What Are You Doing Right Now? (278 Viewers)

[JCK]

I've had great winter vacation experiences, but none of them involved skiing. In fact, whenever they did involve skiing, skiing sucked the opportunities out of the rest of the vacation -- given the time commitments to get there through traffic, wait for lifts, etc., etc.

So it makes me ask: why is skiing so uniquely positioned as the dominant way to exercise muscles in winter? It doesn't take half a brain to come up with a series of other outdoor activities you can do in winter. There are few things in summer that you can't do in winter that don't involve submersing yourself in water.

If you've ever been approached by the someone doing time-shares our tourism packages, you typically find that the aggregation of investment is around beaches or skiing or the occasional urban cultural trip. But little else. Which begs the question: why has skiing dominated 99% of the financial investment for winter vacationing?

Any vacation built around a single activity seems very one-dimensional to me is all. Even Las Vegas figured out a long time ago that promoting tourism there primarily around casino gambling is too one-dimensional.

I run all year long, Swedish winters included, that's exercise in winter. Running is not an activity you engage with the entire day though, skiing is. I don't get your opinion against the activity itself but for me it just like another interest, I don't get your way of spending time, energy, money and other resources on an espresso maker at home for example.

Your reasoning behind the marketing aspect is something else though, I understand how commercial it is to promote ski resorts and I know how the quality of other activities around skiing is somehow lacking but in the end I think it is worth it because the whole thing is just fun. I like waiting for the lift, getting up there, looking around on a sunny day, take a small chocolate bite and swoosh down the slopes just to take the lift up again.

 

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[swag]

I totally get the espresso opinion.

But maybe it is just the cadence of it all I haven't been able to appreciate. I can do all-day things, but not get enjoyment out of them day-after-day for multiple times per winter the way I know people get timeshare rentals in Lake Tahoe not far from here. I can have fun spending the day birdwatching or hunting or rock climbing. But I guess I'm the type who gets bored spending consecutive days doing the same all-day thing over and over again.

Hey, even watching football I need a break sometimes.

 

[JCK]

Yes, we all appreciate the summer stops for football. This is why international football annoys me sometimes and now if Qatar want to mess up the entire calendar it might be even more annoying.

 

[IrishZebra]

I'm trying to wean myself into a flexible routine so I don't 'lose a day' when anything happens. I imagine skiing would fuck me right up because I find no fun in physical activity aside from the rush afterwards.

 

[Völler]

I'm trying to wean myself into a flexible routine so I don't 'lose a day' when anything happens. I imagine skiing would fuck me right up because I find no fun in physical activity aside from the rush afterwards.

What do you mean by "lose a day"?

But really, skiing is awesome. Even if you don't like physical activity normally, it wouldn't surprise me if you enjoyed skiing.

 

[Kate]

I've had great winter vacation experiences, but none of them involved skiing. In fact, whenever they did involve skiing, skiing sucked the opportunities out of the rest of the vacation -- given the time commitments to get there through traffic, wait for lifts, etc., etc.

I disliked it for that reason, and because whenever we went it seemed that everyone had to want to do the same thing at the same time, or else it wouldn't work. Which led to me having to go skiing when I would rather stay at the lodge and read my book. But this was when we were kids, so we were more forced by parents to all be together. But I do find things where you spend more time getting ready for the sport, waiting for turns to do the sport, and getting back from the sport than you actually do having the fun, to be really tedious.

I hate going to the beach for a very similar reason.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

skiing is awesome until your nasal septum collapses

 

[Kate]

There is that, too.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

shiii kate is down with that white giiiiirl

 

[IrishZebra]

What do you mean by "lose a day"?

But really, skiing is awesome. Even if you don't like physical activity normally, it wouldn't surprise me if you enjoyed skiing.

Any moderate change to my routine leads to failure in anything else I had planned.

 

[.zero]

skiing is awesome until your nasal septum collapses

Debbie downer lol

 

[Völler]

Any moderate change to my routine leads to failure in anything else I had planned.

And when you say "your routine" how much does this actually include?

 

[IrishZebra]

Every day except Sunday planned to do either work/study/exercise.

 

[swag]

I disliked it for that reason, and because whenever we went it seemed that everyone had to want to do the same thing at the same time, or else it wouldn't work. Which led to me having to go skiing when I would rather stay at the lodge and read my book. But this was when we were kids, so we were more forced by parents to all be together. But I do find things where you spend more time getting ready for the sport, waiting for turns to do the sport, and getting back from the sport than you actually do having the fun, to be really tedious.

I hate going to the beach for a very similar reason.

I didn't mention it, but I too have the same issues with beach vacations.

skiing is awesome until your nasal septum collapses

Sonny Bono ski school?

 

[Martin]

Greg, seriously, that travel agency. What are you waiting for, do you tremble at the thought of cashing in big time?

 

[swag]

Greg, seriously, that travel agency. What are you waiting for, do you tremble at the thought of cashing in big time?

I would, but that market has been used up more than Paris Hilton's vagina.

 

[.zero]

I didn't mention it, but I too have the same issues with beach vacations.



Sonny Bono ski school?

Too bad he never took his variety show on the slopes

 

[Martin]

Dude, every market has been used up, there is no market just waiting for you to cut the ribbon.

 

[swag]

Too bad he never took his variety show on the slopes

Poor Chas... He was such a cute kid.

 

[.zero]

Poor Chas... He was such a cute kid.

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