Message #7102

[Gary]

Wow Jim...your technical swaveafair in ski pole knowledge is just astounding....I mean....I was drooling reading your technical jargon and knowledge. I mean, you've done your homework...inspirin g!

Now Ron..I agree with Jim here...first holding the straps correctly wrapped I believe would tend to diminish the likelyhood of thumb damage. Having said that.....sh_t happens.

Ron...we need to analyze your pole fulcrum and duplicate the kind of injury you have referred to in such explicit detail. I'm thinking the helmet cam should do the trick.....should be the first event at RSIII.

Lynn, I would agree that a lighter touch on the snow using the poles as a trigger mechanism makes for fewer pole airbag deployment  to the hands. Weighted pole plants have their place in "falling, catching yourself, and? harpooning a lift budger".  Pole airbags....come on...there's got to be a get rich quick possabilty there for sure....

Well Jim, I think the trigger mechanism is good but wouldn't work for me cause there's no place for me to wax it....

Me...I'm still "Strapless in Rochester"!? ?

Gary