Comments on: JHMR implements helmet policy

By: Stallyn1

Stallyn1 — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:44:46 +0000

So that means the cooks, ticket persons,hotel clerks, all employees, should wear helmets to fair is fair right

Maybe we should not play on the mountain at all, just sit and watch tv, that would be much safer and conformist.

By: D

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:52:50 +0000

This is a sad story all the way around. When do you take a step back and let people have the freedoms that this country was developed on. I for one don’t wear a helmet and struggle with the choice to wear one or not I know full consequences’ of choosing not to, and I will only have my self to blame if something happens. Seatbelts, helmets, etc all the same we are all old enough to decide for ourselves and then pay the consequence or reap the rewards from the choice.

By: Anguish

Anguish — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:47:41 +0000

We’re all boarders in the end, either single our double.

By: bzig

bzig — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:04:49 +0000

snowcialists

By: js

js — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:56:55 +0000

dswift, I used to struggle with that during my days at the News; hence stories with “schussers” and “alpinists” in the lede.

“riders” should suffice, but, as you point out, doesn’t quite cover it.

political correctness on snow. I should go with “skiers,” with snowboarders implied, but I might risk snubbing my knuckle-dragging friends.

By: dswift

dswift — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:40:32 +0000

Jim, your post inadvertently reveals another vexing problem: the fact that there is no single word for sliding downhill on snow whilst standing erect upon man-made boards.

You were forced to write “. . . when skiing or riding . . . ” when a single word akin to “riding” should be sufficient to encompass both styles of conveyance.

But not “riding.” “Riding” suggests snowboards, bikes, figls, ‘biles, sleds, and those bike-ski dealies. But somehow “riding” does not suggest the use of skis.

There are times for cutting back, minimizing, saving ink, saving time, saving grace. Therefore I propose the formation of a Snow Semantics Panel (maybe we should call it the Snow Semantics Death Panel to get the kids on board) to decide on a short, sweet single verb that means “skiing, snowboarding, whatever.”

I propose “sni.” As in, “Sniing any good in T-bowl today?”

By the way, is it?

By: kp

kp — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:04:16 +0000

Well…the can of worms has been opened…and we can all thank Vail for setting the standard, really. Kathryn’s accident had very little to do with it all. Have to say JHMR went to bat for the right to have the choice to wear or not, however, it’s inevitable that the policy will become mandatory helmets all the time…not just in certain situations. It’ll probably turn into a marketing/PR tool, too, for JHMR. “The future’s so bright I gotta wear”…a helmet.