Concord Monitor Article 2003-05-11

[M@]

Article in Concord monitor on May 11th, 2003 (http://www.cmonitor.com/stories/news/state2003/051103tuckermanfelice_2003.shtml)

I think this is a good one. Makes it sound really dangerous. Info on the SowTube crash etc...

M@

[RR]

From another veiwpoint: the article really points out the value of the experience. The life, the living and the craziness are well situated. The sobering reminders are not the frontpiece...

May I live to slide again!

[SkiStooge]

That has GOT to be a scary-a**ed feeling going into a crevasse. If the fall in or the sudden stop at the bottom didn't get you, I'd think the heart would give out. I definitely try to see where the rips in the piste are and avoid them like the plague! No 'vasse-jumping for this old guy! OK, hoping to see a bunch of us up there this Sat if all goes well at work! Have fun, be safe. Al :cool:

[RR]

Tua Hydrogen's, G3 T9's, Garmont SynerG's...under 20 pounds alright....but the $1000 pull on my wallet, oh that's heavy. But how can the lightest setup, 4 longnecks, the pack and lunch (redundant, if one of the longnecks is a stout) come in at anything close to 20 pounds?

[BCSKIER]

"They haul their own skies, boots and poles - weighing about 20 pounds - on backpacks up an icy, snow-covered trail."

WHAT??? 20lbs, YEAH RIGHT!!! Who carries only 20 lbs? I doubt that I've ever lugged much less than 45lbs, and I know that I've carried much more than that. Without fail I always bring more than I need, maybe 5-10lbs, but there is no way I have ever carried even close to 20lbs. Other than that it was a pretty good article. I wonder what the avg weight of ones pack is, as well as the maximum and minimum....

[M@]

Skiis and Boots weigh 23.5 pounds.

My lightest load ever was 43 pounds.

Here's a pack weight calculator:

http://m.sheppard.net/tuckerman/PackCalc/default.htm

(Dave, feel free to steal that page, all code is client side, I"m sure your graphic artistry could make it a lot nicer)

M@ :ducttape:

[NHski]

My favorite times going up to tucks are in mid-winter/early spring when the skis are on my feet going up and down and a light weight pack on my back(i have never weighed it, but i am guessing it weighs under 25 lbs). It truely is the way to go at tucks for me.

[skicdave]

M@:
Skiis and Boots weigh 23.5 pounds.

My lightest load ever was 43 pounds.

Here's a pack weight calculator:

http://m.sheppard.net/tuckerman/PackCalc/default.htm

(Dave, feel free to steal that page, all code is client side, I"m sure your graphic artistry could make it a lot nicer)

M@ :ducttape: Thanks M@, its a great tool! Thanks for sharing it with everyone.

Might have to add a few items that some of us may have just as
- cans of beer (hard to drink a keg :eek: )
- camera(s)
- wifes skis
- portable shower (see skimoms posting somewhere)
- other???

Anyways its now on the site. see Pack Weight Calculator (http://timefortuckerman.com/packcalc.html)

[M@]

Nice work Dave! That's pretty fast. My wife would smile if you used this picture somewhere in there:
http://www.weirdtable.org/~m/tuckerman/2003/annaweigh.jpg

M@

[skicdave]

LOL Good one M@. Will replace the photo of my buddy Gerry (sorry Gerry by Anna is a cutie).

[M@]

Thanks Dave! Feel free to mod that code with more appropriate items. I was going to add a "Day Trip", "Over Night" button which set all the apprioriate stuff. If I mod mine is it hard to copy the code back into yours?

M@

[skicdave]

Nope not a problem. Yes we need some additional options (see my other posting http://timefortuckerman.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=000574).

Thanks M@!

[RR]

Wow! :cool: