What I did last summer

[Mauleflyer]

It didn't occur to me to post these pics but I managed to get a couple of days in last July when it was 125 degrees outside and 30 degrees inside.

That's in Dubai of course.

 

[dmc]

SWEET!!!

I'll be there in a month.... Psyched to check it out...

 

[Greg]

I hope that's an HSQ.

 

[ctenidae]

Better than than the T-bars in Beijing. The overheads were so low you got grease marks on your shoulder if someone went down.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

no footrests on the lift...lame//

 

[Marc]

As much as these places are a novelty... I still can't see them as anything but a bastardization of the outdoor pursuit I've come to love so much and a colossal waist of energy and other resources.

 

[dmc]

As much as these places are a novelty... I still can't see them as anything but a bastardization of the outdoor pursuit I've come to love so much and a colossal waist of energy and other resources.

I expect to see a ton of colossal waists of energy and bastardizations of outdoor pursuits when I'm in Dubai next month...

But then I'll be in Kashmir for a week.... I expect a huge contrast!

 

[billski]

I expect to see a ton of colossal waists of energy and bastardizations of outdoor pursuits when I'm in Dubai next month...

But then I'll be in Kashmir for a week.... I expect a huge contrast!

what are you doing there? and will that old man give up the boards for you?

 

[dmc]

what are you doing there? and will that old man give up the boards for you?

I'll be snowboarding the Himalayas...

 

[Greg]

a colossal waist of energy and other resources.

Because the ski industry is usually a caring steward for the environment? :blink:

 

[Marc]

Because the ski industry is usually a caring steward for the environment? :blink:

To which segment of the "industry" are you referring? That makes all the difference.

 

[ctenidae]

Because the ski industry is usually a caring steward for the environment? :blink:

Oh, SNAP!
A little Greg snark, ladies and gentlemen. Not somethign we get to see a huge amount of.

I like it.

 

[Hawkshot99]

Because the ski industry is usually a caring steward for the environment? :blink:

Of coarse they are. I laugh every time I hear a ski mountain mention going green.