Never in my wildest dreams did I envision the guy I voted for would try to enact any of those things he talked about, day after day after day, for 2 yrs!
In the winter, it's covered by snow. I love alpine slides. I like that Meade slowed up for you. Nice. But I also liked that toward the end, he decided to let it rip.
What wonderfully retro fun! And clearly the resort isn't worried about injury lawsuits.
This makes me think of the first episode of Paula Poundstone's TV show, where she interviewed people who were sitting in a spinning teacup ride at Disneyland. I'd love to see Ann opine about the economy while hurtling down the Purgatory Mountain slide, might be a wonderfully apt metaphor.
Hard to see from the video, but how hard were the jolts from rolling over each seam? This is just another in a long line of arguments for me to drop everything and become a professional luge rider.
Heh, I always wondered what Action Park did with that "ride". Voted 5th most dangerous by Popular Mechanics. http://doubleplusundead.mee.nu/traction_park
And that was the second, by far, of the most dangerous rides at Action Park, according to Popular Mechanics.
Another blast from the past, and ANOTHER near-death experience from my childhood near Durango. My mom and I were riding down this slide together (I must have been 5) and we took a corner too fast and rolled it. She managed to shove me out onto the grass median, but her hands and knees got pretty scraped up. Still love these slides, though. There's one just outside of Galena, IL on the banks of the Mississippi, but it's nothing like the ones out West.
Does the Obama task force know they let you do the alpine slide without a helmet. Bet they will fix that yes sir that will bring down health care costs.
Another blast from the past, and ANOTHER near-death experience from my childhood near Durango. My mom and I were riding down this slide together (I must have been 5) and we took a corner too fast and rolled it
When we went when I was 12 or 13, someone had gone off the slide and I think her earring was pulled out. Yuk.
My God, I had to wear sunglasses just watching that video. The skin, its so ....... so ........ midwestern. I'll bet your hair looked like 20 minutes of hot high blowdrier.
Fun, though. We did this a couple times in Breckenridge, but the Purgatory run looks MUCH longer, and faster.
What is remarkable is that it was just last night that I had a dream involving my old HotWheels track thingie.
I’m very sure this is all just a coincidence.
Why?
Because there is nothing!, nothing!, nothing! in that video that has anything!, anything!, anything! at all to do with a beach volleyball match involving a Rabbi, a Priest, a chicken and my Aunt Jean.
Ah, dear old Purgatory, beloved of every sporty Arizona family. The marketers and biblethumpers conspired to rename her Durango Mountain Resort, but even saying that name will mark you as an outsider. The beginner run beside the bobsled is Yellow Brick Road and is the first chairlift-served terrain I ever skied. I got to teach my kids to ski there too, many years later.
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That looks like so much fun.
Peter
That looks like so much fun.
Peter
I bet it's even more fun in the winter (assuming it's open at that time of year; I can imagine it going so fast that there would be liability issues).
FUN!
Kids these days with their wild sports...
Is it an analogy for voting for Obama?
Did you skin your wittle knee?
What is top speed?
Meade no-hands, videotaping while alpining?
No, Fred, it's an analogy od f what happens to the GOP if they nominate this guy.
Never in my wildest dreams did I envision the guy I voted for would try to enact any of those things he talked about, day after day after day, for 2 yrs!
Ha!
No,it's closed in the winter because Purgatory is a ski resort. With snow.
@garage
How does it feel when he outright lies, visa vi, the AARP endorsement?
"prase"
In the winter, it's covered by snow. I love alpine slides. I like that Meade slowed up for you. Nice. But I also liked that toward the end, he decided to let it rip.
You're wearing shorts?
What wonderfully retro fun! And clearly the resort isn't worried about injury lawsuits.
This makes me think of the first episode of Paula Poundstone's TV show, where she interviewed people who were sitting in a spinning teacup ride at Disneyland. I'd love to see Ann opine about the economy while hurtling down the Purgatory Mountain slide, might be a wonderfully apt metaphor.
That looks like so much fun.
I hope you're wearing sunscreen.
vw: binests
@Althouse
Hard to see from the video, but how hard were the jolts from rolling over each seam? This is just another in a long line of arguments for me to drop everything and become a professional luge rider.
"syche"
Heh, I always wondered what Action Park did with that "ride".
Voted 5th most dangerous by Popular Mechanics.
http://doubleplusundead.mee.nu/traction_park
And that was the second, by far, of the most dangerous rides at Action Park, according to Popular Mechanics.
Nice ride. Nothing like a little fear of something new to make great memories.
Great work with the helmet cam!
Been there, done that, SO much fun!
Professor- I don't believe "SLOW" is your style
SLOW MEANS SLOW!
Another blast from the past, and ANOTHER near-death experience from my childhood near Durango. My mom and I were riding down this slide together (I must have been 5) and we took a corner too fast and rolled it. She managed to shove me out onto the grass median, but her hands and knees got pretty scraped up. Still love these slides, though. There's one just outside of Galena, IL on the banks of the Mississippi, but it's nothing like the ones out West.
Word = restyper: One who blogs from bed.
I want to do that.
In very important news Kim Kardashian goes blonde.
WV - drewwwl
Was that something that needed to be kissed and made better? I couldn't tell.
Looks like a lot of fun.
"spacycha"
Some kind of food?
I'd love to see Ann opine about the economy while hurtling down the Purgatory Mountain slide
Like the Sunday Calvin and Hobbes.
My post used barfed because the v word belonged to Cedarford: pujui
this time: subtumpk,
the hanging roll of flesh after bariatric surgery.
Replace "used" with "just" above
"Euxto"
The emigration of Europeans when the muslims become too numerous
Quayle said...
Did you skin your wittle knee?
"Spray" goes the Bactine!
NO HELMET!!!
Does the Obama task force know they let you do the alpine slide without a helmet. Bet they will fix that yes sir that will bring down health care costs.
Another blast from the past, and ANOTHER near-death experience from my childhood near Durango. My mom and I were riding down this slide together (I must have been 5) and we took a corner too fast and rolled it
When we went when I was 12 or 13, someone had gone off the slide and I think her earring was pulled out. Yuk.
THIS is the slide you guys should try.
Who goes first?
My God, I had to wear sunglasses just watching that video. The skin, its so ....... so ........ midwestern. I'll bet your hair looked like 20 minutes of hot high blowdrier.
Fun, though. We did this a couple times in Breckenridge, but the Purgatory run looks MUCH longer, and faster.
Why didn't you label "SHORTS IN PUBLIC PLACES"?
wv: sperem.
Hey, no fair, I got Titus' word.
That video was extremely cool!
What is remarkable is that it was just last night that I had a dream involving my old Hot Wheels track thingie.
I’m very sure this is all just a coincidence.
Why?
Because there is nothing!, nothing!, nothing! in that video that has anything!, anything!, anything! at all to do with a beach volleyball match involving a Rabbi, a Priest, a chicken and my Aunt Jean.
PHEW!!!
* mops cold sweat from brow *
(That was close.)
wv = "caturs." Not to be confused with "dogurs."
Wow, I'd love to do that.
Well, not shorts, but rolled up pants. SAME THING!
wv: letrumb. Let's rumble in the jungle. Or, let's have a rum and coke after work.
Theo @ $4:05: that guy could just as easily have been a Darwin Award candidate: "Hey Ya'll, watch this!"
regirchi. Plural of Regirchus.
Granny: At least he was wearing a helmet!
Does our wife laugh at/with you like we do, Bissage?
WV bachi -- What New England Italians play
I showed the waterslide video to my husband, Theo, and he said "Don't get any ideas."
WV lurtio - no clue
And how does one practice for that?
No helmets on this dangerous ride?? What country is this?
Ah, dear old Purgatory, beloved of every sporty Arizona family. The marketers and biblethumpers conspired to rename her Durango Mountain Resort, but even saying that name will mark you as an outsider. The beginner run beside the bobsled is Yellow Brick Road and is the first chairlift-served terrain I ever skied. I got to teach my kids to ski there too, many years later.
Oh my god. Thanks for that video. Looked like so much fun.
Damn, looked like Meade was haulin' ass.
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