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vike daddy
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^^ umm... the verticals listed for those... err... "mountains"... are 2-300 feet.
that's it? what's that take to get down, ten seconds?
i've lived in western Montana for a few centuries now and the verticals there are greater than 2000 foot drops.
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| I can't speak to other places, but mt lacrosse has a 516 vertical, and the hills take between 12 and 45 seconds to get down. Most of the race course run about a minute. I've been to Montana a few times, and I would pay good money to be able to ski runs like that all the time. |
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vikingsrule
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 1:05 am Post subject: |
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| vike daddy wrote: | ^^ umm... the verticals listed for those... err... "mountains"... are 2-300 feet.
that's it? what's that take to get down, ten seconds?
i've lived in western Montana for a few centuries now and the verticals there are greater than 2000 foot drops. |
Growing up in Minnesota, I cross country skied a lot. I did some down hill skiing a few times in the Sierra Nevada Mountains when i was in Cali. I do get a kick out of some of the ski hills around here in MN. Takes like less than ten seconds to get to the bottom.  |
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vike daddy
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 9:10 am Post subject: |
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The newest registered user is PurplePeeps218
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perrynoid
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| vike daddy wrote: | ^^ umm... the verticals listed for those... err... "mountains"... are 2-300 feet.
that's it? what's that take to get down, ten seconds?
I've lived in western Montana for a few centuries now and the verticals there are greater than 2000 foot drops. |
...and if you're REALLY nice to the local Yeti, they'll give you piggy-back rides to the tops of the mountains!
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rbvf168
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Hey guys, I've mostly been lurking the forums for the past year or so but I finally decided to make an account.
Hopefully I can contribute to some discussions and not rage too much at how terrible the Vikings have been lately! |
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vike daddy
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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^^ both of those things would be good!
welcome aboard!
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Vikefan79
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| Quote: | | The newest registered user is SemperVike |
You guys ready for some hardcore discipline and PT?
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BirdsAyeView
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| Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2012 9:39 am Post subject: |
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What's up I'm BirdsAyeView but you can call me Dillon or Parrot. I've been on the forums for over a year, but I decided to start posting. I am a huge Vikings and Falcons fans, I hope to bring everyone some exciting post, info, and discussions!
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vike daddy
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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aye aye, sir!
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| perrynoid wrote: | | vike daddy wrote: | ^^ umm... the verticals listed for those... err... "mountains"... are 2-300 feet.
that's it? what's that take to get down, ten seconds?
I've lived in western Montana for a few centuries now and the verticals there are greater than 2000 foot drops. |
...and if you're REALLY nice to the local Yeti, they'll give you piggy-back rides to the tops of the mountains! |
When you live in that kind of country, you wear Telemark boots, and spend all day CLIMBING up the peaks for that single 2000-4000 foot downhill run. Only then can you really appreciate how nice a downhill run is. Oh yes, also, you have to be a LOT better skier than most Downhillers, as you have much longer and much skinnier skis, and you are wearing a 50 -75 lb full backpack, which will require you to keep perfect balance all the way down, or you'll fall back on your keester, or forward into faceplants, and go tumbling down the mountain to your death.
I was an economist for Native American and Native Canadian tribes in western Canada and western USA, and stayed on the reserves and reservations in B.C., Alberta, Montana, Washington, Oregon. Wyoming, Colorado, California, Arizona, Nevada Minnesota, and Nebraska. I got in a LOT of skinny skiing on mountains with pristine (uncarved snow). I've always taken my skinny skis with me wherever I go, including Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Morocco. I even got to ski right next to my apartment building in Wadi es Sir, Jordan, when they had a freak 1.5 foot snowfall. The attendants at Amman Jordan Airport thought I was completely insane for bringing skis there.
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vike daddy
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| Robb_K wrote: | | I even got to ski right next to my apartment building in Wadi es Sir, Jordan, when they had a freak 1.5 foot snowfall. The attendants at Amman Jordan Airport thought I was completely insane for bringing skis there. |
my son studied in Beirut, Lebanon for a semester. on one morning he skied, and then later that day swam in the Mediterranean Sea.
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| BirdsAyeView wrote: | | What's up I'm BirdsAyeView but you can call me Dillon or Parrot. I've been on the forums for over a year, but I decided to start posting. I am a huge Vikings and Falcons fans, I hope to bring everyone some exciting post, info, and discussions! |
A fan of the Vikings and Falcons, but have a Seahawks player for a sig? Interesting mashup there.
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Hi guys, I'm a big Vikings fan. I'm really excited that we are playing so good this season because the NHL is on lockout so my beloved Red Wings can't play 
I've been looking for a good forum to join with a ton of Vikings fans that actually know football. After reading some posts here, I was convinced this was the place.
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vike daddy
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i remember the original Thanatos. bad tempered guy, dangerous to himself too. it's where the term "euthanasia" comes from.
welcome aboard!
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