Cancer Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 Look in Wikipedia. I did not make it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 It sounded made up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 And edible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 I have never had the stuff; I learned of it from my dad, who encountered it in the early 1970s when he was part of the disaster relief effort in the Nome, Alaska, area after the river flooded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 Good to see the old skills kept alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 I'm not sure how many of the most recent generation is learning that, actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 Saw a documentary about a London cabbie who spent some time driving a taxi in the capital of Nuvanut. There were people who kept up the skills of the hunters - granted, mostly on snowmobiles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 Snowmobiles are a huge advantage in that part of the world, but they are noisy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 And fun fun fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 I've never been on one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 They can be driven on water as well. For a little ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 One of my college roommates (who was from Alaska) had done that, and told us stories about that. Including the machine that his buddy had to leave at the bottom of the river because he didn't have enough momentum before starting across the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 Sounds about right. People have too much money on their hands, and time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 ... more to the point: IIRC they were 15 years old at the time, and their judgment was not the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 Hah! Amateurs! Around here, grown men do it! Also, a few grown women. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 Oh, they were most charitably characterized as being in training, but not yet professional skill levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 I wonder if there are pros at watersnowmobiling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 I would expect there may be contests with cash prizes, but the sport is far below the level for anyone to turn pro at it. Hustler yes, pro no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 I bet the mobiles are happy about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 The mobile dealers, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 Not if they sponsor the events. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 Depends on how many they sell to non-participants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 I'd say that the chances are good that most, if not all, those present already has at least one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Uhh ... nothing prevents a person from owning more than one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Money prevents me from owning even one. That and the general shortage of snow around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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