Comments on: Determination http://electrolicious.com/2005/01/determination Daily affirmations of a word mercenary Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:12:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: heidijanet http://electrolicious.com/2005/01/determination#comment-5170 heidijanet Mon, 17 Jan 2005 07:32:11 +0000 #comment-5170 be CAREFUL!! with the whole rain/snow/rain/snow it's prime avalanche season right now. i've snowshoed a bit, and spent a season working the lifts at snowbird (which meant an avalanche safety course) but was present when several backcountry telemark skiiers and snowshoers caused avalanches. be sure to have the following if you go: - tell people which trail you are specifically hiking and for how long - stay on ridge lines - carry radios - Use poles w/o straps - only one person at a time on slopes 30 degrees or more - and to be super safe carry beacons and listen for any whumping and watch for cracks in the snow. so there. NOW go have fun. ;) be CAREFUL!! with the whole rain/snow/rain/snow it’s prime avalanche season right now.

i’ve snowshoed a bit, and spent a season working the lifts at snowbird (which meant an avalanche safety course) but was present when several backcountry telemark skiiers and snowshoers caused avalanches. be sure to have the following if you go:

- tell people which trail you are specifically hiking and for how long
- stay on ridge lines
- carry radios
- Use poles w/o straps
- only one person at a time on slopes 30 degrees or more
- and to be super safe carry beacons

and listen for any whumping and watch for cracks in the snow.

so there. NOW go have fun. ;)

]]> By: esther http://electrolicious.com/2005/01/determination#comment-5169 esther Sun, 16 Jan 2005 07:42:42 +0000 #comment-5169 Damn! I wanted to do that with my extra day off too! Unfortunately I have no driver's license, so it involves convincing my friends, who are lazy non-active butts without snow chains, to, um, gett of their butts, and purchase snow chains. Anyway, portland is totally covered in a 1 inch veneer of ice so slipping and sliding over to my friend's house 10 blocks away has been the excitement for the weekend. Damn! I wanted to do that with my extra day off too! Unfortunately I have no driver’s license, so it involves convincing my friends, who are lazy non-active butts without snow chains, to, um, gett of their butts, and purchase snow chains. Anyway, portland is totally covered in a 1 inch veneer of ice so slipping and sliding over to my friend’s house 10 blocks away has been the excitement for the weekend.

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