Roger wrote: > The motivation of every BC skier I've ever met is simple: powder. You've never toured with Sheffy then? His motivation is...er...his motivations are...um...he skins for.... OK, I don't really know. It's either a highly complex numerical algorithm, expressed in gram-feet per hour (or liters of oxygen per minute) or it's so Purely Simple that it can only be expressed as deep Zen Koan, the answer to which is a single snowflake or some sort of multi-talented synthetic fiber. - Patrick - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont. To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html