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Since we have a chairlift thread, here is a companion. My activities are very ordinary, and since going to MK this week I can tell you that...
I continually search for hankies, blow my nose, pull up my trousers (which fall down) adjust my boots, take off my gloves and clean my specs. Any SH members of the pylon high club ? 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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snowbunny, Pray
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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IncogSkiSno,
What are you hoping for, something exciting?
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What I do on a draglift is similar to what I do on a stairlift. Just hold on and wait for the excitement of reaching the top.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I'm with IncogSkiSno, and, if on my board, I pray. Pray hard that is. If on skis I quite happily admire the view on the way up and avoid getting on behind another boarder.
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I usually look out to see where the children have fallen off. 
There were some nasty drag lifts in Isenau (near Les Diablerets) last year, which lifted my youngest clear of the ground for quite a distance near the top. As she sailed through the air, she slowly rotated so that by the time the lift put her back down again, her skis were at 90 degrees to the line of travel. Each time we did that route (and there weren't many options otherwise) she just hung on and was dragged the final 50m up the piste. There was nothing we could do about it, but it is a little scary as a parent.
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look out for off piste routes I can try
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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On the "Mother of all t-bars" on the glacier at Saas Fee, Mrs H taught me new combinations of swear words that I hadn't heard before 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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saxabar, Try 'Betty Swallocks' open pants vent and an old steep button in Livigno that's lost its plastic insulation . . . I left a fair chunk of intimate skin on that bar 
Boarders should always adjust their "dress" to 'switch'
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Oh, and I also sometimes eat snack bars and quite often sweets, as well as doing the other stuff 
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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snowbunny, But we do develop incredible inner thigh strength while doing so . . .
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Poster: A snowHead
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I pray that the end of the lift will arrive before the end of the knees. Those with arthritic fetlocks will know the feeling.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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snowbunny, If you have knackered knees the slight bend in the knee, even when resting on a drag, can become gradually more painfull. The only way to rest the knee is to straighten the leg. Me and my mate "big Dave" will often clip out of our skis and have a little walk about after a long drag. The steeper the drag, the less strain on the knees.
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I keep a close eye on the upcoming terrain. Ever had that, "whoops there goes an edge" feeling ? Normally swiftly followed by the cessation of uphill momentum........
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Usually I just try to pay enough attention not to fall off However I have been known to risk dropping gloves, poles, hat, goggles etc by taking pics or walkie-talkie-ing (sic).
When feeling more focused I might 'walk' up to warm-up old cold muscles, or balance on one ski or edge and rail my skis on the way up. But if it's a howling gale I just tuck my chin in, keep arms close and keep warm.
I've seen an instuctor slide-slip up and even swap between riding up normally and switch.
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When in a group Pass The Poles is mildly entertaining, veer off sideways and plant a pole for the next person and so on until the last person has collected them all
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FenlandSkier, sounds like you could have split your difference It amazes me though, that when people fall off drags, they don't have presence of mind to get out of the way as quickly as possible, and gather their pride and belongings whilst in a safe position. Unless an injury has occurred, it has to be a case of get out of the way !
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mjg, One of our group (male) had a pee on one once. Couldn't believe the audacity or it, nor the bravery or dexterity. How he managed to get it out, avoid contact with a cold bar, avoid peeing on himself, I know not.
Before the deluge of complaining femails, it was not me, he is not a Snowhead.
He's also peed off a chairlift. Not noticed any strong odours in cable cars to suggest he's going for the set.
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Cymru am Byth, are you sure this individual wasn't Carol Thatcher ? ( meaningless gag if you haven't been watching "I'm a celebrity...... get me out of here" )
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Timberwolf, or Paula Radcliffe
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I usually get the thing the wrong way around, then get launched whilst fumbling trying to get it the right way round, then get whiplash, and if it's been snowing a lot then occasionally end up in the powder to one side.
If I succeessfully reach the top, then I worry about the really steep bit they insist on installing, and work out how to best avoid the goolies getting crushed.
As you can probably tell, I hate draglifts, and hate T-bars even more.
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I tend to bend my knees alot on drag lifts. sitting back onto my haunches. I find I really need to stretch off lots on drag lifts. I do tend to sing a lot too. I am rubbish at singing but hey I am on holiday so who cares!
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You know it makes sense.
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Fall over repeatedly (well i do on the fairwater dryslope at any rate.)
In the past 3 sessions ive fell at the top twice (trying to get it to tow me up higher towards the start gate at 45degrees to the lift).
along with 3 times half way up the hill (once trying to tap our race captins behind with a poll after she stood in the way, the other 2 times caused by watching the racing instead of where im going, then losing a ski over the edge.)
Best draglift in wales has to be the one at the ponty slope, that can lift all 15st of me clean off the ground!!! On that i just cling on for my life.
As for on snow, much more boreing, just tend to play with the ipod to save time at the top.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I lick the pole to see if my tongue freezes.
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Poster: A snowHead
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All you boarders who refuse to go on drags are missing a trick. Like Masque says, there's not a problem with drags other than the hard pull on your inner thigh - anyone who can get down red runs without falling should be able to ride a drag. And on T-bars, if like me (regular) you are lucky enough to have a GF who is goofy, it can be a very romantic experience...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
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drift over to the side and experimentally drag a pole tip in the untracked to test the snow conditions
swap from one edge to another as an alignment issue (which I must get fixed) stops me from getting my right ski flat
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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You'll need to Register first of course.
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Err yes 
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On one particular, nearly flat draglift in Thollon, I keep looking over my shoulder awaiting to see my friend on the next button, then the next, and next . . . and I eventually get to the end and all the empty buttons come up, and still no sign of her. Some 10 mins later, my friend catches the button. Every year, without fail, she has problems with this particular lift, and several other drags in other resorts too. All highly entertaining for us at her expense. 
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I avoid drags like the plague. Always look for a chairlift instead to give the old legs and plates of meat a rest
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Try to avoid all those who fall off and then decide to have a gentle sunbathe in the middle of the lift path.
Did have one especially interesting lift experience where we were dragged up the mountain by a T-Bar attached to the back of a piste basher! Seriously scary, because if you fall off, there ain't a chance the driver'll notice u, and all the lifts were closed at that point so we would have been stranded in the mountains somewhere. Needless to say, we gave the man a fairly hefty tip once we stopped!
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I'm with jedster: there's always that sign that means "No Slalom". So I just have to slalom. I try to get out as wide as I can, but it always seems some other guy has managed to go wider.
One day I hope to go up a drag lift backwards.
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