Re: Baldy Confidential
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:38 pm
graham wrote:Dream of breaking the land speed record by riding a blue plastic saucer down the Baldy Bowl
I think Clark Griswold holds the current record
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graham wrote:Dream of breaking the land speed record by riding a blue plastic saucer down the Baldy Bowl
lasvegaswraith wrote:DaveGill wrote:Luciano136 wrote:H2SO4 wrote:What exactly is funny about someone falling and needing an ambulance?!
Not funny but more sad. Each and every time a horde of people go up there, some sort of accident happens. Everyone can make a mistake but 90% of these accidents are people that do not have the skills or experience to go up the bowl. It's getting really old and puts the lifes of rescuers and other first responders on the line...
People do occasionally get hurt in the bowl, but it was more likely a sledding/snowplay accident at Manker. Back and head injuries are a pretty standard deal on weekends at the Flats when there's snow to be had.
Dave's right. it probably was someone barreling into a tree, sign, fence or parked car with a makeshift sled at Manker. It's always like that when there is a even a little snow up there.
I think most of those happened the previous weekendFortMental wrote:what..... no snowball fights? No igloos? No tic tac toe with piss? No toboggan speed records? Naked snow angels? Kite skiing? Giant mega snowball?
TacoDelRio wrote:Bruno, I love your use of the word clown. +50 points.
H2SO4 wrote:I don't normally find myself being part of the PC police, but as mountaineers, I don't think we should laugh at or be annoyed by people that do risky things for fun (sledding at Manker Flats). Getting hurt sledding is not any stupider than getting hurt climbing something really awesome, and it's easier and less risky for the rescuers to drive an ambulance to Manker Flats than to fly a helicopter to somewhere really awesome. Climbing is not an inherently superior activity to sledding, so given that we all climb knowing that there's some risk that we'll get stuck or hurt and require rescue, I think we should lay off people that require an ambulance for other reasons.
H2SO4 wrote:I don't normally find myself being part of the PC police, but as mountaineers, I don't think we should laugh at or be annoyed by people that do risky things for fun (sledding at Manker Flats). Getting hurt sledding is not any stupider than getting hurt climbing something really awesome,
H2SO4 wrote:I don't normally find myself being part of the PC police, but as mountaineers, I don't think we should laugh at or be annoyed by people that do risky things for fun (sledding at Manker Flats). Getting hurt sledding is not any stupider than getting hurt climbing something really awesome, and it's easier and less risky for the rescuers to drive an ambulance to Manker Flats than to fly a helicopter to somewhere really awesome. Climbing is not an inherently superior activity to sledding, so given that we all climb knowing that there's some risk that we'll get stuck or hurt and require rescue, I think we should lay off people that require an ambulance for other reasons.
H2SO4 wrote: Getting hurt sledding is not any stupider than getting hurt climbing something really awesome .... Climbing is not an inherently superior activity to sledding, so given that we all climb knowing that there's some risk .... we should lay off people that require an ambulance for other reasons.
Gary Schenk wrote:redneck wrote:H2SO4 wrote:I don't normally find myself being part of the PC police, but as mountaineers, I don't think we should laugh at or be annoyed by people that do risky things for fun (sledding at Manker Flats). Getting hurt sledding is not any stupider than getting hurt climbing something really awesome,
If the kids aren't getting hurt while sledding, they're doing it wrong.
That was always our philosophy back in Indiana. You had to, at a bare minimum, crack a rib just to maintain your street cred.