Sparky
New member
I know a lot of sports have a great deal of equipment involved with them. I have seen Hockey Parents carrying gear bags that are bigger then the kid playing hockey. However, I’m not sure that there are many that have more then skiing. I’m not just talking about skies, boots, and poles. There is all the other paraphernalia, much of which doesn’t even make it to the slope, the bags, the racks, the boot driers, roses for the wife that puts up with your addiction. In extreme cases the roses are replaced with ½ of everything you own, but we won’t go there. If you are lucky and your wife skies, it won’t cost you half, but it will cost you double. If you throw in a kid or two you’ll be working half of the year to pay for a one week vacation at the mini mountain of your choice. If I took the time sit down and try to account for all the gear, equipment and doodads I have acquired over the years to deal with my addiction it would be a clear indication that I don’t have a life. However since I’m sitting at my bureaucratic desk I’ll give it a try. First I think we should categorize this stuff, there is actual gear i.e.: skis, boots, poles etc. , semi stuff ; boot heaters, neck garters, then there is the stuff that doesn’t make it to the slope; racks, boot bags, and after that the stuff that doesn’t even leave the house; boot driers, tuning equipment etc. It all adds up to a substantial investment in a three to four month sport, where the price to actually use all this stuff is semi prohibitive.
Let’s just do an “on the mountain” inventory, skies, boots, poles, goggles/sunglasses, hat/helmet, gloves/liners, jacket, pants, socks gaiter/face mask, boot heaters, radio/phone, hand warmers, ski lock, music, camera/camcorder, Hot girl friend that’s skis(right…)
Bring to the mountain: Ski rack, boot bag, ski bag, lunch, ski car, beer, money/credit card…
Home: tuning stuff, files, bench, wax, old iron, boot/glove dryer, waterproofing, old trail maps, ski movies, old jackets just in case, old pants just in case, one spare for everything that you take to the mountain just in case, posters in the basement/garage, computer for making your own ski movies, and all the nick knack gadget thinks that people have given you over the years that they think has something to do with skiing…
Just what have I missed here, what strange, exotic, useless items have you collected/been given to deal with your addiction?
Let’s just do an “on the mountain” inventory, skies, boots, poles, goggles/sunglasses, hat/helmet, gloves/liners, jacket, pants, socks gaiter/face mask, boot heaters, radio/phone, hand warmers, ski lock, music, camera/camcorder, Hot girl friend that’s skis(right…)
Bring to the mountain: Ski rack, boot bag, ski bag, lunch, ski car, beer, money/credit card…
Home: tuning stuff, files, bench, wax, old iron, boot/glove dryer, waterproofing, old trail maps, ski movies, old jackets just in case, old pants just in case, one spare for everything that you take to the mountain just in case, posters in the basement/garage, computer for making your own ski movies, and all the nick knack gadget thinks that people have given you over the years that they think has something to do with skiing…
Just what have I missed here, what strange, exotic, useless items have you collected/been given to deal with your addiction?
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