Ski-Off Time!

[koreshot]

I don't hit Corbetts for the simple fact that I don't want to ragdoll down..to me that's not fun and skiing for me is about fun..I'm not into scaring myself..and S and S couloir is a whole nother animal..I'll take powder in the steep woods off of Thunder anyday..

Pussy ;-)

 

[hardline]

Man, I am misunderstood.

- I am not saying there isn't enough challenge on the EC. I am in complete agreement with Greg - there is plenty of stuff that is challenging here on the EC. And I am definitely not saying that there isn't enough on the EC to keep me challenged. Far from it. I'm just saying that there is the level of difficulty and amount of easily accessible challenge in the West puts EC to shame. It better with the terrain features and the snow they get!

- My picture was showing an EC skier, one of those guys who spends most of his time on EC bump runs and is pretty damn good at it. He went for it in Corbets, which takes balls to do, so props to him - and he didn't fair very well. Just saying that "bumps make a man" is only valid to a degree. Bumps don't prepare you for something like Corbets. They help, but....

- If you really want to bring backcountry into the picture, all I have to say is this. 1 hour hike access from JHMR.

i completely agree the average EC skier is not prepared for the easilly accessable terrain out west but i think there is enough terrain in the east to prepare you for anything you might find in the west.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Pussy ;-)

A pussy that doesn't want to get injured...lol..

 

[tjf67]

Mentioning Goat and Castlerock in the same sentence as Corbetts is just plain wrong..lol

I would go as far to say it is just stupid mentioning them in the same sentence.

 

[Highway Star]

Seeing as how it's a rule that you can't declare a ski-off with yourself involved

You = FAIL.

Ski-offs are based on a callout. One of the participants has to call-out the other for said ski-off.

 

[Marc]

Does that mean I got called out by an architect? That takes some nerves, and architect calling out an engineer...

 

[eastcoastpowderhound]

Does that mean I got called out by an architect? That takes some nerves, and architect calling out an engineer...

Architects are always calling out engineers...just not to their face usually. If not the engineer than they'll blame the contractor...doesn't everyone know that if they just followed the plans and specs everything would be perfect!

 

[hardline]

Architects are always calling out engineers...just not to their face usually. If not the engineer than they'll blame the contractor...doesn't everyone know that if they just followed the plans and specs everything would be perfect!

actually the way it works is they Architect wants to do something. the engineer redesigns so it will work. then the GC builds it. and when the Architect says it doesn't look of preform the way its suposed to both the Architect and engineer blame the GC.

 

[eastcoastpowderhound]

actually the way it works is they Architect wants to do something. the engineer redesigns so it will work. then the GC builds it. and when the Architect says it doesn't look of preform the way its suposed to both the Architect and engineer blame the GC.

its always a finger pointing fest no matter what. I've got friends/family on all 3 sides...sometimes its fun to wind them up then sit back and watch.

 

[hardline]

its always a finger pointing fest no matter what. I've got friends/family on all 3 sides...sometimes its fun to wind them up then sit back and watch.

i know all to well

 

[deadheadskier]

You = FAIL.

Ski-offs are based on a callout. One of the participants has to call-out the other for said ski-off.

The Ski Off God Father has spoken :lol:


I was wondering when you show up

 

[gorgonzola]

actually the way it works is they Architect wants to do something. the engineer redesigns so it will work. then the GC builds it. and when the Architect says it doesn't look of preform the way its suposed to both the Architect and engineer blame the GC.

in my world the architect might have a good idea but his fee structure and budget prevents him from executing a half decent set of plans so we (GC) do the the best we can, the engineer just seals the plan for permits because we can't find one worth shit because all the half decent ones work in industry - point 'em down and let 'em run!

 

[Marc]

I hope you people who keep playing fast and loose with the term "engineer" aren't talking structural engineers. Those guys are barely engineers at all. Even regular Civ E's look down on 'em. They're somewhere between a concrete engineer and the guy in conference room two no one has ever seen before sniffing the erasable markers. EVERYTHING = 0. Yeah, that's tough. Wake me when some transients come into play.

 

[hardline]

I hope you people who keep playing fast and loose with the term "engineer" aren't talking structural engineers. Those guys are barely engineers at all. Even regular Civ E's look down on 'em. They're somewhere between a concrete engineer and the guy in conference room two no one has ever seen before sniffing the erasable markers. EVERYTHING = 0. Yeah, that's tough. Wake me when some transients come into play.

so where does EE, AE fall on your Engineer scale. and yes we where talking about structural. punk

 

[awf170]

Jonnypoach vs awf170

Two DNFs, so I guess it would a tie.

I think you need to have stood on top of corbetts to get what he means...corbetts isn't like the extreme stuff in the east where you have to hike, you get off the chair and there it is. Plus when your standing on top of corbetts its a little nerve racking to think that there is stuff a lot more intense in the JH side country.

I've never seen a pic of something in the east like corbetts, look at hardline's first pic, it shows some steep demanding terrain that is riddled with cliffs but it shows nothing i would call an equal to corbetts. Skiing out west is a whole different world than the east coast.

How about Mt. Washington vs. Corbet's. I've never seen Corbet's first hand, but my guess is there is a good amount of stuff on Mt. Washington that is harder and more dangerous then Corbet's. You can slide all the way down Corbet's and not be hurt, right? There is a ton of stuff on Washington that you just can't fall on.

i completely agree the average EC skier is not prepared for the easilly accessable terrain out west but i think there is enough terrain in the east to prepare you for anything you might find in the west.

Agreed.

 

[mondeo]

Wake me when some transients come into play.

In all fairness, 90% of what I work on is steady state.

Yes, it's at 1200°F, but still, steady state.

 

[eastcoastpowderhound]

I hope you people who keep playing fast and loose with the term "engineer" aren't talking structural engineers. Those guys are barely engineers at all. Even regular Civ E's look down on 'em. They're somewhere between a concrete engineer and the guy in conference room two no one has ever seen before sniffing the erasable markers. EVERYTHING = 0. Yeah, that's tough. Wake me when some transients come into play.

No, we were talking about the dude in the hat and coveralls who runs the train :smash:

 

[tjf67]

I hope you people who keep playing fast and loose with the term "engineer" aren't talking structural engineers. Those guys are barely engineers at all. Even regular Civ E's look down on 'em. They're somewhere between a concrete engineer and the guy in conference room two no one has ever seen before sniffing the erasable markers. EVERYTHING = 0. Yeah, that's tough. Wake me when some transients come into play.

In my industry the way to tell who is the true engineer is to pull out a prostectus. If there eyes light up like its christmas morning you got the real deal.

 

[Greg]

Adironrider vs. dmc

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Adironrider vs. dmc

My money is on Adironrider!!!!!!