No self-respecting reader of this blog would ever stoop to visiting a ski area, trudging to the top of one of the runs, and riding the gondola back down, right?
We have to be snobs about something, after all.
No self-respecting reader of this blog would ever stoop to visiting a ski area, trudging to the top of one of the runs, and riding the gondola back down, right?
We have to be snobs about something, after all.
Um, I’d do pretty much anything to ride in a gondola. That’s how boring my life really is 🙂
And don’t get me started on standing on a confluence…
> And don’t get me started on standing on a confluence…
Yup, confulence bagging has got to be one of the more pointless things ever to be done in the wilderness 🙂
Ummm… What’s confluence bagging or standing on a confluence??
The only confluence I know of is where two rivers/creeks/streams meet.
I had to look this up yesterday so now I know: it’s traveling to the point on the GPS where major latitude and longitude numbers come together (hence, confluence).
Here’s a link: http://www.confluence.org/
It’s something people do because they can — thanks to GPS — rather than because they should, though just about every activity enabled by technology seems that way when it’s first introduced.
My visit to three completely uninteresting confluences in Montana:
http://www.fedak.net/albums/MontanaConfluences.html