tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650130703584309038.post8672013072227129236..comments2023-08-03T03:06:27.575+12:00Comments on Courtney Schafer: Want to read a deleted scene from The Whitefire Crossing?Courtney Schaferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00593975028655479293noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650130703584309038.post-4141974928509037542013-04-02T08:32:32.219+13:002013-04-02T08:32:32.219+13:00Ha! You mean, I look like this?
Face-first: well...Ha! You mean, I look <a href="http://redscharlach.tumblr.com/post/19565284869/otters-who-look-like-benedict-cumberbatch-a#_=_" rel="nofollow">like this?</a><br /><br />Face-first: well, there are often rocks lurking just under (or poking through) the snow, and you really, really don't want to hit those with your face rather than your feet. :P (Also, recall you are carrying a viciously sharp, pointy ice axe - also important to not impale your face if you hit a bump!) Of course on a "bunny hill" glissade with a nice safe runout like the one pictured, you could ditch the ice axe and slide down however you like. But many glissades are more like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkamGFJbn3Y" rel="nofollow">this one on the Middle Teton</a>. There's a reason that glissading is one of the top causes of fatalities and serious injury among Colorado peak climbers! It's terribly easy to get cocky and end up in an uncontrolled slide straight into a rockpile. Courtney Schaferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00593975028655479293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650130703584309038.post-4640331319898884752013-04-02T07:52:51.813+13:002013-04-02T07:52:51.813+13:00Whee!Whee!Paul Weimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02444942522624902562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650130703584309038.post-64670118573761566572013-04-02T05:53:06.174+13:002013-04-02T05:53:06.174+13:00Such fun! You look like an otter. :-)
In fact, ...Such fun! You look like an otter. :-)<br /><br />In fact, does anyone ever do one face-first, or is that only inviting a wipe-out?Steve MChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026970188928733645noreply@blogger.com