tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post6078365282389661487..comments2024-03-16T10:11:19.302-07:00Comments on Cold Thistle: Ya, that was a bad idea...Danehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-51259499431075269352014-09-09T09:44:31.872-07:002014-09-09T09:44:31.872-07:00Not sure what you are saying there Rob. Could well...Not sure what you are saying there Rob. Could well be just "my groups". But since it was a unknown to us guided client in the pictures that I used as an example seems like it is a common problem. I've see good skiers, aspirant guides, and a host of others all fail to clean bindings and boots and then loose a ski. It has happened in groups I am skiing with and seemingly common enough in other groups to mention it. Danehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-51427525336981834702014-09-09T08:25:17.492-07:002014-09-09T08:25:17.492-07:00"my groups""my groups"Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-70298084396093986192014-09-06T10:37:22.129-07:002014-09-06T10:37:22.129-07:00Isn't this a good example as to why safety str...Isn't this a good example as to why safety straps are a good idea?<br /><br />While the ski still would have come off, at least the skier could have put it back on. Imagine if the ski had gone off a cliff or down a crevasse!Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08152767054169542519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-9755213607013497102014-09-03T06:24:11.155-07:002014-09-03T06:24:11.155-07:00The tiny blue blob in the bottom of the first phot...The tiny blue blob in the bottom of the first photo is a skier who blew out of her bindings on the first turn off a steep cornice entry several hundred feet above. If you click on the photo you can see her back country ski guide hiking up hill to retrieve her first ski still stuck in the snow. The second ski is in between them yet. My guess is they didn't bother to clean her boots and bindings after a lengthy (hour+) boot pack on snow, ice, dirt and gravel. It would not be the first place a competent guide would bring a client. Binding adjustments and ski skill should have been well sorted prior to the cornice entry. A huge tumble down the run is a failure on the Guide's part as much is it is on the skier's IMO and is unacceptable in the back country from my stand point.Danehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08300760603627210620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940163880772720830.post-4903958442883749422014-09-02T16:00:57.253-07:002014-09-02T16:00:57.253-07:00Not sure what I'm looking at in the first phot...Not sure what I'm looking at in the first photo?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com