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Well it seems that for the most part that everyone is a skier but I am luckily a rider and part time skier. I have always wondered about the list since Ben Bloom talked about it so much and because when we were in Lake Tahoe last year he was wearing this crazy plaid scarf on his coat and was just wondering what his attachment to this was, like a baby blanket? So he told me about the list and meeting people, finding others to ride with, people that just have a lot of knowledge in general and well travelled as we are starting to be. So I just wanted to say that I am stoked on being a part of the list and look forward to learning and contributing what I may. I want to say hello and thank you to Matt for giving us an amazing tour of Smugglers Notch. I would also like to say hello to leigh and tell him I had a wonderful time riding with him and his family and that his skiing was pretty kickin. For everyone else that was in our pack it was a pleasure and look forward to it again. As far as Ben Bloom, he is an amazing tele rider already. He has shown many of us what can happen after 17 days on teles and when your determine how quick you can progress. I owe Ben a huge thanks for putting me up at his place for 9 days and for bringing to MRG. Yes a snowboarder that can ski. I missed it but Ben always seems to find a way to push my limits and skills. His endless belief in my abilities is sometime rewarding for me. AFter not skiing for 3 years, on the first run i was carving very well and by the end of the day hitting bumps better than i had ever, except the last run down antelope. So cheers to all and hope to have many good interactions and meetings. Always Howie -----Original Message----- From: Vermont Skiing Discussion and Snow Reports [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Geoff Devine Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 4:04 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [SKIVT-L] Motorola radios, avalanches, replying Marc Guido says: > Cool, now I'm not the only techno-dweeb on the hill! ;-) I have a ski/pilot friend who has an Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) built into his wrist watch. It transmits at the same 121.5 frequency as the avalanche peepers. It's useless for finding your buried friends but he claims he doesn't have any friends on a powder day. Something to aspire to, I guess. Has anybody played with the new directional avalanche transcievers? I've only ever used the old generation ones where you have to search in a grid. The new ones are supposed to pretty much allow you to just walk right up to the buried transmitter. Geoff - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont. To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont. To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html