Solo Skiing

[Bavarian Cream]

When you're an outsider, even when you agree with them, you're still wrong

Ain’t that the truth. I, for one, am glad you made your way back over here where your input is valued, Al.

They seem to like to control everyone’s skiing/thinking on that forum: gear, technique, politics, music, clothing, you name it. Brings this guy to mind: https://youtube.com/shorts/XcsfuA_n6Jk ... dk4crM2735

Some outdoors decisions are plain foolish, but then there’s also a lot of wiggle room for people to make their own risk assessments based on experience, ability, etc. Tom’s not naive when he heads into the backcountry, and one of the perks of XCD skiing is the light gear eliminates much of the temptation to ski risky terrain. Besides, Tom skis that area probably dozens of times a season, and his wife was nearby. They really are looking for anything to be critical about on that forum.

[Lhartley]

When you're an outsider, even when you agree with them, you're still wrong

Ain’t that the truth. I, for one, am glad you made your way back over here where your input is valued, Al.

They seem to like to control everyone’s skiing/thinking on that forum: gear, technique, politics, music, clothing, you name it. Brings this guy to mind: https://youtube.com/shorts/XcsfuA_n6Jk ... dk4crM2735

Some outdoors decisions are plain foolish, but then there’s also a lot of wiggle room for people to make their own risk assessments based on experience, ability, etc. Tom’s not naive when he heads into the backcountry, and one of the perks of XCD skiing is the light gear eliminates much of the temptation to ski risky terrain. Besides, Tom skis that area probably dozens of times a season, and his wife was nearby. They really are looking for anything to be critical about on that forum.

Pretty easy to control the narrative when it's one dude with 4 accounts. Notice how Ron's the only one with evidence of skiing? It's cus the rest are either fake or know their skiing doesn't match their opinions

[Inspiredcapers]

George and The Destroyers hit the nail on the head 🤣

Drink highly interchangeable with Ski…and instead of liquor favourite skis (such as Green Man, Metsas, etc….). Pretty sure ‘dear old granddad’ is Ingstad.

And sometimes I do both together 😁

“I drink alone, yeah
With nobody else
I drink alone, yeah
With nobody else
Yeah, you know when I drink alone
I prefer to be by myself
Now every morning just before breakfast
I don't want no coffee or tea
Just me and my good buddy Weiser
That's all I ever need
'Cause I drink alone, yeah
With nobody else
Yeah, you know when I drink alone
I prefer to be by myself
Yeah, the other night I laid sleeping
And I woke from a terrible dream
So I caught up my pal Jack Daniel's
And his partner Jimmy Beam
And we drank alone, yeah
With nobody else
Yeah, you know when I drink alone
I prefer to be by myself
Yeah, the other day I got invited to a party
But I stayed home instead
Just me and my pal Johnny Walker
And his brothers Black and Red
And we drank alone, yeah
With nobody else
Yeah, you know when I drink alone
I prefer to be by myself
Yeah my whole family done give up on me
And it makes me feel oh so bad
The only one who will hang out with me
Is my dear old granddad
And we drink alone, yeah
With nobody else
Yeah, you know when I drink alone
I prefer to be by myself
Yeah, you know when I drink alone
I prefer to be by myself
I drink alone

[The GCW]

J B TELE, mentioning, paddling... reminds Me of another thing I'm not supposed to do without a partner: sea kayaking on the ocean solo. Yet 80% of the time, there's nobody to paddle with, so solo or miss out.

A friend of mine's nickname is Solo. -due to the eye openers He solos.

[greatgt]

This will be the second year since 2000 that I won't hit at least a hundred-day skiing. My personal best is 135, years back. Of that probably ski 80% of the time solo. Ski out into Northeast Highlands mostly with most of the rest on Little Mountain. Bout a thousand of moderate to steep. Don't have a problem skiing with others but am not into setting anything up anymore. Been thinking of the three times I've seen the blues. Everything has a blue tint. Also have been on what we call the Northeast passage where it's fairly steep and full of bigger trees, openings galore and snow movement. Think Telekid felt it up there also. Toward the bottom of a couple hundred verts of wide-open shots in the trees have been on snow that rose up and started moving down. Zillions of trees anchored the movement, but it was startling. Love the quietness of being out there. Look at tracks, set up wonderful arcs, remove all the litter in my head. Hope you all experience it. TM

[lowangle al]

When you're an outsider, even when you agree with them, you're still wrong

Ain’t that the truth. I, for one, am glad you made your way back over here where your input is valued, Al.

They seem to like to control everyone’s skiing/thinking on that forum: gear, technique, politics, music, clothing, you name it. Brings this guy to mind: https://youtube.com/shorts/XcsfuA_n6Jk ... dk4crM2735

Some outdoors decisions are plain foolish, but then there’s also a lot of wiggle room for people to make their own risk assessments based on experience, ability, etc. Tom’s not naive when he heads into the backcountry, and one of the perks of XCD skiing is the light gear eliminates much of the temptation to ski risky terrain. Besides, Tom skis that area probably dozens of times a season, and his wife was nearby. They really are looking for anything to be critical about on that forum.

Thanks for that Bavarian Cream.

They have a very narrow minded view about certain basics of tele skiing that they've been arguing since the start of this forum ten years ago. Number one being that you can't equally weight your skis. It seems to me that if you can put more weight on one ski than the other you should be able to weight them equally too. Skiing mostly solo for the last 25 years I've done a lot of experimenting with different ways to ski and my skiing has evolved. I think that when skiing with a group you have more of a tendency to ski like everyone else with little innovation, especially when you stick with some FIS rules.

[Lhartley]

Ron and his fingerpuppet Mark (amzing how theyre always online at the same time) are now screaming at the sky over tree wells now. Dude is afraid of his own shadow, I wonder how he even works. The wife must bring home the bacon

A simple fact is that majority of trees well fatalities happen in bound by inexperienced skiers seeking fresh snow in the trees because everythings is skied out. Anybody skiing BC is going to have that kind of thing on their mind and be hyperaware of it. In Tom's video you can see him consciously navigating. He has unlimited perfect fresh pow and is able to choose lines that rarely take him near anyware near pitential tree well dangers.
Hell, the trees in that video arent even loaded with snow . Tree well danger is predominantly caused by suffocation when the loaded tree above sheds it snow.
If one was simply injured they hop on their inreach device and call SAR. In toms case call text hisbwife on her inreach, she was in the vicinity, she simple follows his track as its the only one on the mountain likely. This isn't a fratboy seeking thrills in the woods at the resort. I actually wonder if anybody on that page even ski anything except resort

Hey AlbertaTele, I'll be at Hero Knob on the Smith Dorian Highway today if you need someone to watch your six, get you some experience in the BC

[Tom M]

All outdoor activities entail some level of risk. I sure hope that I'm not encouraging dangerous and risky behavior with my YouTube channel. Of all the YouTube channels out there, mine should be called Mellow Yellow, but that would probably result in a copyright strike. Everyone has to determine what level of risk they are willing to take. An unmarried young adult probably has a much higher level of risk tolerance than someone with a significant other and dependents. I was that young person at one time, but it was before the advent of portable video cameras, so you will just have to take my word for it. I lived through the experience, but some of my friends did not. I certainly understand that there could be adverse consequences from solo skiing, and I do my best to minimize risk. I'm comfortable with my choices and I'm not likely to change because someone on the web thinks I should. I hope I just didn't jinx myself.

[Lhartley]

Tom, anybody watching your vids was going to ski the BC regardless. The difference is you're promoting the possibility of having a LOT of fun on low angles in a time when everyone and their dog thinks they're ski mountaineers. You're a net benefit, by far. This is my third year of my dynafits being unmount and neatly stored away

[Lhartley]

When you're an outsider, even when you agree with them, you're still wrong

Ain’t that the truth. I, for one, am glad you made your way back over here where your input is valued, Al.

They seem to like to control everyone’s skiing/thinking on that forum: gear, technique, politics, music, clothing, you name it. Brings this guy to mind: https://youtube.com/shorts/XcsfuA_n6Jk ... dk4crM2735

Some outdoors decisions are plain foolish, but then there’s also a lot of wiggle room for people to make their own risk assessments based on experience, ability, etc. Tom’s not naive when he heads into the backcountry, and one of the perks of XCD skiing is the light gear eliminates much of the temptation to ski risky terrain. Besides, Tom skis that area probably dozens of times a season, and his wife was nearby. They really are looking for anything to be critical about on that forum.

Thanks for that Bavarian Cream.

They have a very narrow minded view about certain basics of tele skiing that they've been arguing since the start of this forum ten years ago. Number one being that you can't equally weight your skis. It seems to me that if you can put more weight on one ski than the other you should be able to weight them equally too. Skiing mostly solo for the last 25 years I've done a lot of experimenting with different ways to ski and my skiing has evolved. I think that when skiing with a group you have more of a tendency to ski like everyone else with little innovation, especially when you stick with some FIS rules.

I wouldn't worry about what doublepoleplantTele says about ski weighting, dude skis like he has tourettes

https://youtube.com/shorts/ZN4pvJSzx8I? ... DTbKKlROVy

captainsafetyTele is afraid of trees because he doesn't know how his goggles work. Gaper