A place for your stuff/Need your input

[skimawk]

I got to wondering about all the stuff skiers and snowboarders have to carry when sliding about the mountain. You know, sunblock, lip balm, cell phone, tuning tool/board tool, wallet, keys, pass, etc.

Jackets come with a lot of pockets, and I can't remember what's where, or what jacket the stuff is in. Does anyone use a drawstring bag that fits into one pocket to keep track of all their stuff? How do you keep track of all that stuff?

 

[wa-loaf]

I think there are a lot of folks here who have drawstring bags full of safety gear. :lol:

 

[mondeo]

I carry keys, wallet, cell phone. I don't like carrying a bunch of stuff in pockets, making clothing more restricting. Anything else can be kept in the car/lodge.

 

[Hawkshot99]

I dont carry much. I carry only the key to my truck if I drove, or only the key to the store if at my home mountain. Sometimes I may have my wallet. Cell phone is thin, and my pass is on my arm. I would not want to have all of that stuff in my pockets.

 

[skimore]

input..............leave some stuff in the car

 

[RootDKJ]

I think there are a lot of folks here who have drawstring bags full of safety gear. :lol:

indeed...

 

[wa-loaf]

Seriously I guess skiing in the east I've got keys, wallet and phone. I'd rather spread them out a little than have a big lump with it all in one place.

Out west I usually bring a small hydration pack and keep most of my stuff in it.

 

[faceplant]

i keep a kleenex in my pocket in case of nostricles

 

[2Planker]

The less stuff the better !

No Wallet here - start the day w/ a $20 in my pants pocket.
Cell Phone is in jacket outer chest pocket for easy access.
Car Key is clipped to the jackets inner pocket key holder and zipped SHUT
Pass is on neck lanyard, w/ quick release buckle for discount swipes at the register.

Same M.O. every time, that way I always know where stuff is to be found.

 

[riverc0il]

input..............leave some stuff in the car

Indeed! Simplify!

I put my keys in my left ski pant pocket, my wallet in my right ski pant pocket, and my camera in one of my upper ski jacket pockets. What more do you need? Leave everything else in either the lodge or the car, it will be there in between runs if you need it.

 

[Glenn]

I carry way too much crap...keys, wallet, cell phone. Then there's the extras: some sort of snack(s), generic leatherman, extra hot packs, little packet of tissues, a mt snow map, sometimes a ski lock. Too many pockets is a curse at times.

 

[Trekchick]

I rarely take my sunscreen with me when I ski here in Michigan, but I always always always have it when I ski out west.
I like to have a jacket with good pocket placement and I usually have certain pockets for certain things.

One thing that I am extremely cautious of after SkiNurse on SkiDiva posted her concern, is pocket placement for cell phone and camera.
According to her, (She's an ICU nurse) she has many patients who have cardiac failure after ski falls due to cell phone or camera impact on the heart.

Never ever place your cell phone in a pocket over your heart!

 

[Beetlenut]

Hardly anything! No wallet, no keys, no cell phone. Don't need to loose any of that stuff on the mountain! I put a ten or twenty in my pants pocket for lunch, and wear a camelback under my jacket. Might bring some sunglasses, along with my goggles, in the spring.

 

[Geoff]

I try to be pretty minimalist. In my pockets:
* 3g iPod shuffle (the really tiny one)
* Cell phone & small reading glasses so I can see it
* lip balm
* a couple of $20 dollar bills

My Mountaineer has a combination lock on the door so I don't need keys. My wallet is also in the car. At Killington, it's parked in the pay lot so it doubles as my locker room so I don't need to carry much on me. My car always has spare skis, spare poles, alternate goggle lenses, spare gloves/mittens, alternate layers...

I have a nice skier day pack. I usually keep my lunch in it in the car. When it's cold, I keep it in an insulated cooler so it doesn't freeze. I'll sometimes ski the afternoon wth my day pack if it's inconvenient to make it back to the car.

 

[vcunning]

I think George Carlin had the same problems you did. In his words:

Actually this is just a place for my stuff, ya know? That's all, a little place for my stuff. That's all I want, that's all you need in life, is a little place for your stuff, ya know? I can see it on your table, everybody's got a little place for their stuff. This is my stuff, that's your stuff, that'll be his stuff over there. That's all you need in life, a little place for your stuff. That's all your house is: a place to keep your stuff. If you didn't have so much stuff, you wouldn't need a house. You could just walk around all the time.

A house is just a pile of stuff with a cover on it. You can see that when you're taking off in an airplane. You look down, you see everybody's got a little pile of stuff. All the little piles of stuff. And when you leave your house, you gotta lock it up. Wouldn't want somebody to come by and take some of your stuff. They always take the good stuff. They never bother with that crap you're saving. All they want is the shiny stuff. That's what your house is, a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get...more stuff!

Sometimes you gotta move, gotta get a bigger house. Why? No room for your stuff anymore. Did you ever notice when you go to somebody else's house, you never quite feel a hundred percent at home? You know why? No room for your stuff. Somebody else's stuff is all over the goddamn place! And if you stay overnight, unexpectedly, they give you a little bedroom to sleep in. Bedroom they haven't used in about eleven years. Someone died in it, eleven years ago. And they haven't moved any of his stuff! Right next to the bed there's usually a dresser or a bureau of some kind, and there's NO ROOM for your stuff on it. Somebody else's shit is on the dresser.

Have you noticed that their stuff is shit and your shit is stuff? God! And you say, "Get that shit offa there and let me put my stuff down!"

Sometimes you leave your house to go on vacation. And you gotta take some of your stuff with you. Gotta take about two big suitcases full of stuff, when you go on vacation. You gotta take a smaller version of your house. It's the second version of your stuff. And you're gonna fly all the way to Honolulu. Gonna go across the continent, across half an ocean to Honolulu. You get down to the hotel room in Honolulu and you open up your suitcase and you put away all your stuff. "Here's a place here, put a little bit of stuff there, put some stuff here, put some stuff--you put your stuff there, I'll put some stuff--here's another place for stuff, look at this, I'll put some stuff here..." And even though you're far away from home, you start to get used to it, you start to feel okay, because after all, you do have some of your stuff with you. That's when your friend calls up from Maui, and says, "Hey, why don'tchya come over to Maui for the weekend and spend a couple of nights over here."

Oh, no! Now what do I pack? Right, you've gotta pack an even SMALLER version of your stuff. The third version of your house. Just enough stuff to take to Maui for a coupla days. You get over to Maui--I mean you're really getting extended now, when you think about it. You got stuff ALL the way back on the mainland, you got stuff on another island, you got stuff on this island. I mean, supply lines are getting longer and harder to maintain. You get over to your friend's house on Maui and he gives you a little place to sleep, a little bed right next to his windowsill or something. You put some of your stuff up there. You put your stuff up there. You got your Visine, you got your nail clippers, and you put everything up. It takes about an hour and a half, but after a while you finally feel okay, say, "All right, I got my nail clippers, I must be okay." That's when your friend says, "Aaaaay, I think tonight we'll go over the other side of the island, visit a pal of mine and maybe stay over."

Aww, no. NOW what do you pack? Right--you gotta pack an even SMALLER version of your stuff. The fourth version of your house. Only the stuff you know you're gonna need. Money, keys, comb, wallet, lighter, hanky, pen, smokes, rubber and change. Well, only the stuff you HOPE you're gonna need.

 

[Trekchick]

Vcunning, I forgot that, its hilarious if you hear him do it live,........but of course he's dead now.

 

[Warp Daddy]

Yup less is better .

No Wallet just a super thin bill pouch kept inside jacket pouch for that and thin cell , keys IF I DROVE clipped to another pantcks poet , pass inside special pass holder sewn on jacket arm

 

[SkiDork]

I like Courier

 

[RootDKJ]

I like Courier

I don't think it gets the respect it deserves.

 

[deadheadskier]

My Mountaineer has a combination lock on the door so I don't need keys.

All cars should have this feature. I loved having this option on my old explorer.