Has this happened to you?

rfarren

rfarren

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So, I was skiing at alta with my hot rods, which btw floated very well in the 18 inches of powder that fell the night before, and enjoying myself so much... when! All of the sudden, in the flats, going very fast, my tips dove, my boots released and my body dived forward head first slamming into the powder. I immediately decelerated as my feet practically flung over my head till I stopped. As this happened I felt my back pop. It took me about 30 seconds to compose myself, which is rare as I normally get up without hesitation. I got up and the pain seemed to subside a bit. I skied the rest of the day. I flew home that night on the red eye, but now 2 days later I still have a sore lower back. It's not too sharp. It hurts mainly when I bend backwards, but not really when I bend down forward. I'm just wondering if any of you guys have ever had this before. I mean I'm only 25, I shouldn't have my father's back.
 
Just wait, young Jedi...it only gets worse, and more frequent.

Could be something as benign as a lumbar strain, could be a herniated disk, or it could be something in between. The former is far more likely, though. Just give it time and see if it subsides. As it's been much more than 24 hours now apply heat often -- a $12 heating pad from Walgreens will help speed the recovery time remarkably if it's just a muscle strain.

Disclaimer - I'm not a doctor, nor do I play one on TV.
 
Thanks, for the encouraging and yet discouraging advice. Sorry I didn't get in touch on saturday. I was with my cousin, and he doesn't have the adventurous soul to try some of the more interesting terrain. Hopefully, I can make it out there again sans constraints and learn me some skiing from ya'll.
 
NP. As you may have seen in another thread I bagged Saturday due to both lost keys and howling wind. Sunday, though, more than made up for it.

Feel free to gimme a call next time!
 
Yeah, saturday was brutal! Catherines was nice, although the windblown was crazy dense. We called it early, we were really fatigued from friday at snowbird. You were right about ogden. I need to head up there for a week or so.
I particularly enjoyed snowbasin's mens room. Truly beautiful! The mountain wasn't too bad either.
 
I've actually witnessed firsthand the cliche of Far Eastern tourists taking photos within that men's room. Those opulent lodges were modeled on the River Run Lodge at Sun Valley, another of Sinclair Oil magnate Earl Holding's other little money pits.

The normally blase cafeteria line fare is also well above the norm at Snowbasin, taking a backseat only to Deer Valley within Utah. For the quality it's quite reasonably priced, too.

I never fully appreciated the lift-accessible terrain there until this year when Bob Dangerous took me out into No Name and beyond. Amazing stuff!
 
I had some of the most amazing corn snow off of elk ridge and moonshine bowl. I never really appreciated corn until that day. Truly fantastic. I also enjoyed riding in a gondola with a salty ol' man telling me how terrible the mountain is, and to make sure everyone knows it. Of course, he has skied there every possible day for the last 18 years.
 
Good corn, true untracked corn is amazing stuff. When it's those tiny little ball bearings that only shave off an inch or so on the top with a supportable base it's nearly as good as powder skiing. It's more elusive than powder, too, for in the spring you need not only the right weather cycle for several days but also a perfect sense of timing to hit it after it softens from refrozen coral reef and before it turns to unsupportable mank.
 
Yeah, the corn snow was special. It didn't get tracked out during the storm before we arrived. The slope was south east facing, and the weather was warm before hand. The slope was untracked, but the snow was corn. It was the first time in my life I had ever skied snow like that. So easy... it was a revelation! I'm enlightened now. I have half a mind to give up my job, quit my friends, and spend the rest of my life chasing storms, and then some sun! But seriously, it was incredible.
 
rfarren":xdr026is said:
I have half a mind to give up my job, quit my friends, and spend the rest of my life chasing storms, and then some sun!
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Pretty much the story of any East Coast transplant in Utah.
 
Yeah, the corn snow was special.
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Most easterners desecrate the term "corn snow" until they have experienced the real thing like you had at Snowbasin. Sorry, it doesn't get like that from snowmaking.
 
Tony Crocker":1wa6tps4 said:
Most easterners desecrate the term "corn snow" until they have experienced the real thing like you had at Snowbasin. Sorry, it doesn't get like that from snowmaking.
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Moi?

I never desecrate any sliding surface. Corn, powder...sand (oops - okay, many not sand :oops: ). Anyway snowmaking corn is faster than natural corn. :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
Anyway snowmaking corn is faster than natural corn.
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It would be impossible to have a condition like this with snowmaking snow. It was a whole face of a mountain that was untracked. After skiing it, I realized I had done something special. I had never had corn like this anywhere. What you are talking about with snowmaking is more like "spring conditions." This was a unique snow.
 
rfarren":3pwjfis7 said:
What you are talking about with snowmaking is more like "spring conditions." This was a unique snow.
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Sorry rfarren, I wasn't talking about your post. I was just pulling Tony's leg about an old conversation. Have to pull harder now that he's in France (and skiing LaGrave). :wink:
 
Patrick":2rwx3n2g said:
Tony Crocker":2rwx3n2g said:
Patrick should have skied some of this corn at Portillo.
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And you should have skied in Termas. :wink:
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Or you both could have hit Snowbasin at the right time and the right place. It would save you a bit of money in airfare. :wink:

Man I would love to go to portillo!
 
We get as decent a shot at real corn as anyone in California. Most recently on Spring Ridge and Holcumac at Mt. Baldy Feb. 23. Which is even cheaper than Snowbasin. :wink:

I would love to have skied the powder in Chillan, but it was unfortunately not on my itinerary. Since Patrick pesumably DID experience the real corn in Portillo, he SHOULD know the difference between that and the ersatz variety from eastern snowmaking.
 
Tony Crocker":2b036apg said:
We get as decent a shot at real corn as anyone in California. Most recently on Spring Ridge and Holcumac at Mt. Baldy Feb. 23. Which is even cheaper than Snowbasin. :wink:
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All this makes me even more excited about my upcoming move to L.A. albeit a ways away.
 
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