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    • Highlander
      Highlander last edited by

      Just some pics for you all. Also interesting to see how folks are acting with COVID. So far people are being really cool and respectful and wearing their face coverings and not getting all crowded or pushy. I have yet to enter a building at the resort. It’s car->ski->car. 1225F3F4-0711-4631-94C2-3F02A89CBB6F.jpeg 157AEF08-30FB-42C3-BBEC-D5DFC7D0B3FD.jpeg

      And you may ask yourself, "Where does that highway go to?"

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      • farscythe
        farscythe last edited by

        not here it isnt
        we dont have hills
        or snow
        come to think of it...we dont even get winter every year anymore

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        • facw
          facw @Highlander last edited by

          @highlander yesterday was my fourth day on the slopes this season:
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          (I guess strictly speaking, it was a night on the slopes)

          I'm a bit horrified by how out of shape I am, but beyond that it's been going pretty well. Going tomorrow as well, and then will be taking a ~three week break so I can do some things in Massachusetts without running afoul of quarantine restrictions.

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          • Highlander
            Highlander @facw last edited by

            @facw Yeah the legs were definitely burning today, we only did 5 or 6 runs top to bottom (2,000 vert). I want to ski as much as possible so it's important to start a little slow and work up the leg strength.

            And you may ask yourself, "Where does that highway go to?"

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            • Italia
              Italia @Highlander last edited by

              @highlander free your heel and you'll really understand how out of shape you are. Switching to telemark just worked my legs so hard.

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              • Highlander
                Highlander @Italia last edited by

                @italia I like my knees in good shape thank you very much.

                And you may ask yourself, "Where does that highway go to?"

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                • StuckMTB
                  StuckMTB last edited by

                  @farscythe not sure where you're at but it feels that way in Detroit in recent years too. We'll get maybe an inch or two and it'll be gone in two days. The other 100 days of winter are just grey/brown and overcast.

                  2009 Corvette Coupe, 2004 BMW 330Ci, lots n lots of pedal powered things!

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                  • facw
                    facw @StuckMTB last edited by

                    @stuckmtb He's in The Netherlands (hopefully that isn't too doxy), so I think milder than Detroit winters are anticipated regardless.

                    But yeah, we may be seeing global warming in action, and mild places like The Netherlands might will likely get even more so. Unless of course melting ice from Greenland disrupts the North Atlantic Current, in which case all bets are off (Detroit is at 42°20'N while Amsterdam 52°22')

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                    • StuckMTB
                      StuckMTB last edited by

                      @facw I've definitely witnessed a trend towards milder winters in the northeast over my lifetime, at least anecdotally from my experiences in Syracuse (normally VERY snowy) and Detroit. Both places still get snow, but it sticks on the ground a lot less than it used to, with longer periods of melting and thawing in between snowstorms.

                      2009 Corvette Coupe, 2004 BMW 330Ci, lots n lots of pedal powered things!

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                      • xsnowpig
                        xsnowpig @Highlander last edited by

                        @highlander i quit alpine skiing after beating on my knees for a number of years working on the mountain and then started tele. Tele is so much easier on my knees. Of course i can't put in as many hours in a ski day either.

                        Still car shopping/browsing daily even tho I don't have a garage anymore

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                        • facw
                          facw @xsnowpig last edited by

                          @xsnowpig I assume he was talking about the risk of a catastrophic knee injury since telemark bindings generally don't have a release mechanism like normal standard alpine bindings, as opposed to everyday wear and tear from the activity?

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                          • Highlander
                            Highlander @facw last edited by

                            @facw or hitting your knee in a submerged rock or log.

                            And you may ask yourself, "Where does that highway go to?"

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                            • farscythe
                              farscythe @StuckMTB last edited by

                              @stuckmtb im in the netherlands..we used to have winter here..never all that much snow tho..just cold enough to skate on natural ice
                              its been a while since ive done that... we get cold snaps instead of winter nowadays

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                              • farscythe
                                farscythe @facw last edited by

                                @facw no worries about doxing me mate 🙂
                                it is milder than detroit here...sea climate
                                warm winters not as fucking hot as everywhere else summers
                                used to be wet too....but rains gone wonky last few years....tends to just dump a months worth in a couple days instead of drizzle all the damn time nowadays

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