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From: wjh@bonnie.UUCP (Bill Hery)
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Subject: Re: Getting Serious about SAFETY
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Date: Wed, 11-Dec-85 19:04:15 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 11 19:04:15 1985
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> What do you people think???  Has anyone run into (almost run into) you
> from above and then cussed you out because you were "in their way"
> and so it was "your fault"?

I've been skied into or nearly skied into by uphill skiers more times
than I care to think about.  I've skied most of the major areas in
Vermont, New York, and the Rockies, and three areas stand out as areas
where this has happened to me the most (relative to the amount of skiing
I've done there):

Hunter Mt in NY.  The worst I've been at, especially around the
'midstation' area.  This is the only place where I've been run into
by an area instructor!  He was behind me on a float runout, and I made
a quick parallel stop; he missed me, but skied over the tails of my skis.

Killington VT.

Kitzbuhl, Austria (the only place in Europe I've skied).  They have a lot
of not-too-steep connectinf trails that the locals go straight down and
expect everyone else to do the same.  If you turn, watch out!

In general, it seems to me that these incidents correlate with the
general level of rudeness (lift line cutting, etc.) of the skiers at 
an area.