I puked while skiing today

[snoseek]

uke:Weird experience.

At Loveland at the top of the ridge in a total whiteout I was slowly traversing over to a bowl and completely lost it. I dropped off the groomer track where I thought was the bowl and tried to stop to get a sense of direction. Looking down the ground was moving, I was completely terrified. After about twenty or so seconds of this I realized I was actually slowly moving backwards and dug my edges in to stop. Then the dizziness struck me and I barfed up breakfast right there (total, bannana, and coffee in case you were wondering). To make matters worse the stiff wind blew my total/bannana chunks all over my ski pants and skis-gross.

After about 5-10 min. mother nature cut me just enough slack to pick a line down patrol bowl. It's pretty stange skiing down beautiful, deep, light untracked powder while still very queasy. Must be similar to having sex while on your deathbed. Minutes after that they closed the entire ridge down (I suspected they would all along, hence why I was up there in the first place). I skied to the car, ate some triscuits and cheese, and stayed in the trees for the rest of the day.

Useless post-just felt like sharing.

 

[severine]

Wow, what a horrible case of vertigo! How do you feel now?

 

[riverc0il]

Useless post-just felt like sharing.

Thanks, that was great. Now I am going to eat dinner.

 

[snoseek]

Wow, what a horrible case of vertigo! How do you feel now?

I was fine after I stopped and ate my second breakfast. I've gotten some vertigo before but never anything like that.

 

[billski]

too much information

 

[tekweezle]

happened to me at snowbird. totally fogged in and no visibility. got dizzy and I just keeled over. pretty scary feeling....

 

[loafer89]

When I was skiing at Mount Batchelor I entered the huge bowl near the summit called the Cirque and got a bad case of vertigo with everything being white and snow covered in the enormous bowl. My first turns resulted in a cartwheel, but then I was okay after skiing a bit further down. All of this was on a bright and sunny late May day.

 

[OppositeGeorge]

Wow. That. just. sucks.

Sounds like the first time I had to go belowdecks on a boat to do some chartwork. Even if you think you have a stomach of steel, take away those visual cues while you're still moving and, well, chunks ahoy! But you obviously already know that. At least if any of your breakfast ended up on the mountain maybe it'd add enough to the contrast to help the skiers behind you. Or not.

Glad you feel better. Keep 'em on the white stuff.

 

[loafer89]

uke:Weird experience.

At Loveland at the top of the ridge in a total whiteout I was slowly traversing over to a bowl and completely lost it. I dropped off the groomer track where I thought was the bowl and tried to stop to get a sense of direction. Looking down the ground was moving, I was completely terrified. After about twenty or so seconds of this I realized I was actually slowly moving backwards and dug my edges in to stop. Then the dizziness struck me and I barfed up breakfast right there (total, bannana, and coffee in case you were wondering). To make matters worse the stiff wind blew my total/bannana chunks all over my ski pants and skis-gross.

After about 5-10 min. mother nature cut me just enough slack to pick a line down patrol bowl. It's pretty stange skiing down beautiful, deep, light untracked powder while still very queasy. Must be similar to having sex while on your deathbed. Minutes after that they closed the entire ridge down (I suspected they would all along, hence why I was up there in the first place). I skied to the car, ate some triscuits and cheese, and stayed in the trees for the rest of the day.

Useless post-just felt like sharing.

Sorry to hear that you got sick, the altitude probably does not help either. On a side note, does the CDOT have Loveland Pass opened up or do you have to take the tunnel if you want to ski in Summit County?

 

[snoseek]

Sorry to hear that you got sick, the altitude probably does not help either. On a side note, does the CDOT have Loveland Pass opened up or do you have to take the tunnel if you want to ski in Summit County?

Loveland pass is open year round except in the worst of storms. The ski area requires no tunnel or pass. The tunnel actually goes right through the ski area. Most people will drive over the pass to get to Keystone or A-basin. Copper, Breck and Vail are easiest to get to going through the tunnel. I think LL is actually Clear Creek county. The pass itself has some kick-ass skiing right from the road.

 

[loafer89]

Loveland pass is open year round except in the worst of storms. The ski area requires no tunnel or pass. The tunnel actually goes right through the ski area. Most people will drive over the pass to get to Keystone or A-basin. Copper, Breck and Vail are easiest to get to going through the tunnel. I think LL is actually Clear Creek county. The pass itself has some kick-ass skiing right from the road.

Loveland Pass was closed and completely and totally buried in snow when we skied at Arapahoe Basin last February and the Eisenhower Tunnel was closed due to avalanche danger for a good part of the day.

We where wondering why we had 13" of powder to ourselves and later found this out. I have been over the pass dozens of times in April/May and June but never remember it being closed.

 

[RISkier]

This thread is totally useless with out photos .. ;-)

No. I just don't think we need phots for this one.

 

[campgottagopee]

That's only happened to me a few times---bad case of BBF (brown bottle flu)

 

[ski220]

This thread is totally useless with out photos .. ;-)

Exactly. Or are we just supposed to take your word on this.

 

[mondeo]

That's only happened to me a few times---bad case of BBF (brown bottle flu)

I've heard of that condition, but never had it. I hear it's similar to ACF (aluminum can flu,) which has only happened to me a few times.

On a serious note, I've never gotten vertigo skiing, but have gotten it during a late flight. Not so bad as to get nauseous, but I completely lost my frame of reference. Completely freaked me out, feeling like the plane was pitching and rolling all over the place, even though I knew everything was ok. I can imagine the top of a mountain isn't a good place to get it, either. And then all I could think of was 1...2...3...14?! :blink:

 

[dmc]

My brother puked at Breck... From the chair... It was hanging in a long strand from his mouth.. like 10 feet long.. amazing... It was kinda dangling in the wind for a while... Before he hacked and it let go...
He doesn't do too well at altitude.. obviously.. And he was living in co Springs at the time..

 

[snoseek]

I don't feel like the altitude was really a factor. I'm up there most days so I feel pretty well acclimated. I am currently washing ski pants.

 

[catskills]

This is why they put loud speakers in your helmet. Turn up the volume, close your eyes, point em down hill, and let em rip. :wink: How bad can it be. If your still uke:ing you may want to ski backwards. That would be my useless advice. :smash:

 

[frozencorn]

Happened to me a few years ago at Copper. Flew in the previous evening, went to a neighborhood party in Denver for far too long prior to an early morning drive to the mountains. Next thing I know, I'm adjusting to the altitiude on a J-bar (which I haven't been on in maybe 20 years) traverse, and I had to ditch halfway to stop my head from spinning and the late night pizza from churning.

Rest of the day was killer though.

 

[SIKSKIER]

Who said Loveland Blows?