Didja know those danged pesky jet ski thingees can run on snow too? Yup, seen 'em with mine own eyes. Went for a 7-8 mile walk in a nearby state park yesterday and there they were, 50-75 of them suckers. They come with some kind of attachment thing underneath that looks like a squished down hamster wheel and outrigger ski things to maintain balance I guess. Actually there were a variety of styles. Some had them ski things, some had four fat wheels on 'em, some only had three wheels (would that be the economy or expert model?) and sho' 'nuff, some only had two wheels. Didn't see any unicycles tho'. They all made that loud whiny noise them little bitty Japanese motors make (why don't they use a man's engine like a Harley?) and emitted those disgusting bonoxious gaseous fumes. For the most part, these were the same dorky types ya see in the summer out on the water. I recognized a few of 'em even with their fancy designer overhalls and football helmets. Everything was color co-ordinated and they sure looked purty, even though they didn't drive any better. Yup, they was out there making them same hairpin turns and sending up showers of snow, rev'in those pukey little enginges for all they were worth, 'n acting like typical butt holes. Some of 'em musta been beginners or sumthin, 'cause they didn't go so fast and when they saw ya they'd hold up their hand so the machines behind would know you were there. And these folks wouldn't hardly try to run ya over a'tall or even buzz ya to see how far you'd jump. I got out to the park around 8am and there was only a couple of lone riders then. I was comin' back around 10:30 when they started appearing in force. (Guess their hangovers was startin' to wear off by that time). 'parrently they ain't very tuff 'cause they mostly hunt in packs of 4-5, sumtimes 7-8. Guess they like an audience when they perform their amazing tricks of derring do. Dunno where I'm gonna go now to get away from them. Hikin' the back trails will keep 'em outa sight but not outa my ears. The poor old bones creak too much for winter mountain climbin' and 'sides if them mountain bikes go up there, them things would be up there too. Wonder if there's any places around to go bouldering? Ain't likely they'd take kindly to rock fields, or would they? Unfortunately I'd prob'bly slip and fall down behind some big ol' rock and stay there till the found me in the springtime. Or do I really want to start winter 'yakkin just for a little peace 'n quite? *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Them jet ski thingies you are talking about are called snow-mobiles (don't try to hang them over the babies crib, though) or ski-doos. They actually came out before the jet ski's. I guess the folks wanted to practice in a place where they wouldn't drown if they fell off. Then they started taking them ski-doos across short stretches of water. There was even talk at one point of putting sp*****ns on them!! I guess eventually they wore out them skis on the front, because they kind of stopped using them. Then they wised up enough to put floatation in them, and it went downhill (down river?) from there. But they still keep the "training machines" around and use them during the winter, it takes a lot of practice to be that annoying! Mike Paddler and snowmobiler. -- Paddling along through fog so thick that only one's thoughts are visible, your reverie is abruptly shattered by the ancient cry of a great blue heron as she lifts uncertainly from the brilliant blue of a mussel-shell beach witnessed only by the brooding, wet spruce....your passage home seems as much back through time as it does through space. Mark H Hunt *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Piano wire about stretched between trees about 5 feet off the ground will take care of those pesky critters.. > Didja know those danged pesky jet ski thingees can run on > snow too? Yup, *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Hey Clyde, I'm not sure if that was written tongue in cheak, but you probably saw snowmobiles. Last I checked (and I have to admit to being a part owner of a Seadoo) these suckers wouldn't run on land under any circumstances. Hope you find some solitude away from the noisy pack. - Scott *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, ssives_at_erols.com wrote: > Hey Clyde, > > I'm not sure if that was written tongue in cheak, but you probably saw > snowmobiles. Last I checked (and I have to admit to being a part owner > of a Seadoo) these suckers wouldn't run on land under any circumstances. not true, they run on land, and water!! http://www.cynosure.org/snow_water_races/index.html > > Hope you find some solitude away from the noisy pack. > > - Scott no approving it, but had to correct a misconception... mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com----http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark ---- # mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index to club websites i administer] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Fortune: "In a world without fences, who needs 'Gates'" -- Scott McNealy "In a world without walls, who needs 'Windows'" -- Dave Livigni *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
- >On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, ssives_at_erols.com wrote: > >> Hey Clyde, >> >> I'm not sure if that was written tongue in cheak, but you probably saw >> snowmobiles. Last I checked (and I have to admit to being a part owner >> of a Seadoo) these suckers wouldn't run on land under any circumstances. > >not true, they run on land, and water!! Those are snowmobiles. Very impractical on water, very annoying on snow, very useful in Canada's north. Snowmobiles are the parents of Seadoos, which are strictly water based. Some snowmobiles can do rather well on water for a short distance but have to keep the speed up or they sink like a rock. I watched an arctic documentary & was surprised to see Inuit crossing narrow open water leads between icefloes with snowmobiles. They had a board fastened between the skis for lift. ------------- Lloyd Bowles The Mad Canoeist "Keep the open side up!" http://www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/clearstreets/358/index.html *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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