Terryl:? Then you have obviously missed out on the tactile thrill of having a nice pair of Leki Garter Straps gently surrounding your hand, attaching firmly to your poles and providing both the soothing tactile sensations of going strapless while still retaining the poles under complete control without all of that cumbersome "strap stuff"; all the while still facilitating the shedding of such poles via the "emergency pole release mechanism" as desired.? In fact, when skiing in trees you can let go of your poles to facilitate tree avoidance maneuvers (or to push branches out of the way) and the poles remain near your palm, ready to leap back into duty at the mere suggestion of fingers seeking the familiar contours of the grip.
As far as "following" anyone through the trees (or anywhere else for that manner), I have it on good authority that you are 'whoosh and gone' and a follower not??
I am usually the follower.? I pause briefly to absorb the wonderful beauty that surrounds skiing, and when I look up all I see is disappearing ski partners off in the distance.? Gary is kind enough to wait either at the bottom of the hill or the place where I will fall trying to follow along, but I never see how he gets there.? It must be the topsheet wax.? ?
Respectfully,
Whim.?
(I assume that is some phonetically soft Canadian enunciation for the letter J, sort of like Spanish?? We pronounce it much harder down here.)
By the way, I am a bit senile.? Have I expressed my appreciation for another female viewpoint on the forum?? Welcome!!? You may want to emphasize to Gary that you are a woman.? It took him a while to realize that "midwif" was a female (maybe the second day of skiing, or the first episode of what we lovingly refer to as boot _e_.)? No insult intended toward you Lynn.
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