above, and we’ll send you the address you can send a SASE to.
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Posted by Lou Dawson on November 14, 2012 | Filed Under Backcountry Skiing
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- brian harder: Reading some of these confirms my commitment to all my skis being fitted wi...
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- Jesse Morehouse: One mistake Ive seen is a shop doing everything right with the heel mounted...
- Kristian: I have used the OR Sun Runner hat for many years. The cape is especial...
- Michael: I like the OR Sun Runner hat for spring touring. Its baseball cap with ear...
- Shane: When my super touristy, white cotton, $7, "Grand Canyon" hat finally wore o...
- Jack: I have similar hat with mesh side ventilation and dark under brim. Most...
- VTskier: XXX_er I have a few of those "mesh back ball caps" styles made by KAVU. Ma...
- Jim Milstein: Not so good on Wolf Creek Pass. Plenty of snow, but it is runneled and sunc...
- XXX_er: OR has a number of rain hats, I got one of their sombreo type with gortex a...
- Lou Dawson 2: Those Kokotats do look good. Thanks guys for the suggestions. Lou...
- Jonathan L: Gonna throw my vote in for the Kokotat Sunwester. Built by a kayak supply ...
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Nobody cares that you tele…
Michael Cares!
And if they don’t care if I ski uphill, then I cut off the “I” and tell them to do it themselves (grin). Lou
some riders simply put up with the downhill stuff, in order to get at the creme-de-la-creme, the uphill.
Skin to win, a take off the old Neptune sticker from decades ago.
PLEASE SEND ADDRESS TO CORRESPOND & FOR SASE RE STICKER. BY THE WAY…LONG TIME NORDIC RACER AND TELE SKIER, FOR VARIOUS REASONS HAVE BECOME OBSESSED WITH THE RANDO SCENE ( I BELIEVE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND ). THANKS FOR ALL THE INFO., GREGOR
Uphill skiing might not be as thrilling as the down, but it sure lasts longer…
Lou, Are you suggesting that the uphill is more tantric?
%^).
Jack, something like that!
Lots of people think that we (backcountry skiers) skin up cause we don’t want to pay for tickets. And probably that’s true for some. But for many that I know it’s simply the way we enjoy skiing.
It’s like saying “you ride a motorcycle to save on gas” :)) Surely some do but the majority in western world ride it cause it’s a different way to travel, the feeling is completely different.
How about “I SKI BOTH WAYS”?
+1 for “I SKI BOTH WAYS”
That’s pretty good Njord…
Njord, that’s great “I SKI BOTH WAYS’!
What about “SKI TOURERS MAKE BETTER LOVES” ?
KM
Correction:
“SKI TOURERS MAKE BETTER LOVERS” ?
Forgot the R in LOVERS
SASE in route. May need to edit out the I and uphill, a more general call to action.