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nah we're worse. First one definitely isn't free

There have been many wasps this summer which has me worried about this time of year when they get pissed. I'm sure I'll be getting stung walking around the bush soon enough.

Posted by: earleb

Posted by: nickel

The rutabaga step up is hard for sure although it can be done. i feel like people are trying too hard from the moment they go over the rock drop. it's about exit speed from the last berm, not entry speed. no sense going into the corner super hot if you can't carry the speed out. 

also, and please understand i mean no disrespect, if you're only just learning to clear the moon booter you've got some more work to do. that thing is a gimme and you can land at the bottom of the thing.

None taken. My "anyone get the step up" was just a poorly worded request for help / feedback. I have no delusions that I have real jumping skills. I won't be clogging up the new Merchant features or Crab Apple anytime soon. 

I do think the new found confidence on the moon booter will pay dividends on the jumps I do hit. 

*Signed 42 year old guy that gets maybe 2-3 park days a year and a has more xc background than dh. *

I'm glad you're enjoying it, that jump is certainly satisfying as heck and is a step in terms of psychological commitment. The last jump on a-line is similar in that sense. 

For a lot of people it's hard to clear and then all of a sudden it's like a lightbulb switches on and you start making it and enjoying it. For many people, this is very quickly followed by the realization that you can overshoot the bejeezus out of both which is a bit ironic. 

The real impediment, as with many things, is psychological.

The rutabaga step up is hard for sure although it can be done. i feel like people are trying too hard from the moment they go over the rock drop. it's about exit speed from the last berm, not entry speed. no sense going into the corner super hot if you can't carry the speed out. 

also, and please understand i mean no disrespect, if you're only just learning to clear the moon booter you've got some more work to do. that thing is a gimme and you can land at the bottom of the thing.

If you do it safely, as in not even close to cutting anyone off, I don't think anyone would say anything although everyone's different. 

Personally, I hate when it gets posted on the interwebz as we usually get asked to build an impediment or patrol get told to put more ugly fence. God I hate the fence...

never mind, found it.  Good thing he's too old to go viral and that it has been there and been done for years.

I don't get it but I'm sure i will at some point...

Posted by: hypa

Its not going anywhere. I talked to the trail crew yesterday and they wee removing the sign posts. I give Tongue a ton of credit for attempting this. I mean, someone was going to try it.

you maybe got played as the boys were being pestered by every single person who came by. We've been forced to put an archway up at the far end as safety closed the feature once the video of buddy eating shit went viral and demanded a solution.

Posted by: ReductiMat

He totally had that... it's way too narrow to even think of whipping it on that thing.

was discussing this with a friend. Likely didn't intend to whip but that takeoff is not built for a 60ft jump so he probably had to do a bunch of correcting. 

Overall, I'm disappointed by this tbh. It's why we can't have nice things. I wish people could just behave themselves a bit.

Posted by: Bull_Dozer

Posted by: nortonwhis

You can eat your bagged lunch at any restaurant on the mountain. They have a microwave in the seating section at Glacier Creek. I regularly microwave uncle bens rice bags and add tuna, then poach their Sriracha, soy sauce, maybe even a dollop of free mayo. they do discourage from bagged lunches inside at Crystal and horstman just cos they are small, though if im hanging around the Horstman hut late in the day ill always eat snacks there and never get hassled.

My point is that I think it's a little weird that Whistler doesn't have any sort of base lodge when most other ski hills I've been to have one. I'm not super worried about finding a spot to eat a bagged lunch, that was just an example of something a lodge would be used for. 

Another recent example - I was riding the bike park this summer and it started raining quite heavily, so I just ended up hanging out under an awning in a random part of the village for 30 mins. 

It's just weird that nothing like this exists because I think it would be quite functional.

base of blackcomb has the day lodge which is also open in summer. base of Creek has dusty's which only sort of fits the bill although upstairs is almost always deserted. base of whistler is a shit show and anything like what you're describing would be crowded beyond any semblance of usefulness.