[pct-l] Glissssading

[cg@amz.com (Craig Giffen)]

Is it me or, wasn't there a flame war about 3-4 years ago on this list
about glissading thru-hikers "not being true thru hikers since they didn't
actually walk"?  I thought it was a funny statement. Me personally....I'd
glissade whenever I could, be it 2 feet or 30 feet (except I haven't
written in a "glissade speed" compensation into the new PCT planning
program, so maybe I should be against glissading...)




CG







 
> Here in the northeast, a lot of people have never heard of glissading.  
> Without big snowfields, it can be kind of difficult to find good places to 
> glissade.  Too many trees.  (Hmm, glade glissading, anyone?)  You end up 
> just doing short little slides every now and then.
> 
> I first learned about glissading in the Alps and there, it's just a part of 
> hiking.  Everyone does it.  Had some fun with it in the Cascades a few years 
> back, too.
> 
> Even though I've got built in skiis (long feet), I just don't have enough 
> opportunities to practice and get good at it.  So, we just wear our rain 
> pants for the descents and once our balance goes, sit down for the rest of 
> the slide...  Wheeee!