The worse thing

[highpeaksdrifter]

What’s the worse thing (ski related) that happened to you this season.

Third week of Feb. trip to Colorado. First day we do Breck, great day and all is good. At about 5:00pm I get the chills and a bad headache. That night I have a fever, stomach cramps, I’m weak and can’t get out of bed. The next morning my bud gets me supplies before he heads to Cooper. I’m thinking my vacation is ruined. That night I was puking at 3:00 am, but by 6:00 the fever was gone, but I still felt weak and crappy. I said to hell with it and went to Abasin anyway. The morning was real tough on me, but I started to rally in the afternoon. I did Maryjane and Vail the next 2 days, feeling stronger each day.

So anyways, it sucked being sick and missing that day at Cooper, but it could have been worse.

How about you?

 

[Greg]

We normally spend a midweek at Loon with friends each year. This season their whole family came down with a puke bug and they never made it up. That was a bummer.

 

[AdironRider]

A knack to miss out on the pow days. Other than the 10" dump I rode in all day at Gore in mid-febuary I was stuck with slim pickins on the day after more often than not. Whiteface storm reporting through Feb sucked. Flurries always turned into 14" lake effect dumps, by the time word got out, it was to late.

 

[JimG.]

The worst ski related thing I can think of is that the season is over for me...and that seems to happen every year.

Dammit!

 

[Rick Kane]

the airlines lost my luggage both on the way and back from denver. it arrived wehre i was staying two days later at four in the monring

 

[freeheelwilly]

Slid into the woods on my hip doin' mach 2. Snapped a 4" (dead) maple with my thigh bone. Walked funny for a month but was skiin' within a week. That one's from the "Coulda been Worse" Department.

 

[salida]

Skiing at Mt. Snow after a big storm in February, plenty of coverage, and waist deep was found in the trees. I was going bonkers, finally the east coast had some snow. We were in the woods adjacent to Ripcord, and were jumping off the numerous rocks and boulders found in that area. We all knew well that we must stick these landings b/c it was very tight. I jumped one landed well but snagged a tip under a downed tree, ripped the ski and I was cooking on one ski. Couldn't avoid the incoming tree, and I took a real hard hit to my whole left side. Bruised up from thigh to shoulder, luckly I didn't hit my head.

Inspired me to buy a helmet though, and am now skiing with a Giro 10mx, with a visor. All I can say is that this brain bucket rocks...





and stay away from big trees.

-Porter

 

[smootharc]

Left a pair of poles 10 days ago....

....leaning on my car at Mt. Ellen...and drove off.

As a "major type A equipment-wise" person, that hurt. They were 14 year old Leki Super Makalu adjustable/shock absorbed poles with my name on them. They've done me proud over a lot of winter and summer terrain.

As of yet, whoever found them didn't turn them in to Sugarbush. Bummer.

Not so much the $$, but the personal principle of pride in taking care of my stuff....and pulling a bonehead move. Must have been the thin mountain air....

 

[freeheelwilly]

Oooo, smootharc. You seem like a cool guy. Get over the "equipment thing". Life's too short. It's just stuff buddy. I can understand being bummed after losing a pair of 14 year old poles though. Fourteen years!!! WTF?

 

[salida]

Oooo, smootharc. You seem like a cool guy. Get over the "equipment thing". Life's too short. It's just stuff buddy. I can understand being bummed after losing a pair of 14 year old poles though. Fourteen years!!! WTF?

Man I snapped three pairs of high quality poles in the last year, 14 years, that is unbelievable!!

 

[BeanoNYC]

Separated my shoulder. My collarbone now sits on top of my shoulderbone. I'm looking into surgery.

 

[andyzee]

Wife twisted her knee two weeks ago, at least it's the end of the season.But I sure hope it's nothing serious, doctor's appointment tomorrow.

 

[MikeTrainor]

Nothing to bad this year. I would have to say the worst was getting knocked over by by a woman a few times my size on Polecat, who "counld't stop"

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

Slid into the woods on my hip doin' mach 2. Snapped a 4" (dead) maple with my thigh bone. Walked funny for a month but was skiin' within a week. That one's from the "Coulda been Worse" Department.

Big deal. I hope your not comparing that with my Colorado tummy ache. It reaaaaaly hurt.

 

[Greg]

Lotsa injuries this season. Beano, riverc0il, etc...

 

[loafer89]

A tree jumped in my way while I was skiing at Belleayre with my son on April 1st. Seriously though, It was no April fools, as I was lucky I did not suffer really bad injury.

Dammned jumping tree's;-)

My father being the concerned person that he is, asked me how the tree was fairing.:???:

He was just joking.

 

[smootharc]

Well....they were expensive....

Man I snapped three pairs of high quality poles in the last year, 14 years, that is unbelievable!!

.....but exceedingly well built. You get what you pay for, sometimes, and there was no end in sight for these performing like the day I bought them. Hence my bummage.

The odd part is who would deem it necessary to toss these 14 year old warriors in their car ? Huh ?

 

[NYDrew]

Multiple Choice

A) What Jim G. Said

B)Hunter mountain with Jim and Peter, early Jan. I was pulling some wide high speed GS type turns on the lower (groomed) half of K27. Ski came off for no good reason. The surprise caused me to jam my foot down into the snow and I tweaked the ankle I broke a few years earlyer pretty bad. Wasn't back to 90% till march, but will never be back to 100% because of the way I broke it, so 90 is 100.

C) Shattering my windsheild on my way home from work (smuggs...2.5 miles from home) with my head right before 3 days of powder. I did ski the powder though.

I'm leaning towards C due to the fact that it took me a few weeks till my brain was working completely again. The thought during that time that I might not recover was really scary.

 

[Zand]

Not much, but I fractured my wrist which left me out for all of 2 weeks. Funny thing is, I would've maybe skiied once during that period because it rained 3 times. The worst thing was probably having my $150 googles that were perfect for night skiing stolen at Smuggs. I'll try to buy the same pair this October at Wa, but $150 is tough to come by these days. They were my second most expensive piece of equipment, only to my skis.

 

[riverc0il]

What’s the worse thing (ski related) that happened to you this season.

broke my arm, three months on the D/L and took another month plus after that before i felt like i could really give it everything i had.