Yeah, but how good of a Samaritan?

[Vortex]

kind of the point I was getting at.

 

[dmc]

kind of the point I was getting at.

I wouldn't help you

 

[lloyd braun]

so here is a new question.

If you yard sale do you expect those above you to stop and get your stuff?


I wouldn't want to interupt someone skiing a line......that is rude!

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

so here is a new question.

If you yard sale do you expect those above you to stop and get your stuff?


I wouldn't want to interupt someone skiing a line......that is rude!

I never expect somebody to gather my gear but it's a nice gesture..I only have a few yard sales per season and I'd say I'm helped about 50% of the time..and when I had my worst injury ever..and was getting my bearings..a ski patroller used me as a slalom gate...asshole..:smash:

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

That wasn't the premise of the thread...it was "your idea of a perfect day" I think 99% of us on this forum would help out if we saw someone slide into the woods. Can't change the rules this many posts into it!

Yeah, nobody ever deviates from the original question. :roll: Half the time people don’t even answer the original question, they answer the question they want to answer.

The point I was trying to make is it’s no big deal to me to take a little time to help someone out. If it is to you or anybody else that’s fine, I’m not trying to convert anybody.

 

[jimskime]

Stop and assist, unless it's somebody I know probably needs no help, then I'll just yell "you okay?".
I don't see many yardsales because I ski mid week, but if I'm visiting a new mountain it's a good way to meet people for later.

 

[darent]

stop[ and assist,just my nature, builds up my karma credits,I hope

 

[Greg]

stop[ and assist,just my nature, builds up my karma credits,I hope

Ha! Yep. The karma account. Gotta make some deposits from time to time... :lol:

 

[Vortex]

Jimskime welcome.

 

[dmc]

stop[ and assist,just my nature, builds up my karma credits,I hope

Expecting good karma is a sure fire way to not recieve it... Maybe allowing someone to learn how to deal with their yardsale is better then assisting them...

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Expecting good karma is a sure fire way to not recieve it... Maybe allowing someone to learn how to deal with their yardsale is better then assisting them...

Yikes what crawled up your ass and died..

 

[dmc]

Yikes what crawled up your ass and died..

Just talking philisophical.. And stating my opinion... Sorry if it doesn't jib with yours...


But thanks for you concern...

 

[Vortex]

Doug you need turns, still making me laugh. Don't forget your trip you said you would make to the River. Mid week the rent is real cheap I hear,45 min from there to Washington base and wildcat also.

 

[lloyd braun]

Just talking philisophical.. And stating my opinion... Sorry if it doesn't jib with yours...

It jibs with mine.

Most people whose equipment is splattered all over the slope were, more than likely, in over thier ability.

 

[JimG.]

It jibs with mine.

Most people whose equipment is splattered all over the slope were, more than likely, in over thier ability.

OK, I have to chime in.

I agree with Lloyd...I don't enable stupidity. Learn a lesson.

Injuries are a completely different topic.

 

[kingslug]

I've come across some pretty nasty crashes, dislocated shoulders, ripped open knees, tree splats, that I always stop and assess the situation. If it's just a yard sale and no harm done then I keep going. I have helped people find their skis when they went into the woods or got buried. But if it's a huge powder day and they don't have powder cats, then they are on their own. At JH I helped get a woman down one big icy mess of moguls that was way over her head, she was terrified and I couldn't just ski away. Not that I wasn't having a hard time my self, but she wasn't going anywhere and would have hurt her self for sure.

 

[ski_resort_observer]

I usually help cause I remember a couple of yard sales of my own in which I got injured and really appreciated the help.

 

[KingM]

I help. No need to assist someone to get their skis back on, but if it takes me ten seconds to grab their uphill ski and it would take them five minutes to sweat their way back up hill, why wouldn't I?

As for major wipeouts, they usually happen where the conditions are NOT above my ability, but where I had a moment of lost concentration or hit something unexpected. When I'm skiing something challenging to my ability, I'm usually skiing cautiously enough that falls are more modest in nature.

 

[jack97]

Been spending my time in the bump field. Lots of partial yards sales, losing one ski or one pole uphill. Or newbies going into the low angle bumps, falling and getting stuck in the troughs. We all help each other.

One time I was at crotched, the place was groomed after a thaw/ice cycle, I was checking out terrain in front of me, didn't see a death cookie until it was to late... I must of done a good one; release each ski, a pole handle bruised my ribs, was sore to the point I couldn't laugh for about a week.

I agree that its sometime condtions and/or pushing yourself... but how else can you improve.

 

[lloyd braun]

As for major wipeouts, they usually happen where the conditions are NOT above my ability, but where I had a moment of lost concentration or hit something unexpected.

so you lost your concentration and/or hit something unexpected making it unable for you to recover.

That my friend is skiing over your ability!