Alpine_Junky Posted November 28, 2005 Posted November 28, 2005 <a href="http://news.bellinghamherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051128/NEWS09/511280336">source</a> My deepest condolences to the family. This Sunday vancouver man skied of a cliff (on Pan Dome) near chair one after getting off "the chute" dbl black diamond run. He wasn't familiar with the area but apparently still ducked two ropes. Very sad, be carefull even "in bounds". So sad. -Scotty Quote
Cobra_Commander Posted November 28, 2005 Posted November 28, 2005 Ducking two ropes = not in bounds. Tough to even call it a skiing accident. http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40164 Quote
TrogdortheBurninator Posted November 29, 2005 Posted November 29, 2005 Still within Ski Area boundary. Many of the best lines at Baker involve ducking one or more ropes. Unfortuneately many visitors don't know what ropes are good to duck and which aren't. The article may refer to a spot where people regularly duck one rope, then traverse back out before the cliff band. This is a fairly popular line in that case. As stated on TGR continuing down the fall line here is much less common. Condolences to the skiers family. Quote
Alpine_Junky Posted November 29, 2005 Author Posted November 29, 2005 (edited) What I meant with the ""s is that many don't exactly feel they're in the backcountry when they duck a rope. I know that we should all, technically speaking, consider out of bounds as backcountry as being fifty miles from a resort, especially at Baker. Nonetheless I don't think that's a reality in the minds of most. In truth, you duck the ropes your out of bounds, and at Baker it's serious. Same with Alpental, fuckin' watch out there, nearly lost my Dad to a cliff there in the 80's. It may stupid and unecessary incident, but it's a tragic accident even still. The guy didn't have a death with I'm sure, but ignorance can be a killer. I never met the guy, I'm sure I would have liked him if I did, I think what he did was stupid but I don't know his story. It could be as simple as his friends don't smoke and he went off to smoke a bowl and got in some dicey terrain, you never know. -Scotty Edited November 29, 2005 by Alpine_Junky Quote
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