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Re: Who The Hell Takes A Four Year Old On A Ski Chairlift? - chopper - 12-20-2009
My eldest kid started riding motorcycle when he was just a tick over three years old.
Re: Who The Hell Takes A Four Year Old On A Ski Chairlift? - Rick-o - 12-20-2009
davester wrote:
Doesn't seem that uncommon to me. As long as the kid is riding with an adult I don't have an issue with it. Accidents happen...would you feel better if it was an 8-year old who fell off the chairlift...or a 50 year old?
Well, I'm certainly no skier, so I would be the first to say I have little knowledge of the sport. Call my disbelief a gut reaction, if you want.
As most here are saying, it's not out of the ordinary for kids that young to ski. It just seems the wrong age to me, but what do I know? I don't remember any skiers in my pre-school class all those years ago. I believe it was in my teenage years when I first heard of classmates going skiing.
The kid couldn't have been too experienced, given his age, so how do you keep them from serious injury once you start down the hill? Do you hold their hand? Give them a pep talk before the big shove? Or what? :dunno: I know there are beginner slopes available, so maybe it wasn't as bad as I'm thinking. Do you need a chair lift to get to the bunny slope?
And no, I wouldn't feel better if it were an 8-year old or a 50 year old! Sheesh! 8-)
Re: Who The Hell Takes A Four Year Old On A Ski Chairlift? - samintx - 12-20-2009
Who takes a 45 yr old woman on a chair lift to the top of the mt to teach her to ski and leaves her? My beau at the time in CO. I finally got down the hill sans skis and a twisted knee...didn't speak to him all the way back to Denver! and no more dates.
Re: Who The Hell Takes A Four Year Old On A Ski Chairlift? - weapon - 12-20-2009
We are a skiing family. My nephew is 2.5 and we plan on taking him skiing next year at this time. By 4 he will be able to ski well enough, if everything goes right, and might need to take the lift.
Bunny slopes all have chairs now. The only other alternative is the rope tow.
Accidents happen. But not uncommon in the ski world.
Re: Who The Hell Takes A Four Year Old On A Ski Chairlift? - bruceko - 12-20-2009
I started skiing at 3. I think the t bar and Pamamlift were more dangerous than the chairlift. You should have seem me get launched when I grabbed the pamalift.
Re: Who The Hell Takes A Four Year Old On A Ski Chairlift? - dmann - 12-20-2009
I do remember getting hurt on the tow rope and once on the Tbar my skis got crossed and down I went. As did the 3 kids behind me.
DM
Re: Who The Hell Takes A Four Year Old On A Ski Chairlift? - michaelb - 12-20-2009
rope tows and t-bars are really tricky and hard. Every beginner falls. Snowboarding beginners really struggle. The best bunny slopes have "magic carpet" type lifts, like an airport moving walkway to stand on.
Some 4 year olds can really rip it up. I mean ski everything. But most kids need to have enough leg and body strength to really control the skis, and that happens later, so 5-6 more than age 3-4.
Re: Who The Hell Takes A Four Year Old On A Ski Chairlift? - macphanatic - 12-20-2009
I think that most of the ski resorts in eastern PA have gone to the Magic carpets in lieu of the tow ropes and pamalifts. Much easier for a beginner.
Re: Who The Hell Takes A Four Year Old On A Ski Chairlift? - SDGuy - 12-20-2009
Well, even 48 year olds can have problems with a chairlift...
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Re: Who The Hell Takes A Four Year Old On A Ski Chairlift? - BernDog - 12-20-2009
wowzer wrote:
If the parent got on that lift with her, they must be in bad shape too...I cant imagine that ride up not knowing what's going on with your child.
I hope that all turns out well...
That wasn't my first thought, but your post put me in a parental state of mind. If it were me in that place, my instincts would have probably had me jumping right off after them.