tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post30587202419935607..comments2024-03-29T07:03:32.568-05:00Comments on Althouse: "Man left dangling upside down, pantsless after Vail lift mishap."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73908343838613680922009-01-07T07:49:00.000-06:002009-01-07T07:49:00.000-06:00I'm late to the party on this one, but I'm wonderi...I'm late to the party on this one, but I'm wondering whether wearing briefs as opposed to boxer shorts lessens the odds of something like this happening. Or maybe he was "going commando" under his ski pants. It's kind of hard to tell; the white clothing could be underwear or just the lining of the ski pants.Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16736461252925227611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15047976424286520712009-01-06T23:25:00.000-06:002009-01-06T23:25:00.000-06:00Hmmm, so do Cobaltbob and I cancel each other out?...Hmmm, so do Cobaltbob and I cancel each other out?Kirk Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05921711310191924997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43426094067428382332009-01-06T23:21:00.000-06:002009-01-06T23:21:00.000-06:00It could have been worse. He could have been weari...It could have been worse. He could have been wearing shorts.Kirk Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05921711310191924997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-56649134334145347992009-01-06T23:12:00.000-06:002009-01-06T23:12:00.000-06:00You do realize, Professor Althouse, that had that ...You do realize, Professor Althouse, that had that poor man been wearing SHORTS instead of long pants, he could have avoided this embarrassing incident.<BR/><BR/>Just sayin'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19121438696410956292009-01-06T21:51:00.000-06:002009-01-06T21:51:00.000-06:00It could have been worse. He could have had a bad ...It could have been worse. He could have had a bad case of gas.<BR/><BR/>Talk about your $10,000 video.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64921296298785711932009-01-06T19:07:00.000-06:002009-01-06T19:07:00.000-06:00"We all come into this world naked, bloody and scr..."We all come into this world naked, bloody and screaming.<BR/><BR/>And if you play your cards right, the fun doesn't have to stop there!"<BR/>--Dana Gouldblakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43831892551481302522009-01-06T18:13:00.000-06:002009-01-06T18:13:00.000-06:00Bruce: you're the only experienced skier I've ever...Bruce: you're the only experienced skier I've ever heard of who had his bindings LOOSER than recommended. Suggested DIN settings (and the ones they'll do for you in a shop) are ridiculously low thanks to litigation risk.<BR/><BR/>You'd have to be especially fearful AND spending all your time on the bunny hill to want a binding that pops off at a DIN lower than guidance. You're binding will pop off if: you're racing, doing a jump, skiing moguls, skiing fast, skiing in trees, in powder, or doing any other of a thousand things that people who are comfortable in skis do. An experienced skier is much more likely to be injured by an unnecessary release than by having bindings too tight, since the chances for an injury causing fall are so low and the chance of an unjust releases so high. <BR/><BR/>So for your own safety, CRANK UP THAT DIN, MAN! Personally I get the best bindings I can, so that I can get higher tension. I do have a race, out-of-bounds, and trick background, and have had more than my share of popping out of skis unexpectedly. Never come close to injuring myself due to my skis staying on though. Any falls happen with more than enough force to pop the skis off, especially if there's any twisting involved, since I'm skiing interesting terrain at high speed. <BR/><BR/>Setting the DIN to 3 would leave me skiless just trying to turn, never mind landing a cliff drop, busting through woods, or hitting deep powder. You can have my 14 DIN when you pry it from my cold, dead feet. Except of course you can't, cause it's 14 DIN and it ain't coming off with any force you can exert.Heyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08333291654356970407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21814437675269367002009-01-06T18:06:00.000-06:002009-01-06T18:06:00.000-06:00Naked Skiing TortsOnce again, the labels give us a...Naked Skiing Torts<BR/><BR/>Once again, the labels give us a good name for a band. A band of lawyers, no less.<BR/>(What is the venereal word for a bunch of lawyers, anyway? I'm pretty sure it's not "band".)Fred Drinkwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01619653106362906811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29733444585465199842009-01-06T17:42:00.000-06:002009-01-06T17:42:00.000-06:00sbutler - no one in their right mind skis naked, o...sbutler - no one in their right mind skis naked, or even close to it. Sure, in late spring you have some young adults doing so, but rarely twice. The problem then is that if you fall, you leave much of your skin behind. At this time of year though, it is much too cold to even consider. <BR/><BR/>Cristy - lift operators also often put up the seats when it is snowing. In both cases, it is to minimize the amount of snow accumulated on the seats.<BR/><BR/>But in pretty much all cases, the lifties are putting up or down ALL of the seats as they go around at the bottom. If this were right after the lift opened, I would expect someone doing this full time until all the seats were down, given that this was in Vail. <BR/><BR/>There is a very, very, small chance that the seat popped up all by itself. My memory is that most of them had bunji cord type apparatus that keeps them down when not intentionally put up. <BR/><BR/>I am not sure that rental bindings would have released either. It all revolves around the physics of the situation - to release, the skis have to rotate horizontally in respect to the skier's toes, or vertically in respect to his heels. <BR/><BR/>I would also suggest that more advanced skiers are often able to ski with looser bindings than less advanced skiers, assuming that the advanced skiers are not skiing that aggressively, or even racing (my next brother often has his bindings cranked up twice as high as I do, despite my outweighing him by 50 pounds, since he still spends his weekends racing). <BR/><BR/>I tend to have my bindings much looser than the binding manufacturers would suggest, based on my height, weight, and skiing ability. Rather, I have figured out over the decades what is just too loose, where I come out too often, and cranked them up by one DIN setting. I have been hurt skiing, and, indeed, was hurt maybe once a year when working at a ski area several years ago, but haven't been hurt because my bindings failed to release since probably 1967 (when I was racing in HS).Bruce Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815293023158025662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68623213770540632612009-01-06T17:18:00.000-06:002009-01-06T17:18:00.000-06:00...he was rescued so quickly.Picard and Dathon at ...<I>...he was rescued so quickly.</I><BR/><BR/>Picard and Dathon at El-Adrel.Lem the artificially intelligent https://www.blogger.com/profile/03569712564034666751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37831879428487115502009-01-06T17:17:00.000-06:002009-01-06T17:17:00.000-06:00There are things that could be a worse day than th...There are things that could be a worse day than this. I just read about where a teenage baby sitter accidentally stepped on a four year old's foot, so the four year old got out a shotgun and blasted the baby sitter.Eli Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20067633777435511572009-01-06T16:54:00.000-06:002009-01-06T16:54:00.000-06:00Worst of all, he couldn't Twitter.Worst of all, he couldn't Twitter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67725069641732802202009-01-06T16:18:00.000-06:002009-01-06T16:18:00.000-06:00"It's really hard to think of how bad something wo...<I>"It's really hard to think of how bad something would need to be before I'd say, okay, now I'd rather be dangled naked from a ski lift."</I><BR/><BR/>Well, actually just half naked. Granted, it's the wrong half, but still...<BR/><BR/>:DTiborehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07360541843865827271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55559645359772257782009-01-06T16:14:00.000-06:002009-01-06T16:14:00.000-06:00Oh, Gawd, something appropriate... or, well, inapp...Oh, Gawd, something appropriate... or, well, <I>in</I>appropriate ;) for a man with no pants on:<BR/><BR/>Kailash, when it rises.<BR/><BR/>Good Lord, I'm feeling whimsical today. :DTiborehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07360541843865827271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81430632621553167402009-01-06T16:01:00.000-06:002009-01-06T16:01:00.000-06:00Picard and Dathon at El-Adrel.Picard and Dathon at El-Adrel.Original Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714345479248980398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46836291088630881932009-01-06T15:50:00.000-06:002009-01-06T15:50:00.000-06:00What a showoff. Everyone thinks they can flash the...What a showoff. Everyone thinks they can flash their junk for everyone to see and that it'll make them famous when it hits TMZ or The Court Channel.Methadrashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07828014989470539375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18431815812811551072009-01-06T15:46:00.000-06:002009-01-06T15:46:00.000-06:00Shaka, when the walls fell.Kadir beneath Mo Moteh....Shaka, when the walls fell.<BR/><BR/>Kadir beneath Mo Moteh..Lem the artificially intelligent https://www.blogger.com/profile/03569712564034666751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58803422303445875532009-01-06T15:26:00.000-06:002009-01-06T15:26:00.000-06:00Of course the media got it wrong! The man wasn't p...Of course the media got it wrong! The man wasn't pantsless, they were just around his ankles.<BR/><BR/>Snark aside, it does show great attention to safety that he was rescued so quickly.Edmundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11718740483011655096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67148941011653001532009-01-06T15:16:00.000-06:002009-01-06T15:16:00.000-06:00I hate it when that happens.I hate it when that happens.Larry Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07005320430740976182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90554961304206115492009-01-06T15:08:00.000-06:002009-01-06T15:08:00.000-06:00The beast at Tanagra.The beast at Tanagra.Lem the artificially intelligent https://www.blogger.com/profile/03569712564034666751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23678029561548602862009-01-06T15:07:00.000-06:002009-01-06T15:07:00.000-06:00Maybe this will spur him to do some ab crunches.Ye...<I>Maybe this will spur him to do some ab crunches.</I><BR/><BR/>Yeah, that'd be a person's first thought: "I need to do more crunches"knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231876226573540476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39033301339049194592009-01-06T14:55:00.001-06:002009-01-06T14:55:00.001-06:00What was he doing on a ski lift in Vail with no pa...<I>What was he doing on a ski lift in Vail with no pants on?</I><BR/><BR/>It was an event called "Up Your Valley," sponsored by Miller beer.chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34743264248093345332009-01-06T14:55:00.000-06:002009-01-06T14:55:00.000-06:00Help Hank, Help Hank, Help Hank.Hello.Help Hank, Help Hank, Help Hank.<BR/>Hello.KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24887240334540686942009-01-06T14:54:00.000-06:002009-01-06T14:54:00.000-06:00Zinda - his face black, his eyes red.... yeah, I'm...Zinda - his face black, his eyes red.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>... yeah, I'm a geek too...Tiborehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07360541843865827271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-45171635337871072042009-01-06T14:52:00.000-06:002009-01-06T14:52:00.000-06:00"Man left dangling upside down, pantsless after Va...<I>"Man left dangling upside down, pantsless after Vail lift mishap."</I><BR/><BR/>What was he doing on a ski lift in Vail with no pants on?<BR/><BR/>;)Tiborehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07360541843865827271noreply@blogger.com