When carrying a camera skiing you also need to think about the damage it
might do to your body. Driving a camera through your rib cage is not good. I
used to carry the camera in a chest pack that had a hard-shell plastic piece
between the camera and me. I have not used that for years but it should be
around here someplace. It was adapted from a Patrollers radio pack. The
severity of crashes isn't very dependent upon the type of skis any more as
people are doing amazing stuff on free-heel skis. It's the speed and the
solidity of the things you collide with. Last month three people died skiing
at Teton Village. All three hit trees. The following week a guy died in an
avalanche in the back country. Right now the snow is very unstable from the
warm weather and the avalanche danger is high. I did a way-too-fast schuss
on nordic skis yesterday down a hill and through a grove of aspens that I
didn't think I would reach. Luckily there were no damaged trees. Today I did
about five miles through heavy snow with a pack. This old body is tired
tonight. I saw a Bobcat but could not get a picture. The bears are starting
to come out of hibernation so that is an added hazard as they are hungry and
ornery. /jmac
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Moose
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 1:36 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Next camera, and reliability when skiing
Are Alpine and Nordic talking at cross purposes here? I haven't done
much cross-country, but remember falls as rather gentle events.
Moose
gordross@xxxxxxx wrote:
>Hi Johan:
>
>Sorry fot the delay, life gets hectic at times. What I meant was crashes.
>Whatever pack you have, toss it off your rooftop and then jump onto it.
>That's similar to the forces unleashed in a fall. I would take the OM 4 and
>I like your lens choices, but why I mentioned the Oly Stylus Epic is that
it
>is weather proofed, has a very good 35/2.8 lens and slides into a pocket. I
>would alternate it with the heavy artillery. Go up with the OM gear on some
>runs, but when you want to ski more freely just take the Stylus.
>
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