On 15/07/2011 11:29 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
ankfully she sees it as dangerous too.
>
> WTF is the Blaisdell imbecile yammering about... sking is far too
> expensive for the average family... yer gonna ski outside your door on
> the city streets... you need hundreds of bucks worth of specialized
> clothing, even renting skis and boots ain't cheap, lift tickets ain't
> free, and you need to travel and pay for accomodations. Only
> relatively wealthy families ski. But any kid can take a sled to a
> snowy hill in a public park and have a grand time for an entire day
> for free. And skiing is dangerous, very much so, deadly dangerous.

Curiously, skiing is a major business in many area. Entire families go
skiing. It is indeed fairly expensive to get set up for skiing, and if
you are only doing it once or twice a season it is expensive on a per
use basis. Single lift tickets are expensive, but season passes are
quite affordable. I just checked the cost passes at the ski resort next
to BiL`s chalet. You can get a night time season pass for $99, which
works for me because I prefer night skiing. They have a 5x7 pass that
offers 5 days and 7 evenings for $180. Youth and seniors anytime pass
is $480.

When my son was in high school he was in the ski club. The high school
sent three busloads of students across the border to ELlicottville NY
every Friday night. It was $185 for the bus ride and lift tickets and
something like $10 per night extra for rentals.

Skiing is great fun and great exercise. Sure people get hurt but I know
lots of people who have been hurt just as bad sledding or toboganning.

Cross Country skiing is great exercise and a lot less expensive. The
equipment is a lot cheaper and facilities are easier to find locally,
and most often are free.

I used to cross country ski and thought downhill was out of my budget.
I thought that is was a more rigorous workout. Then I tried downhill and
found out how much work it is. I discovered muscles I never knew I had
and there were times that I thought my thighs were going to explode.