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DMC

11-29-2005, 08:56 AM

I introduce Affix to my friend who I first did Tucks with a long time ago..

We laughed about how unprepared we were.... We essentially hiked up - froze our assess off - got scared and hiked down... Didn't make a turn...

I blamed the experience on the lack of the internet...

skicdave

11-29-2005, 09:22 AM

I can't imagine how we'd survive without the Internet now. I'd be out of a job too!

Dear Santa,

Our Christmas wish list is short. Please just keep the Internet running and save yourself a trip down our filthy chimney.

PS. Don't worry about the cookies, I'll email them to you in the new year.

Dave 'n Kate :tree:

BladeGirl

11-29-2005, 09:26 AM

Dear Santa,

Our Christmas wish list is short. Please just keep the Internet running and save yourself a trip down our filthy chimney.

PS. Don't worry about the cookies, I'll email them to you in the new year.

PPS: ...and snow. Lots of snow. :snowflakes: :snowflakes: :snowflakes:
:snowflakes: :snowflakes:

-BG

Affix Snow

11-29-2005, 09:29 AM

-Id be so bored at work without the internet.
-I definately wouldnt have gotten alot of my equipment with the deals.
-I wouldnt have met any of yous guys.
-Id be so bored at work.

NtrentT

11-29-2005, 10:08 AM

There would be alot more magazine sales, if the interent wasnt around !!! :eek:

*Shame on you for thinking that.... sheesh

DMC

11-29-2005, 10:38 AM

There would be alot more magazine sales, if the interent wasnt around !!! :eek:

*Shame on you for thinking that.... sheesh

Actually I think the only info I had about Tucks was a small paragraph in Ski Magazine.. And a couple brief barroom, firsthand stories..

11-29-2005, 08:15 PM

My first time - far less of a clue. Had an old highschool type backpack, used some laundry rope to tie the skiis on. Did a few turns on hillmans... wow was I clueless.

M@

Sledhaulingmedic

11-29-2005, 10:48 PM

PWDR8S

11-30-2005, 11:50 AM

I have no internet at work. Won't likely anytime soon. Still love my job...almost as much as my wife and skiing.

First trip to Tuck: 20+ years ago in May with 207 Rossi ST comps bungied to a Camp Trails External Frame pack and an equal amount of beer and umm, ah, combustibles inside. Two runs over the lip and I was hooked. What can I say for chemically induced courage?
Sounds a lot like my 1st TUX experience..... similar 'equipment' http://www.timefortuckerman.com/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif

As for internet? I would likely be in this line of work but working the phones heavily...... Also, I wouldn't have met this great wild bunch of crazies on T4T! Now more so, the internet fuels my biz and my ability to gather intel. Face it, I'm a knowledge junky. http://www.timefortuckerman.com/forums/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

11-30-2005, 12:06 PM

205 Head DH...my first trip was nearly my last, my cousins and I went up via the Auto road and skied the SE snowfield to the north end of the waterfall area....they stopped there, I didn't Pre-jumping a rollover at about 25-30 mph....

:yardsale: on the headwall

Sledhaulingmedic

12-01-2005, 09:39 AM

My first run was preceeded by watching a friend say: "Me first", take two turns and then fall from the lip to the lunch rocks.

A friend of mine has a better "First trip" story:

Early April, hike to the summit, ski the snow fields, argue about which way to go and then head over what they thought was the lip. After a few turns the pass a few ice climbers. They were heading into Huntington :eek: