FrankOnTour

[DMC]

I swore you were a snowboarder from looking at this picture...
Just what are you doing here????
http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus/messages/2508/1786.jpg

[skicdave]

I think Frank had dropped his glove from the chairlift and was trying to find it :p

[DMC]

It really does look like he's looking for his glove... funny... :)

[M@]

Fess up Frank: Do you tracks lead back UP that cliff, or DOWN?

I love the "glove drop evidence" you see some times. Foot tracks coming in to right under the lift to a spot, sometimes with pole dropped mark clear in the snow, and then the tracks leading away again. Sometimes they are WICKED long tracks and you feel the pain that guy went through.

[Bannick]

I think he is looking for a contact lens.

[skicdave]

Looking more closely... is he taking a crap?? :envy:

http://timefortuckerman.com/gifs/frankoncrap.gif

Darn, where is a :outhouse: when you need one...

[Jolly J]

Thanks guys...

you make a work day go by much easier.

[skicdave]

I think Frank will be considering updating his profile photo now ;)

[DMC]

skicdave:

http://timefortuckerman.com/gifs/frankoncrap.gif Doesnt it look like he's snowboarding...?

Cant see any poles...
Facing a little sideways down the falline - like he's on a neutral stance.

[Mumster]

I haven't seen a photo dissected in such detail since we were trying to figure out who :nakedguy: was.

If he's on skis, he needs a few lessons. Doubt Franko would :outhouse: in public. My money's on snowboarding.

[skicdave]

Looks like he is balancing himself... could be snowboarding. Hands are out like he would have poles in them though.

Actually he could be about to slide backwards and fall over the cliff (he did mention in another post running into trees etc :p )

He also does look like he might be pushing... we're just not sure what :eek:

I'm sure Frank will 'clear the air' when he gets on.

[DMC]

Mumster:
Doubt Franko would :outhouse: in public. BA HA HA HA... I don't know why i think thats so funny...

But I do!!!

[Mumster]

I suppose he could be :skicool: a traverse. Who needs :skipoles: ?

Or maybe he's on a poma, heading towards the left side of the page.

You guys are killing me...I'll never be able to keep a straight face at work this PM.

[Jolly J]

He does ski 160's you could probably traverse quite easily with those. Almost like snow blades. I thought was Dave was referring to as crap is his pole basket....but it could be a rock or crap. I'm not sure. But you guys are cracking me up

[Mumster]

Hey Jolly:

You're in the home stretch...
Congrats if #100 flys by while I return to :atwork: .

[DMC]

He actually looks like he is traversing back uphill..

Like OH :outhouse: - I'm not landing on those rocks - I gotta get outta here..

[skicdave]

Mumster:
I suppose he could be :skicool: a traverse. Who needs :skipoles: ?

Or maybe he's on a poma, heading towards the left side of the page.Your right Mumsterette... he might simply be going across a traverse. Starring closer (and adjusting my screen resolution and monitor brightness), I'd ponder to suggest he is in fact traversing.. but... well is he snowplowing???

Dam! FrankonTraverse should give us a better shot for his profile! Buy a good camera while your at it Frank.

[DMC]

Daves on a roll today!!!

[Jolly J]

Mumster:
Hey Jolly:

You're in the home stretch...
Congrats if #100 flys by while I return to :atwork: . Thanks a bunch

[skicdave]

Wow! We thinks we have found Frankontours twin bro, DMC. Thanks for the photos DMC!


Frankontour... the elusive missing snowboard, perhaps out of view due to the snow depth...

http://timefortuckerman.com/gifs/frankonBoard.gif

DMC on his board...

http://timefortuckerman.com/gifs/DougBoard1.jpg

Lets 'try' not to analysis DMC's photo :eek:

[DMC]

So that picture was taken on my FIRST ever trip out west on snowboard 12 years ago...

And I am :outhouse:

[skicdave]

I'll be fair... here is me back in 1974 near the bottom of the Remi Lake Ski Hill in Northern Ontario. Geek look included...

http://timefortuckerman.com/gifs/Dave-Posing-on-the-Slopes-1.jpg

[DMC]

WOW Dave - I never knew...

Here's my earliest shot of me on a board in Jackson Hole 1988..
http://www.mindspring.com/~dougcox/SNOWBOARD/images/DougFirstSnowBoard88.jpg

[Bannick]

Join us Frank, come to the dark side Frank.....don't fight it...

[Jolly J]

I think this is longest period since Frank signed up that he hasn't made a post. I love the retro pix. They are awesome.

[Bannick]

That is what I was thinking. Maybe Quebec finally got hit by BLACKOUT 2003.

Beauty on the 100 posts eh?

[DMC]

Bannick:
Join us Frank, come to the dark side Frank.....don't fight it... booo ha ha h ah ah ah

Plus it's sooooo much easier then skiing... :)

[Frankontour]

Geeeeezzzzz, I leave for the morning and back, I find a thread with my nickname as topic and with 26 messages...

I think the answer will be long...

I was NOT in snowboard, when this pic was taken. In fact, this is a sequency of pics on the top of Pirouette at la Réserve and the photograph had never taken pics with my camera, so most of the pics are bad. This one was not so bad, but it was just after dropping the cliff on right. (right to left) and after, the normal line is to continue to the left side of the trail and it goes up a little bit. You're not the first person to think I was in snowboard on that pic. Almost everybody think that. I have some pics where people think I'm doing telemark, other snowboards, other monoski...

[Bannick]

Never leave Frank, never ever leave.

[Frankontour]

M@, no need to lose glove from the chairlift in that trail... it's an OFFICIAL TRAIL and was OPEN during that day.

By the way, I had my ski poles with me. I was just really far from the camera and this just a little part of a 1800/1200 pic. It's why you don't see the poles.

And for :outhouse: or :nakedguy: forget that for me, especially under a chairlift, as it was in operation that day (rare thing).

I really don't accept to see the snowboard on my pic... what a shame for me !

Unfortunately, I don't have a pic really showing that I'm on a little floor before dropping in the second pitch. It's the only way to take that trail. You jump off the first cliff, you stop while going up, when Sam took my pic and you drop off the tiny pass and after, you have the choice to continue the supersteep part of going in the gladed right side. It is what I call a real trail.

[DMC]

Frankontour:
I really don't accept to see the snowboard on my pic... what a shame for me !Please explain... For those of of who live and die snowboarding...

Choose your words carefully...

[Jolly J]

Thanks Bannick,

I've got people walking in my office asking while I've got tears running down my face. This is by far one of the most entertaining threads I've read in a while.

[Frankontour]

Very easy, DMC.

I was a skier
I am a skier
I will be a skier
and I will die as a skier (probably in skiing)

don't even think to put me on a board... that's the same reason that why many of you would never put their feet on some skis.

So I prefer not to be associated with snowboard ;)

I don't have a problem if you prefer the snowboard. I will never understand you, but I don't have problem with that :D

[DMC]

But to be ashamed!!! :confused: Thats pretty lame choice of words... :(

Man - I wish I could rerate you now...

very dissapointed...

I had high hopes for you...

Oh well...

[Frankontour]

BTW Dave, don't blame my camera. It's a very correct one, but when the photograph is at 300' of the skier, it's not easy to have a clear pic without optical zoom :(

DMC : A chance that you can't rerate me as I'm already near the basement.

A question for you... why don't you ski ? and why do you seem to have something against the skiers ?

[skicdave]

Ah darn! your taking all the guess work out of it Franko! How about another photo then... taken by another photographer (we just fired the last one). Hey how about the monoski photo?

[Jolly J]

Frank, Maybe I missed it but I don't think DMC has a problem with skiing.

I only ride on a toboggan because crazy carpets suck. It's all about sliding down hill. Skis, Snowboards, Tele, and yes even blades. Most people should broaden their horizon and try different aspects of this great sport...

[Jolly J]

As I creep up on the club house with my fancy ice axe/ski poles....hey can't we all just get along.

Congrats to Jolly J who joins the ranks in the Exclusive Toni Matt Club...

http://timefortuckerman.com/gifs/JollyJ-ToniMattClub.jpg

<small>[ August 21, 2003, 03:16 PM: Message edited by: skicdave ]</small>

[skicdave]

Frankontour:

And for :outhouse: or :nakedguy: forget that for me, especially under a chairlift, as it was in operation that day (rare thing).Uh oh! Franko :nakedguy: , just not under a chairlift in the day. We caught you Franko!

[skicdave]

Forget the :toboggan: , to heavy. Try a :chair: like Kate.

[DMC]

Frankontour:
A question for you... why don't you ski ? and why do you seem to have something against the skiers ? ***????!?!?!?!

I skied when you were still a twinkle in your Daddys eye...
I choose to snowboard because I like it... Plain and simple...

I love skiers.... My Fiance' is a skier... My crew is mostly skiers and telemarkers... I still will hop on a pair of skis from time to time...

And guess what... I'm not ashamed...

You seem to have a little "tude" dude... Maybe you should drop it... Someday up at Tucks - a snowboarder may just save you butt!

[DMC]

One more thing....

I REALLY love having a skier with me a Tucks...
Ski boots kick AWESOME steps!!!!

Here's to skiers(kicking steps)!!! WOO HOOO...

[skicdave]

http://timefortuckerman.com/gifs/peaceandlove.gif

[Frankontour]

I must say congrats to Jolly for his 100 and Dave for his 700 ;)

For the rest, please don't think I want to restart the war Snowboard/skiing. I have nothing against the snowboard in general and I try to respect the snowboarders. For the pics of me as a mono-skier or telemarker, I should use the FTP server. Does it take a long time to have our pics available to put them in a thread, generally ?

[DMC]

sorry...
As DMC sheepishly slinks into the nearest corner...


:snowboarding: :jumpturn: it's all the same to me...

[Frankontour]

BTW, for the :outhouse:


http://kokotele.com/priceless%20pissing%20in%20the%20snow.jpg

[Frankontour]

Just for you DMC... the original !!!


http://www.kokotele.com/snurferyahoo.jpg

[elwood]

Skiiers and snowboarders all suck. you guys should figure skate like a real man!!!! Nothing is scarier than busting out the double axle!!!!

[skicdave]

Frankontour:
BTW, for the :outhouse:


http://kokotele.com/priceless%20pissing%20in%20the%20snow.jpg Ha Ha! Good one Frankinthebuff. Reminds me of this one a family member emailed us the other day...

http://timefortuckerman.com/gifs/Priceless-MyTent.jpg

Remember to be careful if your camping at Hermit Lake in a tent! :eek:

[kmrnskier]

OMG!!! You guys are cracking me up!! This has COMPLETELY made my busy day good!!

[Frankontour]

Hmm, I don't agree with this poster, but considering the actual conversation, I'm just not able to not put it here.

If the opposite poster exists, please send it here !! lol

http://www.strangecosmos.com/images/picturejokes/5903.jpg

[RR]

Whacko, absolutely whacko, every one of you...maybe that's why I feel right a home!

[Frankontour]

You wanted it... I just changed my pic in my profile. As you will see, it is a very very very different pic :D :D :D :D :D

I wonder what you will find on this one... ishhhh

What does mean "whacko" ??

[skicdave]

Hey Frankontap has a new profile photo!...

http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus/messages/2508/1779.jpg

SO Frankie.. do you always ski in the rocks? Where are the trails, lines of powder out in Eastern Quebec? Looks like some ice falling on your head now. You need a medic!

[Skilasnow]

Frankontour:
You wanted it... I just changed my pic in my profile. As you will see, it is a very very very different pic :D :D :D :D :D

I wonder what you will find on this one... ishhhh

What does mean "whacko" ?? Whacko: nuts, psycho, freaks, crazy, etc...

And you really should find some snow to ski on, your bases will love you for it ;)

I'm not sure if your understanding of english is quite good enough. I really don't quite get how one might think DMC has anything against skiers ...

[Mumster]

You guys have gone totally nuts.

Love it. :lips:

[Frankontour]

"Monoskiing"

hmm, not really (http://cf.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankontour502/vwp?.dir=/Mes+photos&.dnm=T4T+-+Frankontour+Monoskiing2.jpg&.view=t)

"Telemarking" honestly, it weirdly look more like telemark on the complete pic.

Not really neither... but cool in june (http://cf.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankontour502/vwp?.dir=/Mes+photos&.dnm=T4T+-+Frankontour+Telemarking.jpg&.view=t)

Pirouette complete... as you can see, my original personnal pic was just a tiny part of the pic.

Complete pic of the very 1st pitch of miss Pirouette (http://cf.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankontour502/vwp?.dir=/Mes+photos&.dnm=T4T+-+Pirouette+complete.jpg&.view=t)


And finally, what's the problem with my pics ? Yes, I always ski in the rocks... don't wonder why I just use old skis.

Anyway, If I was skiing in the groomed trails, I would have moved to snowboard for a while.

[rollinroc]

skicdave:
http://timefortuckerman.com/gifs/peaceandlove.gif Peace and love are ok. But, don't you mean snow is the answer?

[Mumster]

SkiLasLeñas:
I really don't quite get how one might think DMC has anything against skiers ... That's right. You gotta love DMC. :lips:

[DMC]

If you guys really knew me - chances are you'd hate me :)

Only one more full calendar month of no skiing... Um riding.... Ummm... telemarking...

What I really want to ride is a Swingbo Alpine Surfer...

[Frankontour]

SkiLasLeñas:

And you really should find some snow to ski on, your bases will love you for it ;)

I'm not sure if your understanding of english is quite good enough. I really don't quite get how one might think DMC has anything against skiers ... For the snow, don't you worry, I don't only ski in the rocks... and I honestly didn't hit a single rock on the runs where both pics I had on my profile were taken. I can even say that on the actual one, I didn't passed near a single branch. there is an invisible gully where we can pass. It's quite easy and featured great powder, without rocks and grass.

And for DMC... I may be wrong... don't know. I guess it's just a remark he already did that remained in my mind (1st impression or so). If you all say that he's "for" skiing, I imagine you're right and I'm sorry. Only question I wonder is why DMC started to laugh at me cause I was looking like in snowboard my profile's pic, while I don't think I'd ever said my opinion about snowboarding in this board...

And for my english, you're right, may be the misunderstanding comes from the language. For the words & sentences, no problem, especially with the dictionary, if I'm not sure of a meaning, but the english expressions is really what kills me on the boards, although I learn hundreds of them in the last year.

[DMC]

Frankontour:
Only question I wonder is why DMC started to laugh at me cause I was looking like in snowboard my profile's pic, while I don't think I'd ever said my opinion about snowboarding in this board...At first I was just wondering and then Dave made it funny... I really DID think you were a snowboarder from the picture and then I thought different after reading some of your posts...

My bad... Are we OK now there FrankOnTour?
You gonna let me lead the climb and take you up the Chute next Spring?

[Frankontour]

Sorry DMC, I talked too fast.
For the Chute, we'll see that... it won't be my 1st run in the ravine ;)

I forgot to answer 1 thing on the msgs of the 1st page of this thread :

Mumster : don't you worry, I don't need too much courses about skiing (I would more need an "english expressions course 101")... The funny thing about this place is that all the skiers look like snowboarders, there, and the snowboarders look like skiers or look to ride the trail going backwards.

You may see a little more what I mean on this pic, taken later in the season. The cliff at top is 25' high wihtout snow, so it's just too high to jump off in winter, landing on a flat. The upper treeside is probably the worst place to pass of all the trail. The easiest way is just on the right of the top cliff, the drop is just 6-7 feet high, but you're directed on the left side of the trail and it's going up a little bit. I should fire my friend for this pic and the ones he missed ;)

http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus/messages/2508/1996.jpg

That's a real good tactical trail. Steep as hell, but not very high as there is a long ±flat before the 2nd pitch which is quite more rocky than the 1st. The 1st pitch is also strategically well covered (was still skiable in late april this year) and always funny. What a nice trail !

[skicdave]

Franko you'll do great at Tucks! All your photos contain a lot of steeps and rocks... you'll feel right at home!

[Frankontour]

Yes, I'm used to negociate with thin spaces between big rocks, but the rocky pics are just 1 or 2% of my pics. The thing is that it's the 1-2% where I'm in the pics.....

This is the kind of ski pics that I like to take

http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus/messages/2508/1999.jpg

http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus/messages/2508/2000.jpg

http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus/messages/2508/2004.jpg

The 3 ones are into "Contour" at Mt Orford

[Mumster]

:skicdave:
I don't recall seeing that in the Philadelphia Inquirer... But, we are the City of brotherly love. If snowboarders and skiers could unite, it would probably be here...
Of course, we only get about 2 inches of snow :snowflakes: a year...so they are probably uniting in one of the local bars. :beer:

[skicdave]

Mumster:
:skicdave:
I don't recall seeing that in the Philadelphia Inquirer... But, we are the City of brotherly love. If snowboarders and skiers could unite, it would probably be here...
Of course, we only get about 2 inches of snow :snowflakes: a year...so they are probably uniting in one of the local bars. :beer: LOL too funny :mumster: I doctored that one up for the conversation. Just like the Jamie Kennedy Xperiment, you've been X'ed mumster (but unintentionally) :skierpetrified:

[kmrnskier]

Frank - thanks for those last pics of Mt. Orford. Good fix for us snow lovers :D

[Frankontour]

It's a pleasure, Kmrnskier !

Here is a very last one... which prove that summer can do anything, it will never look as good as winter ;)

http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus/messages/2508/2697.jpg

(Orford once again, but not in my "dear" trail this time)

[Mumster]

skicdave:
[QUOTE]I doctored that one up for the conversation. Just like the Jamie Kennedy Xperiment, you've been X'ed mumster (but unintentionally) :skierpetrified: I can't be X'ed - received a perfect score on the X-susceptibility test. :D

It must be :disinfo: , back again, spreading disinformation. He's been hiding for awhile - no doubt he returned to take M@'s v0.5 TR purity test.

[Skilasnow]

DMC:
If you guys really knew me - chances are you'd hate me :)

Well, ... you are from Jersey... ;) :D


Cheers :beermug: Fosters
http://timefortuckerman.com/gifs/skilaslenasthrone.jpg

[skicdave]

Hey :skilas: my wife is soooo jealous you have pink Ravineroom Furniture (TM). Don't rub it in!

You should have posted that photo to the Retro Pix (http://timefortuckerman.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=000765) thread :p

[Skilasnow]

skicdave:
Hey :skilas: my wife is soooo jealous you have pink Ravineroom Furniture (TM). Don't rub it in!

You should have posted that photo to the Retro Pix (http://timefortuckerman.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=000765) thread :p well, its not exactly the image I am trying to present so maybe we could trade.. :chair:

[kmrnskier]

SkiLas - GREAT picture! I want that pink ?flowered ?butterfly ravineroom furniture for my little living room!!

[Skilasnow]

kmrnskier:
SkiLas - GREAT picture! I want that pink ?flowered ?butterfly ravineroom furniture for my little living room!! Maybe I could let you "store" it for me until the next time I go to :tucks: where I would be happy to let you sit on it because I think you are :cool: and will surely be in the :tmc: soon, untill I trade it to Kate :chair: of Ravine Room Furniture Fame at least. And I won't even ask you to carry my :beer:

btw, Butterflies. It is hard enough on my image having it pink, but flowers would really be a problem

[DMC]

SkiLasLeñas:
Well, ... you are from Jersey... ;) :D
YEOWCH....

Bada Bing! :)

[elwood]

SkiLasLeñas:
Well, ... you are from Jersey... ;) :D
Hey, that's what I was gonna say! :D

J/K DMC, us heads have to stick together man! This thread is high-larious! ;)

[DMC]

Besides - it's Joisey...

[Bannick]

I love you guys....I leave for a total of like 6 hours and all hell breaks loose.

I started to get worried about the snowboard skier thing for a bit but I am glad it has all worked out. You may all now have cake and pie!

Skiers are great...great for towing me through the flats :D

[DMC]

Bannick:
Skiers are great...great for towing me through the flats :D YES !!! Another reason to LOVE skiers!!!

I'd still be stuck on that Balckcomb Glacier if it werent for skiers...

Kicking steps and towing... GO SKIERS!!!!!

[skicdave]

Bannick:
Skiers are great...great for towing me through the flats :D True Bannick... I asked my son 2 days ago which he wanted to do this year... ski or ride (since he needs new equipment and he's not getting both). He slyly mumbled 'skiing', mainly for that reason. In the past he skied then switch to riding. We would take him locally to a small hill and he spends more time hopping and waddling about since its flat in parts. I've been the one to towing him around all the time so sounds like my arms will get a break this year! Yahoo! He'll probably still want to go to the snowboard camp at Tremblant for March break however which is fine. :sun:

[Frankontour]

Lol, good to see we are a little bit useful ;)

Congrats for your 400, DMC !

Hey, this is my last official day of vacation :envy: :envy: :mad: :envy: :mad: :envy: :mad:

After that, my presence here will be really, really, really lower, but I don't forget this crazy community for sure !

[Bannick]

Camp Fortune or edelvise?

[Jolly J]

Vacation....Must be nice. I'm on a 6 month contract....no vacation. Grrr...Gotta make the best of evening, weekends and Long weekends. Last night I went up to the local ski hill to fetch some first aid gear (time for recruiting for the upcoming patrol season) Some kids had built a downhill course so Smiley and I brought our Bikes. I'm riding on my sons Mountain Bike which pretty much sucks, but I can't afford anything better right now. I dropped in on off a maintenance road and everything went to hell pretty quick. Smiley said my back wheel was off the ground the minute I dropped in. I hit a root which pitched the back tire off the ground even farther and so I let off on the breaks hit an stump and did a fairly violent endo...I banged my self up pretty good. Once a shook the cobwebs out we continued down the mountain via a regular trail. The crappy thing about our mountain is the patrol hut is at the top. So we then got to bike back up to the top. I'm a bit sore today but have no regrets...It's all an adventure. Can't wait to head out again this weekend....will probably stay away from DH, and stick to XC until I get a bike with decent suspension.

[Bannick]

suspension???? that is why you have knees and elbows. I still ride a rigid bike...but then I don't really have too much need for 3" of travel riding in the city.

[skicdave]

Bannick:
Camp Fortune or edelvise? Camp Fortune. Used to have a season pass there for a few years when my son was in the Nancy Greene League.

[skicdave]

Jolly J:
Vacation....Must be nice.You should be working for the Gov :jollyj: . Here in Ottawa public servants have been off all week on 'forced holidays' due to power conservation!

[Bannick]

I spent alot of time riding in the gatineau especially at night. That flat between the two bases can be such a pain. Do they still have that ski jump there? I used to go to Mt. Ste. Marie alot too. You could ride midweek and get change back from a 20 for a lift ticket. We used to ride the rock cuts along the highways too.

[skicdave]

The ski jumps at Fortune deteriated years ago... but there was a revival (or at least an attempt) to reserect (spello) ski jumping there during the 2000-2001 season and last year I think. They haven't rebuild the old jumps, but perhaps that will be in the works.

You can see half of the two jumps at photo left (shot taken during winter 2000)...

http://timefortuckerman.com/gifs/View-of-Clifford-and-Marsha.jpg

[BladeGirl]

SkiLasLeñas:
[QUOTE]
btw, Butterflies. It is hard enough on my image having it pink, but flowers would really be a problem Oh, I dunno, SkiLas. It ALMOST matches those bright red boots of yours. I think you should keep the chair and just change your image to match ;)

-BG

[BladeGirl]

PS:
90 posts on this one topic is *insane*! Plus all the other traffic on this site . . . how do you expect a girl to get any work done? It now takes me over 1/2 hour at work every morning just to keep up, so just stop it. all of you. right now!

-BG
(OK, I admit this site is much more fun than working...)

[skicdave]

I remember when :skilas: changed his Avatar to the 'Pink Chairman'
:lips: :lips: http://timefortuckerman.com/ubb/Avatars/zskilasthrone.jpg :lips: :lips: .

It did look a bit too 'cute' for him :p

[Skilasnow]

skicdave:
I remember when :skilas: changed his Avatar to the 'Pink Chairman'
:lips: :lips: http://timefortuckerman.com/ubb/Avatars/zskilasthrone.jpg :lips: :lips: .

It did look a bit too 'cute' for him :p Thanks for the confirmation, Dave

BG: There is a huge difference between red and pink other than a few shades.

[Bannick]

so dave. when I used to frequint fortune there was an area to across from the slopes with the tower on it. I believe it was the other side of the parking lot at the main base. There were trails cut but no lifts. We hiked it a few times with fresh. Is that where this pic was taken from? I had a lot of good times at fortune.

[skicdave]

This might help a bit, sorry I didn't deal with the flower issue though...

http://timefortuckerman.com/gifs/skilaslenasthroneblue1.jpg

[Skilasnow]

:skicdave: They're BUTTERFLIES :mad: :rolleyes:

[skicdave]

Bannick:
so dave. when I used to frequint fortune there was an area to across from the slopes with the tower on it. I believe it was the other side of the parking lot at the main base. There were trails cut but no lifts. We hiked it a few times with fresh. Is that where this pic was taken from? I had a lot of good times at fortune. Yup. Photo was taken from the Alexander / MacDonald slopes served by a T-Bar. Its was reopened several years ago and serves partly for the freestyle bunch. Short but decent runs, nice and sunny. The old Meech area which had a T-Bar was closed for years (its between the valley area and Sky Line). It was reopened about 2 years ago with a VERY slow quad.

Camp Fortune has done well in recent years since the Sutterman brothers took over. Gets REAL busy in prime season. There was something like 200-300 kids alone in the Nancy Greene program in the 2000/2001 season.

[Jolly J]

skicdave
[You should be working for the Gov :jollyj: . Here in Ottawa public servants have been off all week on 'forced holidays' due to power conservation! [/QB]I work for the Provincial Government but the government is in a "hiring freeze" to conserve money. They won't offically hire anyone. They just give out casual contracts for 6 months. Lay you off. Let you sweat for a few days then give you another 6 months. They can do this for a total of 2 years and then they may give your position to someone else or put you on a Personal Service Contract and start the whole thing all over again. It's unreal. This way...no union, no benefits, no vacations, no flex time, no parking spots, no sense of security. But for what I'm doing here I'm paid quite well. My contract expires in mid November....just in time for snow! So we'll see what happens. I've got a couple of job leads on the back burner. So we'll see where they go. Or I may just go back to work for myself.

I agree with the suspension thing....but if you saw this course it was pretty intense. I could barely hang onto the handle bars (when I wasn't flying over them)

Is it time to go home yet....

[Bannick]

45 minutes to go for me....ahhhh summer hours. I am trying like hell to get the firm to go to winter hours. but then again I can come and go as I please and managed to get out for several opening days and cheap ticket specials last year so I guess it ain't too bad.

Ya I tend to go over the bars standing up to pedal on a flat road.

[Jolly J]

I tend to go over "To" the bars as soon as I get out of here. mmmmm Beer and Wings.... Mmmmm I'm here till 4:30 dammit.

[Frankontour]

Nice pic of Camp Fortune, Dave !

Weirdly, if they did a lot of marketing with their new quad on the Meech side, in 2000-01, they never said it was slow ;) . This is a really weird ski area, when you think there is something like 5 different sides, but no one of them have more than ±60% of the vertical of the ski area. It was really fascinating, in the past, as it had 14 trails... and 12 lifts, back in the early 70s. Still today, they have 7 lifts including 4 quads.

[kmrnskier]

OK, GUYS!! Enough talking (complaining) about getting out late!! I went in at 7am, and didn't get out till 8:30, so I don't want to hear it anymore! ;)

[kmrnskier]

AND with one 20 minute break to eat!!

[Frankontour]

Kmrnskier : I don't want you to hit me, but I must tell you that I just finish a 7 weeks of vacations :D

But now, it will be 60-90h of working (university) by week, until october 2004. (Term this fall, ""professionnal training"" winter/spring. Term in may-july. Study all summer long, Corporation professional tests on early october 2004.....geeeeezzzz how will I survive ?

[kmrnskier]

Franko - I wouldn't hit you, but I can say Im envious of you having all that time off!! I do, however, feel pretty bad that you will have to work so much in the future. When will you have time to :skismile: and :beermug: this winter???

[Frankontour]

Good question, for the skiing. I must say last year, I hoped to have the time to ski 20 times (with just a university term). I finally did 37 ski days ;) But only 3 little days in february against 9 times after may 1. (2 lift serviced... 7 not). Would have been twice that, if I didn't have a summer term and I would have skied Tucks for SURE.

The tough thing is to believe that I won't be able to attend to the Swampfest this january ...... At least, I want to be at the FTO day, after the very good one, last year at Burke at 50% off. I forget about skiing in january and february, except may be few little days. It will be more march/april/may where I will have a little bit more time to ski, I think !

[surfy]

Corporation Professional Tests? This must be something new. Since when must one be professional to work for a corporation? Is this a post Enron thingy? Just kidding, good luck on the completion of your studies.

Oh, and the corporation that I work for considers the drug test to be their professional test. Since we do some work with DOD, a simple fill the cup is not sufficient, they take hair samples instead. LOL

Since I'm working nights this year, I'm figuring I should get to ski at least 50 days this year. One of the guys that I work with skied 107 days last year.

surfy

[Frankontour]

Wow Surfy... I would like to work where you do ;)

I talked of the corporation of the chartered accountants of Canada, and the final test to enter in the corporation. Now, it's just 3 tests (2 of 4h and one of 5h), but we must write about 80 pages of text for each test and we must prepare us all summer long, cause if you sink it, you have to wait a whole year to redo it and the chances to pass on the 2nd try are really less good.

[Frankontour]

Well... on this one, I hope that I less seem to be in snowboard !! (for those who don't understand, look at the beginning of this huge conversation)

(amazing conditions today... with 2 feet of light powder in that one and I was doing the first tracks on that gem... just too nice !)

I hope to have a video of my 2nd run into it by tomorrow. Pretty exciting !

http://zoneski.com/forum/album_pic.php?pic_id=118

For other pics of the day : http://zoneski.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=334

PS it is the same camera...