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[–] [email protected] 138 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

First time skiing, friend was desperate to get someone to go so I went. Paid for everything like the meme says except the lessons. "I can teach you! Let's take this lift up to that ridgeline". I don't know any better so up we go. Get there and it's pretty high, oxygen is thin and a blizzard moved in. "Ok, ready?" He says. "What do I do?" I ask. "Just crouch down and twist back and forth to slow yourself. Here we go!" He replied and then off he went.

It started out fine. I'm upright, the snow is powdery so it is helping to slow me down and I kinda got the twisting movement right, for the first 50 feet. Then the ground dropped beneath me and suddenly I'm cruising at what feels like mach speed. There is no twisting anymore, just barrel rolls. I finally stop and my arm is no longer in the socket. I just lay there wondering if I had died and hell really was frozen over. Then a ski guide came up, asked me if I was ok. "Uuuuughhh" I answered him. He then asked me if I could make it down on my own which I answered with a stare of both death and fear. Another dude arrived with a sled. By that time I had regained the ability to talk and popped my arm back in place. At the bottom they offered to call an ambulance but I was largely ok, got the direction to the ski lodge bar instead.

10 hours later my friend finds me. "There you are! I was wondering where you went!" This is a story of the first and last time I went skiing.

[–] [email protected] 139 points 10 months ago (1 children)

you just had an exceptional douche for a friend

[–] [email protected] 91 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Definitely. He ended up making his wealth buying property and raising the rent. We don't talk anymore but those types of people seem to fit a mold.

[–] SARGEx117 41 points 10 months ago

I can't fathom bringing someone to something, losing track of them almost immediately, and not halting everything to find them, let alone doing whatever I want for ten fucking hours

But that's exactly the kind of response I'd expect from a land~~lord~~leech.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 10 months ago (3 children)

“Just crouch down and twist back and forth to slow yourself.

Oof worst advice ever e

[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn."

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Wtf does that even mean

Twist what?

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices 19 points 10 months ago

Your arm out of its socket. Didn't you read?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

The knees most likely, in the end at least.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

My wife's uncle took her to a black diamond route her very first time on the mountain and abandoned her, just like your friend. She's not really willing to try skiing again because of the trauma of that experience.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Lol I'm guessing this person hasn't checked lift ticket prices in 2023. Any vail-owned resort is like $250/day now

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

$300/day in whistler this year. Fuck Vail.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

But is it worth it? Asking as a guy from a tropical country.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago

If you ski a shit ton and pay for the season pass, yea, probably. For a day or two? No lol. Better to just go to a local mountain where tickets are cheaper.

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[–] Matumb0 45 points 10 months ago (8 children)

If the weather is so nice that you could get a sunburn, then you can at least probably see something. But the worst part about skiing, at least in Europe, is that because of Global warming we have to little Snow, so we use a lot of electricity to create artificial snow. Way to go Europeans, at least we can ski for another five years even if the future 20 generations will suffer und this (if they survive).

[–] [email protected] 33 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Hey buddy, Nuclear winter could still happen in our lifetime. So you got that going for you.

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[–] Mr_Blott 7 points 10 months ago (8 children)

Laughs in nuclear and renewables and sprays snow in your face while skidding to a halt

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Second hand cross country skis from a charity shop : 250 NOK

Second hand poles : 100 Nok

Boots: too fucking much, but I have comedy size feet so I can't get them used.

Access to Norway's extensive network of cross country trails: absolutely nothing

Risk of injury.... Still pretty high, but skiing around under the northern lights is honestly pretty amazing.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Wait, I thought downhill skiing was the risky one. What are the risks of cross country skiing? I would have expected that to be pretty safe, aside from exhaustion and tree wells.

[–] hoch 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What are the risks of cross country skiing?

møøse

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[–] RampantParanoia2365 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'll come! I own skis, and don't need lessons.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

You cool with a snowboarder joining??

[–] PlantDadManGuy 7 points 10 months ago

Heck yeah boii. Just be sure to keep it stiizy

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Were I typically ski in Germany/Austria the most expensive ticket during the season is €44, but it's considerably more affordable outside the peak months and the tickets get progressively more affordable if you arrive later in the day. And let's be real, if you're skiing and aren't some sort of athlete a 12-4:30PM skiing day is long enough.

Ski rental is around €25.

You could have a skiing day for less than €60.

[–] ohlaph 9 points 10 months ago

The cheapest ticket near me starts at $85. I used to snowboard several times a week, but the cost has just over doubled since I started. I just don't go anymore.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

I love skiing so much, but this is funny as hell

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (8 children)

It's ironic, I used to live in a mountainous region and had a season pass so a day of skiing would set me back less than 30 bucks, but if I ever wanted to swim in the ocean, something that's basically free for many people, I'd have to pay easily more than the person in this post

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Don't let this discourage anyone from trying. Yes it sounds absurd when put that way, and yes the costs are getting out of hand at most major resorts, but it can be an absolutely amazing sport/hobby/passion/lifestyle.

The first few times add up cost wise, hard to get around that, but once you figure out what you're doing and make the decision the sport is for you then it gets better. With a season pass and my own gear I'm <$30cad a day on the hill, and that's at a major BC resort.

Still a big wad of cash for gear and a pass up front, and definitely coming from a privileged lens to say that it's affordable, but lots of people spend way more than that on take out, coffee, booze, streaming services, etc. All about priorities!

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

And what are you going to wear? Planning to ski naked? At least I don't have appropriate skiwear at home, gloves, visor, pants, jacket, etc. I remember the one time I skied as a child, a friend of my mom invited us. It was expensive even then, and not very fun, but I remember the clothes we bought specially for that one trip.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

The only way it was affordable for me was as a ski instructor, but then general life became unaffordable.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

I love Skiing!

Cheaper here—an 8ball is 150/200 for a rock of fishscale.

[–] big_slap 8 points 10 months ago

I went skiing with my dad last year. I snowboard all the time but it's been more than 10 years since he last went.

took him down a blue after he got his bearings again and he slam into another person from our group. the fall looked dramatic and we all laughed it off until he tried laying down in bed at night and started screaming in pain.

my dad had to have surgery on his arm and the other person from our group had a fractured rib...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Skiing has gotten absurdly expensive unfortunately. I remember when lift tickets were like $20/day. Oh well.

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