Anybody carry and ski?

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Akin to El Tejon...kinda, sorta...

I CCW.

It does get to freezing here in the South, we get snow, sleet ice, I do get out in this weather.

Now not exactly skiing, but navigating can still be fun...

My bestest slipping and sliding was running in from the rain with leather soled soles...staying upright was a chore. I bounced off a wall, then a door facing or three...

Didn't get many style points, did get applause.

Not bad for a Southern boy that has never snow skied, been on roller skates...
Waterskiing I can do...that my friends is a bit tricky to CCW. Doable, but tricky.

NAA mini revolver with a laynard is to fight your way to the 1911, to the 870 Marine , and Model 94 in the boat.

Hard part is getting into the boat. When you fall as pretty as I do [ read rear-ends and elbows] one is a bit tired to be pulling themselves up since the owner forgot the ladder...whew!

 

[Rockrivr1]

All I can say Brian41 is OUCH!!!!!! Two years ago I figured I'd try snowboarding. I took a lesson or two and attempted to make it down the bunny trail. Lets just say I made a whooping 2 runs in 6 hours. My back side hurt so much I though my ex wife was trying to rip out my colon. With her teeth no less.

Anyone who says snowboarding is easy. Hasn't tried it yet. Gotta agree though. Never once landed on my sides. Finally said screw it and went back to skiing after my neighbors daughter broke her wrist when her and I were trying to make it down on that second run I was talking about.

 

[luzyfuerza]

Is there a real good chance you'll need to defend yourself while skiing?

A pretty good chance?

Any chance at all?

Answers..........YES, YES, and YES

depending on where you live I guess.

I wear my shoulder holstered Anaconda while XC skiing in AK. you never know what lies around the bend. There are few brown furry mammals that one needs to be aware of.

Wait a second...don't most big, brown, furry mammals hibernate during much of the cross-country skiing season? I'd be much more concerned with the two-legged variety, myself.

BTW, my 442 seems to enjoy riding in a fanny pack while I'm cross-country skiing.

 

[John Ross]

I carry a 3 1/8" de-comped .500 S&W almost 24/7. You can easily ski with a gun (even this one) in a SmartCarry, with either standard-waist ski pants (or jeans) or the bib. I've done it, not because the mountain was dangerous, but because I wanted to see if it would be difficult. It wasn't.

JR

 

[Rockrivr1]

I carry a 3 1/8" de-comped .500 S&W almost 24/7.
JR

You must wear some pretty baggy cloths to conceal that monster. I have the comp version of that model and would never think to carry it 24/7. Not to mention if your shooting the 450 gr full loads that sucker hurts plus make you deaf in very short order.

 

[The_Antibubba]

Um, you might have been takingthings too literally when your buddy suggested you two track down some snow bunnies .

 

[modifiedbrowning]

Do any of you guys ever launch off jumps? That is why I don't carry when I snowboard. I have my keys in an inner jacket pocket and my wallet (thin) in a pocket on my upper leg. I can't imagine going off a jump and landing on my pistol. I've done enough damage to myself while snowboarding (broken left wrist twice, knee surgery, stitches, broken ribs).

 

[toivo]

Ok, I've been skiing since I was 8 years old and even seriously competed in Slalom and Giant Slalom during my younger days. If there's one thing I've learned the hard way is that there is no way to determine how you will land after a spill. I've landed on almost every part of my body.

I can second that. Ski long enough and you'll fall on almost everything, including your head. Probably the least likely contact point is the middle of your chest, but that's not guaranteed either. I'd tend to lump skiing in with swimming as a "no-carry" activity, but I'd make an exception for backcountry skiing where you might encounter some big, bad wildlife. But that kind of skiing tends to be low-speed cross-country where you're less likely to take a spill.