How would you handle this?

[Brettski]

What were the lifties doing?

There needs to be more ski patrol, and a lot more lift tickects clipped in my opinion

Sounds like an inexperienced scrub who needs some lesons in ettiquette

And I went looking for skiers responsibility code...I found about 5 different versions

And explain to me about this line thing you are talking about...I always make sure my kids when the stop, stop at the side of the trail to get put of the way...and at hunta, that usually is my line....

 

[ajl50]

LOVE the fire today in this thread. See what happens god when we don't get tons of snow and cold?
"looks like [a few of us] have a case of the mondays."

 

[dmc]

And explain to me about this line thing you are talking about...

For instance - if your skiing a line in moguls - your skiing at a good pace.. And someone standing on the side decides to start out onto the trail and gets in your line.. They are at fault...

 

[dmc]

Hehe, Spanky protecting his woman

Riiiiiiiiiiiight.... Watching it made me embarassed to be human...

 

[Marc]

Riiiiiiiiiiiight.... Watching it made me embarassed to be human...

After seeing my parents' dog eat a cat turd straight out of the litter box, there's not a lot that could make me embarassed to be a human.

 

[SkiDork]

I saw 2 snowboarders shoving each other at K a few weeks ago. Seems one cursed the others wife/GF out or something.

 

[dmc]

After seeing my parents' dog eat a cat turd straight out of the litter box, there's not a lot that could make me embarassed to be a human.

I think a human actually has to do something embarassing to make it embarrassing to be a human..

Dogs live to eat cat poop.... It's like nonpareils for dogs...

 

[SkiDork]

and Horse manure... They love that stuff!

 

[Marc]

And for some reason they think deer shet makes for an attractive perfume for around the neck area.

 

[Jean-Pierre Skier]

I saw 2 snowboarders shoving each other at K a few weeks ago. Seems one cursed the others wife/GF out or something.

HA!!!! Now THAT'S funny!!! lol. Did they unstrap first or was there a lot of teetering and flailing arms to keep from falling over?

 

[andyzee]

I think deer shet makes for an attractive perfume for around the neck area.

Marc, you got cut that crap out dude! Oops, sorry wrong thread.

 

[ski_resort_observer]

And for some reason they think deer shet makes for an attractive perfume for around the neck area.

Not so fast......I have a friend that spends the fall collecting Moose t..ds, then puts a nice ribbon on it and some other trimmings and sells them at the local xmas craft fair as "mooseltoe". She sells them all. about 200, every year.

Now back to "How would you handle this".......

 

[Marc]

Not so fast......I have a friend that spends the fall collecting Moose t..ds, then puts a nice ribbon on it and some other trimmings and sells them at the local xmas craft fair as "mooseltoe". She sells them all. about 200, every year.

:blink:

 

[CapeSkier]

Does anyone besides me think that situations like this (collisions, rudeness, etc.) are getting worse? Saturday at Sugarbush, visibility was extremely poor on the Mt. Ellen summit, and skiers/boarders were funneling down a narrow chute from the lift. At one point, two unskilled boarders were going from side to side, literally blocking the entire trail as I happened to come up from behind. (Several other skiers and boarders behind, too). OK, fine. I tried to pass, announcing "on your right" loudly enough to be heard. No result. Not even a glance over to see where I was. It's my responsibility as the uphill passer, so I had to slow down until we got to the bottom of the chute. The side-to-side, take up the whole slope behavior continued. Finally I was able to make my move safely, announced myself again, and passed. One of the boarders cut right again, and saw me, then got aggravated that I was there. I announced myself twice, waited until the trail widened sufficiently, passed in a proper and safe manner, and still had to deal with grief from a boarder who evidently was not comfortable or skilled enough for existing conditions. I don't care if the boarder was 8 or 80, black, white, or crazy...this person was out of their depth. Or altitude, as the case may be. I know the code, I ski the code. But that doesn't relieve the other guy (downhill) of the responsibility to do two things: Ski or board within your ability, and ski or board within control. As to the original post...Seems like that boarder didn't do either one of those things, and the party who got hit has every right to be aggravated. Why is it that we are so quick to say "oh well" when somebody's bad behavior injures someone, nearly injures someone, or just wrecks the enjoyment of a rather expensive day? I'll happily share the mountain. Let's just all obey the rules, ski or board according to the code, and throw just a little civility into the process.

 

[dmc]

Let's just all obey the rules, ski or board according to the code, and throw just a little civility into the process.

Thinking about it - if I was the snowboarder in the original situation - I would've probably apologized again the snowboarder did just to be cool...

And after UHC said "you made sure she felt you, make sure she hears you apologize." - I probably would've told him to go F off...

 

[billski]

Friday,
So you get a parent medal, and I mean that sincerely. So many parents (I are one) leave their children rudderless. That is, they don't instill in them good behavior and manners. It's not just on the slopes, in America it is prevalant. No taking turns, no excuse me, no holding the door, helping someone up. It doesn't have to be on the slopes. And many parents are just as guilty of rude behavior.

"Manners" after all, are society's rules that help us all get along with each other. With out them, we are selfish, self-absorbed, inconsiderate Bohemes.

As far as getting chewed out for "almost killing my kids", I attribute that to one of two things. a) she was wiped out by a Bohemian at least once in her life or, b) what I call the "axe murderer syndrome." In this case, unknown males are treated as sinister, evil, mother-raping, father-stabbing villians, a threat that she must be on constant guard against. I run into this syndrome all the time in my town, so much so, that I'm afraid to console the poor child who falls off his bike, for fear of being arrested for child abduction. Sad statement on where we are going as a society.

Having said all that, our thread-starter was skiing in Bavaria. Now, don't you remember a different definition of rude over there? Little old ladies who elbow past you in a line, sliding all over your ski tops, and the ones who cut you off, the lift queues which look like cattle funnels, no "lines", where you have to fight your way up front by stepping over others. M:evil:mori:evil:s.....

 

[dmc]

Why is it that we are so quick to say "oh well" when somebody's bad behavior injures someone, nearly injures someone, or just wrecks the enjoyment of a rather expensive day?

Because lots of us believe in the "no harm-no foul" rule... And I seriously doubt the guy wanted to hit someone...

Stuff happens.. Get used to it...

 

[billski]

Does anyone besides me think that situations like this (collisions, rudeness, etc.) are getting worse? Saturday at Sugarbush, visibility was extremely poor on the Mt. Ellen summit, and skiers/boarders were funneling down a narrow chute from the lift. At one point, two unskilled boarders were going from side to side, literally blocking the entire trail as I happened to come up from behind. (Several other skiers and boarders behind, too). OK, fine. I tried to pass, announcing "on your right" loudly enough to be heard. No result. Not even a glance over to see where I was. It's my responsibility as the uphill passer, so I had to slow down until we got to the bottom of the chute. The side-to-side, take up the whole slope behavior continued. Finally I was able to make my move safely, announced myself again, and passed. One of the boarders cut right again, and saw me, then got aggravated that I was there. I announced myself twice, waited until the trail widened sufficiently, passed in a proper and safe manner, and still had to deal with grief from a boarder who evidently was not comfortable or skilled enough for existing conditions. I don't care if the boarder was 8 or 80, black, white, or crazy...this person was out of their depth. Or altitude, as the case may be. I know the code, I ski the code. But that doesn't relieve the other guy (downhill) of the responsibility to do two things: Ski or board within your ability, and ski or board within control. As to the original post...Seems like that boarder didn't do either one of those things, and the party who got hit has every right to be aggravated. Why is it that we are so quick to say "oh well" when somebody's bad behavior injures someone, nearly injures someone, or just wrecks the enjoyment of a rather expensive day? I'll happily share the mountain. Let's just all obey the rules, ski or board according to the code, and throw just a little civility into the process.

It's a reflection of what is happening to American society at large. People are becoming more isolated from each other, and rudeness has escallated to an epidemic proportion in America. I'm trying to figure out where in the world I can move to escape this madness but still have good slopes....

 

[dmc]

It's a reflection of what is happening to American society at large. People are becoming more isolated from each other, and rudeness has escallated to an epidemic proportion in America. I'm trying to figure out where in the world I can move to escape this madness but still have good slopes....

Just hit the back country...

 

[billski]

Just hit the back country...

cha-ching! best post/idea all week!

(Now my daughters will accuse me of being "anti-social! 8))