Stick It


Post by WildSnow.com blogger | November 14, 2012      

'I Ski Uphill," or 'Ski Uphill." Your choice.

'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.

Posted by Lou Dawson on November 14, 2012 | Filed Under Backcountry Skiing 
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16 Responses to “Stick It”

  1. Rob S. November 14th, 2012 1:42 pm

    Nobody cares that you tele…

  2. Josh November 14th, 2012 1:56 pm

    Michael Cares!

  3. Lou Dawson November 14th, 2012 2:37 pm

    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

  4. Patrick November 14th, 2012 9:22 pm

    some riders simply put up with the downhill stuff, in order to get at the creme-de-la-creme, the uphill.

  5. Christian November 14th, 2012 11:09 pm

    Skin to win, a take off the old Neptune sticker from decades ago.

  6. GREGOR November 15th, 2012 3:38 am

    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

  7. Lou Dawson November 15th, 2012 4:52 am

    Uphill skiing might not be as thrilling as the down, but it sure lasts longer…

  8. Jack November 15th, 2012 8:12 am

    Lou, Are you suggesting that the uphill is more tantric?
    %^).

  9. Lou Dawson November 15th, 2012 8:37 am

    Jack, something like that!

  10. Stano November 15th, 2012 12:00 pm

    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.

  11. Njord November 15th, 2012 2:00 pm

    How about “I SKI BOTH WAYS”?

  12. Dave November 15th, 2012 11:04 pm

    +1 for “I SKI BOTH WAYS”

  13. Lou Dawson November 16th, 2012 6:35 am

    That’s pretty good Njord…

  14. Kurt November 16th, 2012 1:53 pm

    Njord, that’s great “I SKI BOTH WAYS’!

    What about “SKI TOURERS MAKE BETTER LOVES” ?

    KM

  15. Kurt November 16th, 2012 3:19 pm

    Correction:
    “SKI TOURERS MAKE BETTER LOVERS” ?
    Forgot the R in LOVERS

  16. Jim November 27th, 2012 9:14 pm

    SASE in route. May need to edit out the I and uphill, a more general call to action.

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