HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: puckett@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov (Jim Puckett)
Subject: Re: Warren Miller Ski movies (?questions?)
Organization: NASA/MSFC
Distribution: rec.skiing
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 17:56:11 GMT

regli@gimble.gimble.cs.umd.edu (William C. Regli) writes:

>In article <1992Nov2.172541.3380@phx.mcd.mot.com> mre@phx.mcd.mot.com (Mark Enstone) writes:
>	   Steep and Deep?
>	   White Magic ?
>	   Extreme skiing 3 ? (was there Extreme Skiing 1 and 2 also?)
>	   Extreme Winter ?

>They are all fantastic!  Nobody knows his subject quite like Warren
>Miller.  The basic format to the films is Mr. Miller and his camera
>crew spend the season going to different ski areas filming everything
>from the fantastic, funny, and bizzare.  His provides some
>semi-monotonous naration that is in direct contrast to his fanastic
>photography.

Semi-monotonous? That's interesting. I think Mr. Miller is _hilarious_! He
coulda given Bob Newhart lessons on deadpan delivery...8-)

jim p.
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i need to ask myself.....
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Newsgroups: rec.skiing
From: fahje@cvdv80.mayo.edu ()
Subject: Re: To all of you who call yourselves skiers..
Reply-To: mfahje@mayo.edu
Organization: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 19:40:12 GMT


--
I hope you ski better than you spell.



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From: woodside@maestro.mitre.org (Jim Woodside)
Subject: Norwegian Log at Steamboat 
Reply-To: woodside@maestro.mitre.org (Jim Woodside)
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, McLean, Va
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 13:27:03 GMT

	Has anyone stayed in or know about the Norwegian Log condos??
From: mahtab@spica.Corp.Sun.COM (Mahtab Beheshti)
Newsgroups: rec.skiing
Subject: Info on Buying Skiis
Date: 17 Nov 1992 18:46:29 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems
Distribution: world
Reply-To: mahtab@spica.Corp.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: spica.corp.sun.com

I'm buying skiis for the first time and was wondering
if people recommend a store and what brand/type of
skiis to get.

I'm a 5-4" tall female and been skiing for 4 years.  
I'm considered intermediate.

Thanks,
Mahtab

please email me directly: mahtab.beheshti@Corp.sun.com



Newsgroups: rec.skiing,co.general
From: dennisp@kpc.com (Dennis Preston)
Subject: Re: BOYCOTT Purgatory-Durango
Organization: Kubota Pacific Computer Inc, Santa Clara, CA
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:10:46 GMT


Yeah Steve, I was beginning to wonder if we've all lost our sense of the
absurd! See you and the Salmeister on Friday!
Newsgroups: rec.skiing
From: cloyd_j@apollo.hp.com (John Cloyd)
Subject: re: Norwegian Wood
Originator: cloyd_j@face_plant
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 21:00:51 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Apollo Division - Chelmsford, MA

In article <1992Nov19.122100.5638W@baron.edb.tih.no> sveint@edb.tih.no writes:
>To be honest, I'm very dissapionted.
>I just joined up with this conference, hoping to read something
>useful about skiing.
>What I found was this:
>A lot of nerds talking about bars and hotels!!!!!!!!!!
>You guys have really got a problem.
>A serious one.
>
>I'll be looking forward to any response to this.
>
>					Svein Tjoenndal
>           Cross-country skiing, the first (and real) winter sport
>           was invented in Norway by vikings about 500 AD. 
>           (I guess you just didn't know...)

    This makes me feel very guilty, and I apologize Svein, for not
keeping your needs in mind. I've meditated on your sig. and have
come up with some "real" ski issues that even the Vikings should be
able to get interested in...

1. Everytime I ski glades, the damned horns sticking out of my helmet
get caught in the branches. I tried replacing them with rubber horns,
which would bend, but the rest of the Vikings tease me. What should I
do ?

2. As a sign of respect for the inventors of cross country skiing, I
always wear a Viking helmet when I go. Unfortunately, it is rutting 
season in the north woods, and moose keep attacking me. I left my
shield home because I could not carry both it and my poles. Is anyone
else having this problem ?

3. Why is it that the disrespectful U.S. touring centers do not carry
Tuborg beer in their bars ? Perhaps they don't know who invented this
sport ?

Any others that I missed ?      

                                Have a good weekend,

                                              jc in me.
Newsgroups: rec.skiing
Distribution: world
From: STEVE_PAPPAS@uu0570.foggybottom.com
Organization: Foggy Bottom / Washington, D.C.
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 01:24:31 EST
Subject: Re(2): Is Killington Open

does this mean that big blue reads something more than the stock market
reports!?
Foggy Bottom - your FirstClass Mac connection in Washington, DC

Newsgroups: rec.skiing
From: nwickham@nyx.cs.du.edu (Neal Wickham)
Subject: Re: Colorado is getting dumped on!
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 92 03:25:41 GMT

In article <1992Nov23.032800.11304@mercury.cair.du.edu> mhartzel@shanghai.cba.du.edu (Mark_Hartzell) writes:

>	Denver expects 5"-10", the central Colorado mountains 10"-20", and  
>the SW part of the Colorado expects a little less by Monday night.  I  


...but the news said that Summit County didn't get as much snow as we did
here in Denver.  They said Rocky Mt. Park got two feet but locations
further west and south didn't get hit so hard (yet anyway).  Alta got
42 inches.  

Anyone know what some of the Colorado areas got out of this storm?

  

                                    NCW

PS

To people outside of Colorado:  it is still snowing as I type and is
supposed to continue through the night and into the morning.
From: kpm8447@tesla.njit.edu
Newsgroups: rec.skiing
Subject: Re: Weather Channel Ski Reports!
Date: 22 Nov 92 17:49:11 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology

In article <1992Nov20.185853.887@dazixco.ingr.com>, dlb@sunloaf.dazixco.ingr.com (Dave Buehmann) writes:
> In article <11376@sun13.scri.fsu.edu>, jac@ds8.scri.fsu.edu (Jim Carr) writes:
> |> 
> |> The Weather Channel targets its reports to the people it thinks are watching, 
> |> based on the time of day, and also has the technical means to feed different 
> |> reports to different regions of the country.  
> 
> Can you elaborate on how they have different feeds to different parts
> of the country?  I thought they only had a single satellite feed.
> 
> On a related note, a few months ago somebody asked how the local forecasts
> show up on the Weather Channel on local cable systems.  Does anybody know
> the details of how this is accomplished?  Are the inserted forecasts set
> up solely between the local cable outfit and the Weather Service?  Or
> are there any satellite transmissions involved?
> 
> 
> Dave Buehmann         Voice:    (303) 581-2318
> Intergraph (Dazix)    Fax:      (303) 581-9972
> 5101 Spine Road       Internet: dlb@sunloaf.dazixco.ingr.com
> Boulder, CO  80301

I think it is set by time.  I usually get the local forcast and still
hear the weatherperson talking..their timing must be off.

I find that the newscasters always stand over New Jersey when flashing
forcasts for 5 days or so, they always block out us Eastcoasters!

As for the Ski Report, they usually flip flop between West and East every
other hour, it's listed in the cable guide.

I found that the local forcasts vary greatly in different areas.  Mine is
just white type on black background listing places and temps.  My friend
lives 40 minutes north of me and gets local graphics with radar and highways
highlighted (Parsippany, NJ with Route 80, 287, etc)  Must better.
Before this discussion continues, I think we should get back to skiing.
- 

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kpm8447@tesla.njit.edu                                    kpm8447@teak.njit.edu
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From: cbrunson@vermont.East.Sun.COM (Chuck Brunson - Sun BOS Corporate Software Engineering)
Newsgroups: rec.skiing
Subject: vermont/NH conds
Date: 19 Nov 92 15:19:24 GMT
Reply-To: cbrunson@vermont.East.Sun.COM
Organization: Sun Microsystems
NNTP-Posting-Host: vermont.east.sun.com

Has anybody been to Killington or Cannon in the past few days that would
be willing to say what the conditions were? I'm considering being truant
from work tomorrow and thought I might drive up. Actually I'll take info
on ANY of the vermont/NH areas, Loon, Mt Snow, Okemo, Sugarbush, etc. TIA

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Newsgroups: rec.skiing
From: Paul.Meyer@StPaul.NCR.COM (Paul Meyer     )
Subject: Re: Please! Name our ski team
Organization: NCR NPG, St. Paul, MN
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 19:38:38 GMT

In article <1992Nov19.171441.9743@ncar.ucar.edu> ilana@kiowa.scd.ucar.edu (Ilana Stern) writes:
>From: ilana@kiowa.scd.ucar.edu (Ilana Stern)
>Subject: Re: Please! Name our ski team
>Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:14:41 GMT

>In article <BLANE.92Nov18172722@hobbes.sanders.lockheed.com>, 
>  blane@hobbes.sanders.lockheed.com (Michael Blane) writes:

>>   We are uncreative and need help choosing a name for our corporate NASTAR
>> team.  Previous monikers include Sprockets and Frost Heaves, so please, 
>> don't suggest one of those.  I will post a summary, so start thinking....

>Hmm...
>>Organization: Lockheed Sanders, Inc.

>How about Knockneed Skiers, Inc. ?  Or the LockHeedless Skiers.  Or
>Air Lockheed.

>When I was on the NCAR TeamSki team, we were the NCARvers.  My favorite
>team name was the National Park Service (NPS) who had two teams, the
>Narly Powder Snakes and the Nasty Pole Smashers.

>Sorry Chuck, we're not joining the team this year!

>-- 
>/\     There may be honor among thieves, but there's none among politicians.
>  \_][ <--NCAR Ilana Stern dod#009 r.b. cliff swallow ilana@ncar.ucar.edu    
>      \______________________________________________________________________


The best name in our league (may ro may not be applicable) is Slow White 
Guys!
Paul Meyer
NCR NPD St Paul, MN.
EMAIL TO: Paul.Meyer@StPaul.NCR.COM
From: kpm8447@tesla.njit.edu
Newsgroups: rec.skiing
Subject: Where's the cold?
Date: 23 Nov 92 13:24:46 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology

What happened to the cold?  It's 8:30am Monday, November 23rd and it's
about 62 degrees out!  I was skiing at Ski Windham on saturday in 50 degree
weather!!  I want some cold and want it now!
-- 

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Newsgroups: rec.skiing
From: mdoyle@sparhawk (Mike Doyle)
Subject: Info on ski areas
Keywords: Info, Ski
Organization: First National Bank Of Chicago, Chicago IL, USA
Distribution: misc.fitness, rec
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 23:05:19 GMT


	Building a databse of in-depth info on ski areas; lift ticket prices, lift system  
info, terrain, conditions, base accomodations, runs.  Any help on any North  
American resort would be greatly appreciated.

	Please send reply to mdoyle@fnbc.com
Newsgroups: rec.skiing
From: turtle@owlnet.rice.edu (Mark Edward Duttweiler)
Subject: SKIING SURVEY
Organization: Rice University
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 07:18:13 GMT


Someone once said on this newsgroup:
   "Opinions are like assholes, everybody has one..."

It has always seemed to me if you ask ten different people or read ten
different magazines trying to find out what is the steepest trail or the
best overall resort or whatever else; you will get ten different answers.
This has motivated me to put together a brief and very informal survey.  
The people on this newgroup seem to be very knowledgeable, experienced skiers,
and I am interested in capturing some of their opinions.  I will of course 
tabulate all the results and post them on the newsgroup.

If you think that this is a good idea, please take the time to fill out the 
survey and send it back to me.  If you don't think it's a good idea, don't.
Please respond by email only.

Also, if you have any suggestions for other categories, please let me know.
If the response to this one is good enough, you may see a second survey, with
the new categories included.

Finally, I must apologize if some of these categories turn out to be one in
the same for some skiers.

                                         Thanks for you time.
                                         Mark Edward Duttweiler
                                         Rice University



           --------Send responses to turtle@rice.edu----------- 

  STEEPEST RUN

  Name of Run                  Area
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.


  MOST CHALLENGING RUN

  Name of Run                  Area
  -----------                  ----

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.


  BEST RUN

  Name of Run                  Area
  -----------                  ----

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.



  MOST CHALLENGING AREA

  Name
  ----

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.



  BEST OVERALL AREA

  Name
  ----

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Organization: Freshman, MCS general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.skiing
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 02:18:14 -0500 
From: Javier Soltero <jsck+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Advice Needed

I just bought a pair of used Hart 180 skis with Solomon s727
bindings...I paid $60 for them and they are in extremely good condition.
The only thing is that I (although I'm a very experienced skier) had
never heard of the brand but they look good enough and I needed a pair
of skis really bad. My question to all you ski gurus out there....did I
make a good deal?

                                        thanks,
                                            javier
                                        javier@cmu.edu

Newsgroups: rec.skiing
From: cspas152@sus.edu.eur.nl (Edward v/d Jagt)
Subject: looking for adress of Warp-magazine
Summary: looking for adress of Warp-mag. (prev. Blast!)
Keywords: warp blast!
Organization: EUR
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 09:13:41 GMT


Does anyone have an adres for Warp-magazine (previously Blast!) ?

They put an ad in TransWorld Snowboarding, but they didn't put an adress in it.

Thx

==============================================================================
       ___o            Edward v/d Jagt               cspas152@sus.eur.nl 
      `\ <.            Erasmus University Rotterdam                      
      O/  O            The Netherlands               Tel.: +31-10-4502997
 This weeks quote : 

Phil Collins :

  `..so there are absolutely no cool people here ?'

Audience :

  `YEAH !!!!'
Newsgroups: rec.skiing
From: halabuda@vms.ecs.rpi.edu
Subject: Custom Insoles
Reply-To: halabuda@vms.ecs.rpi.edu
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 17:20:49 GMT

Does anyone have any insight on custom fit insoles for boots? The guy
I deal with highly recommends them. If I buy one of those Skiamericards
(or whatever it's called) for thirty bucks, I get two ski tune-ups for
half-price, and the insoles are 'free'. I'm more concerned with the
effectiveness of the insoles a opposed to the deal.

Any comments ASAP would be greatly appreciated as it looks like I'm
my new boots on Monday.

Thanks much...

...Mike

P.S. The word 'buying' should be in the last sentence above. :)
Newsgroups: rec.skiing
From: javery@bnr.ca (Joel Avery)
Subject: Re: Whistler/Blackcomb info
Reply-To: javery@bnr.ca
Organization: Bell Northern Research
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 14:54:14 GMT

In article <1992Nov17.132428.9150@ferrari.nmc.ed.ray.com>, fanning@NMC.ED.RAY.COM (Robert Fanning) writes:
|> 
|>   I have the oppertunity to go to Whistler/Blackcomb in March.

Do it.
|> 
|>   The touring company will put us in the Fox Glove condos.  Are these
|>   condos OK?  How close to the lifts are they?  Any general do's and
|>   dont's about the area?

These condos are a very short way up Blackcomb.  I believe that they are
fairly new.  The walk to the hill is a little longer than if you parked right
in the Blackcomb lot.  You will not be able to ski out all the way to the
condo, but probably half way.

These condos are almost the farthest from the bars and restaurants.  I'd guess
maybe a 10 minute walk.
|> 
|>                                    Thanks
|> 
|>   Rob Fanning
|>   fanning@iatc.ed.ray.com

-- 

Joel Avery   <javery@bnr.ca>
Newsgroups: rec.skiing
From: riander@well.sf.ca.us (Richard Ivan Anderson)
Subject: Berkeley Ski Club
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Distribution: ba
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 02:13:07 GMT

Two dozen friendly skiers meet the first and third Tuesdays of each month in
Oakland, Berkeley, and Albany to socialize, share food, and discuss plans.
They also meet most weekends at their $10 a night ski lodge near Squaw Valley,
where they socialize, share food, sleep, and ski - well, actually they ski
nearby.  Guests welcome.

For membership information, call Ron at the Berkeley Ski Club, (415)868-2215.

(You need not be a resident of Berkeley.)
Newsgroups: rec.skiing,ba.jobs.offered
From: grant@clarinet.com (Grant Robinson)
Subject: Unique opportunity to work at Tahoe...
Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp.
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 23:16:35 GMT

I have a rather unique opportunity to work year-round up at Lake Tahoe.
What would help to make it fly is a couple other individuals working for
Internet-connected companies willing and able to do the same.

The plan would be to form a small company and purchase our own 56K internet
link.  For more details, costs, methods of convincing your manager, etc., 
please send me email, grant@clarinet.com.  Even if you're interested in 
living up at Tahoe just part of the year, it may be worth looking into.

Certain constraints require that I be within striking distance of the Bay
Area, so Utah and Colorado are out for now. :)
-- 
Grant Robinson -- ClariNet Communications Corp, Sunnyvale, CA (408)-296-0366
From: sharp@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Ken Sharp)
Newsgroups: rec.skiing
Subject: Re: Steepness
Date: 20 Nov 92 20:11:43 GMT
Organization: the HP Corporate notes server

They cannot possibly mean the main run under the Exhibition Chair.
I could believe it if they mean a "Exhibition Run" off the Pallisades
Cliff stuff ABOVE the Exhibition/Headwall bowl area.  I have never gone
down that because it is so steep (and it is right above a fairly
crowded ski slope) but it sure looks like the steepest thing
that Squaw has.

Ken Sharp "Need more snow, still too many rocks"
From: azari@ksr.com (Nasser Azari)
Newsgroups: rec.skiing
Subject: Need info about skiing in the DENVER Area?
Summary: Need info about skiing in the DENVER Area?
Date: 22 Nov 92 18:54:58 EST
Organization: Kendall Square Research Corp.

Can someone give me info about cool ski places to go in the DENVER srea.
I will spend the Thanksgiving holiday there.
How to get discount lift tickets? A reasonable place to stay? 
Any good eateries (preferably ethnic, not too expensive)?  
Any nice clubs?  


Please send me mail at azari@ksr.com
Newsgroups: rec.skiing
Subject: Re: Peak n' Peek Info
From: James Anders Cuddy <jc4i+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 11:53:18 -0500 
Organization: Applications Software, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Hi,

   For what its worth, I learned to ski at Peak n' Peek about 20 years
ago, back in the days of the "T-bars and J-bars".  I try to get there at
least once a year right around Christmas.  The days following tend to be
crowded especially if they fall on the weekend.  However, they have quad
chairs now and the crowds shouldn't be anything compared to other
resorts.  You'll find the hills great for beginners and intermediate
skiers! It's definitly not Colorado, but always has some of the best
snow when it comes to Western PA!  This is due to the "lake effect". 
It's right in the "snow belt".  
    I just drove up route 79 and 90 to Toronto this past weekend (Nov
13-15) and they already had 8 inches of GOOD, light fluffy snow.  They
got 6 more inches while I was in Toronto and it was snowing all the way
home.  It made for some serious slow driving! North of Niagra Falls,
there is NO snow.  This was all due to the lake effect.  In short, it is
a early start to what should be a great season for snow up there!  I'm
sure there making as much as they can too.
    As for sledding, they used to sled all the way past "chair 3", but I
think they may have put in condos though.  This was just "on your own"
anyway, nothing organized.  The rentals there aren't too bad either.  I
can only remeber one or two rental places before you get to the resort,
but can't comment on the quality of their skiis or service.

Hope it helps,

 

Jim Cuddy
Applications Software Group
jc4i@andrew.cmu.edu


Newsgroups: rec.skiing
From: andyboyl@wam.umd.edu (Andrew 'OPIE' Boyle)
Subject: need cheap lift tickets for NE ski areas
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 03:01:59 GMT


Greetings,
I was wondering if anyone out there knew of any mail order companies
that sell discounted lift tickets for any place in NJ/NY/PA/CT/NH/MA?
If so, would you be soooooooo kind as to mail the address or phone #
to me.

Thanks in advance,
Andy
andyboyl@wam.umd.edu


Newsgroups: rec.skiing
From: pan_jt@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Jeffery Tai Pan)
Subject: Monoskis & Utah
Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 12:49:49 GMT


From: chapman@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Larry Chapman)
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 22:41:27 GMT
Subject: Winter Park 11/20/92
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: rec.skiing


John Byrnes, Ken Lewis, Bob Molcsan, and Paul Beiser all skied at
Winter Park today and had a great time.
Newsgroups: rec.skiing