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The Press is a blast. And, it's free..... Fermento's column is great.
But yet, still there's something to learn.
Hi Mr. P.
How high can you climb going straight up on a snow machine?
How high can you climb going straight up on a snow machine?
Never tried it. I've only been on them a few times, when I was a little kid. I'm not the biggest fan of motorized recreation, personally. The noise, the expense, the smell...not for me. I see occasionally people get killed doing that competitive thing, what's it called? Highlining or something like that, where they try to drive higher on a snow slope than the next person.
I can see the appeal. I'm as big a fan as the average guy of going "wheeee!" on a fast machine, and as someone once said to me, they do allow you fast access to the backcountry. They're wonderfully useful rescue/cargo transporting tools as well.
Hopefully, none of those guys will get buried this year. One of the guys I work with has a new Skidoo 800 Summit (156 hp or so)....those could go to the moon.....
Yes, they're loud. I'm a speed girl though.
Skydive?
Back in Cali. Wasn't quite so nipplish when free falling.Yes, I have.Back in Cali. Wasn't quite so nipplish when free falling.
But you were going a lot faster than any snow machine you're likely to ride.
I WAS going a lot faster! It was one of those once in a lifetime, never to be repeated again because the dynamics and situation can never live up to it.
Was it? I did my five jumps in the ever-loving military, so I didn't get to free fall OR have sex during same. I may require the services of a coach.
Sex was the last thing on my mind. More like 'man it's hard to breathe when then wind is rushing at your face' and 'I hope I land up right'.
A guy jumped with me and fell opposite with a cam on his helmet. I got a VHS tape of it all played to Tom Pettys Free Fallin'
Cool experience. That tape needs to be digitized soon.
I'm off to bed. Have a great evening.
It is a mean looking bastard.
It really is. It's always looked like a jagged tooth to me.