Hitting the Slopes

[BigDun]

I went skiing for the the first time. Yay! I drove 3 hours to ski for 4 hours and then drive 3 hours back home. It was totally worth it. I might go again next weekend.

Here are some pictures from my cell phone.

[Beefy]

I've only been once as well, back in 1995.  Spent the whole day skiing.  Feet were wicked swollen at day's end.  Had a total blast.

Glad you had fun. 

[VikingJuice]

Skiing is fantastic.  I did it a few times back in HS and haven't gone since.  I wish I was in good enough shape physically and financially to go again.

[Jessie]

I would, without a doubt, pull a Sonny Bono.

[BigDun]

Only the good skiers do stuff that is so dangerous it could kill you. Most of us normal folks can't actually get up enough speed to cause serious injury. Well except for the normal bone breaking, and knee tearing kind of stuff.

[BigDun]

In my first post, I should have said "I went skiing for the first time since I moved up north."

I have skied before.

[Bennyhana]

Only the good skiers do stuff that is so dangerous it could kill you. Most of us normal folks can't actually get up enough speed to cause serious injury. Well except for the normal bone breaking, and knee tearing kind of stuff.

The "C" in ACL and MCL stands for "Crucial." 

[VikingJuice]

Only the good skiers do stuff that is so dangerous it could kill you. Most of us normal folks can't actually get up enough speed to cause serious injury. Well except for the normal bone breaking, and knee tearing kind of stuff.

The "C" in ACL and MCL stands for "Crucial." 

I hope you're kidding.

[Gamplayerx]

Glad you have fun!  Where'd you end up going?

[BigDun]

Bear Creek, PA. Their website has interactive cameras you can pan and zoom: http://www.skibearcreek.com/winter/

[Gamplayerx]

Looks like a fairly nice place.

[DownSouth]

I thought that was Mt. Everest.

[dazie]

AWWW!  It's so cute!

I haven't been skiing in years.  Last time was the day after one of Ursus' bigger seizures.  We made it down one run, packed up and went home.

[Bennyhana]

Only the good skiers do stuff that is so dangerous it could kill you. Most of us normal folks can't actually get up enough speed to cause serious injury. Well except for the normal bone breaking, and knee tearing kind of stuff.

The "C" in ACL and MCL stands for "Crucial." 

I hope you're kidding.

Well, they're at least very important ligaments.  Which is why I don't ski.  I prefer my ligaments to remain where they are and how they are.


I wasn't kidding, but I've looked it up.  I think someone taught me wrong.  I blame any one of my gym teachers.

[Alice]

Only the good skiers do stuff that is so dangerous it could kill you. Most of us normal folks can't actually get up enough speed to cause serious injury. Well except for the normal bone breaking, and knee tearing kind of stuff.

The "C" in ACL and MCL stands for "Crucial." 

I hope you're kidding.

Well, they're at least very important ligaments.  Which is why I don't ski.  I prefer my ligaments to remain where they are and how they are.


I wasn't kidding, but I've looked it up.  I think someone taught me wrong.  I blame any one of my gym teachers.

Probably Mr. Muhitch.

[Bennyhana]

Only the good skiers do stuff that is so dangerous it could kill you. Most of us normal folks can't actually get up enough speed to cause serious injury. Well except for the normal bone breaking, and knee tearing kind of stuff.

The "C" in ACL and MCL stands for "Crucial." 

I hope you're kidding.

Well, they're at least very important ligaments.  Which is why I don't ski.  I prefer my ligaments to remain where they are and how they are.


I wasn't kidding, but I've looked it up.  I think someone taught me wrong.  I blame any one of my gym teachers.

Probably Mr. Muhitch.

I never had him.  I'm thinking it was either Marzullo or Miss Fischer.

[Alice]

Oh god.  Ms. Fischer... *shudder*

[Bennyhana]

Oh god.  Ms. Fischer... *shudder*

For those of you who didn't go to our High School, Ms. Fischer looked like an old, careworn, leather bag sitting on top of Mickey Rooney's shoulders.  And she wasn't married and (I've heard) used to watch the girls change in a very creepy way.

[Alice]

She very much did watch us change in a creepy way. 

[VikingJuice]

Only the good skiers do stuff that is so dangerous it could kill you. Most of us normal folks can't actually get up enough speed to cause serious injury. Well except for the normal bone breaking, and knee tearing kind of stuff.

The "C" in ACL and MCL stands for "Crucial." 

I hope you're kidding.

Well, they're at least very important ligaments.  Which is why I don't ski.  I prefer my ligaments to remain where they are and how they are.


I wasn't kidding, but I've looked it up.  I think someone taught me wrong.  I blame any one of my gym teachers.

For those of you who didn't follow our conversation, the C in MCL, ACL, LCL and PCL is Cruciate.  Just to clear things up.

[Bennyhana]

Only the good skiers do stuff that is so dangerous it could kill you. Most of us normal folks can't actually get up enough speed to cause serious injury. Well except for the normal bone breaking, and knee tearing kind of stuff.

The "C" in ACL and MCL stands for "Crucial." 

I hope you're kidding.

Well, they're at least very important ligaments.  Which is why I don't ski.  I prefer my ligaments to remain where they are and how they are.


I wasn't kidding, but I've looked it up.  I think someone taught me wrong.  I blame any one of my gym teachers.

For those of you who didn't follow our conversation, the C in MCL, ACL, LCL and PCL is Cruciate.  Just to clear things up.

and if you didn't follow that, "Cruciate" means "Cross shaped."  Still, those are ligaments I consider to be crucial.

And Ms. Fischer was a bitch. And Marzullo was useless.  USELESS!

[BigDun]

Only the good skiers do stuff that is so dangerous it could kill you. Most of us normal folks can't actually get up enough speed to cause serious injury. Well except for the normal bone breaking, and knee tearing kind of stuff.

The "C" in ACL and MCL stands for "Crucial." 

I hope you're kidding.

Well, they're at least very important ligaments.  Which is why I don't ski.  I prefer my ligaments to remain where they are and how they are.


I wasn't kidding, but I've looked it up.  I think someone taught me wrong.  I blame any one of my gym teachers.

For those of you who didn't follow our conversation, the C in MCL, ACL, LCL and PCL is Cruciate.  Just to clear things up.

and if you didn't follow that, "Cruciate" means "Cross shaped."  Still, those are ligaments I consider to be crucial.

And Ms. Fischer was a bitch. And Marzullo was useless.  USELESS!

What an odd coincidence: http://www.intersport.com/products/brands/items/fischer.html