realskiers

Well, if you'd gone to Kimball like I told ya to, ya coulda rented some Mythics.? Would have transformed your persona forever, cowboy.

We did go to Kimball quite a bit (Starbucks, ABC store and two restaurants).? However, for skis I was looking for something wide, not a MID-FAT like the Mythic Riders.? However, I'm not sure that this "cowboy" wants to have his persona changed forever.? Are we back to BrokeBack again?? ?

The Mythic Rider (I think) is 122-88-110.
My Watea 84's are 126-84-112.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

So I would get 4mm of extra waist but give up offsetting width in the shovel and tail.? Not enough difference to notice, I assumed.? ? But I'm glad you like your Mythics; I also like my 84's.
I thought about renting Watea 94's, but they were only available in the 186+ length and that seemed long (my 84's are 176).

BTW, my experience with horses was equally challenging.  A friend from high school had recently acquired access to a couple of horses and he had become a pretty good rider, so we decided to go for a ride while I was visiting.  In Kansas, open territory, and we were having a great time until we decided it was time to head home and to recross the Walnut river.  The dirt on the far side of the river was a bit muddy and his horse sank into the mud up to its haunches (while mine is still standing knee deep in the river.  I was convinced that the horse was going to break it's leg, or that we wouldn't be able to get it out of the mud.  I can identify with it now a bit, because it is just as hard to walk in snow boots in waist deep snow.  Fortunately all worked out OK except for horse and rider being quite muddy, but riding horses isn't quite as easy as it looks on television, and the sense of being responsible for the well-being of the horse was sort of over-whelming at the time (as was the later experience of realizing that family now included a child and I was responsible for the welfare).

So Lynn, have we beat horses and BrokeBack mountain to death enough??