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PostTue Apr 22, 2003 9:16 pm 
I here all the time, but have no clue what it means? What is: glissading? Thanks for answers the dumb question! Oh yeah What about postholing?

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PostTue Apr 22, 2003 9:24 pm 
Glissading is a controlled slide used to descend snow slopes. There is a standing, sitting, and crouching glissade. It is a quick way to get down a mountain. Postholing is simply when you break through the snow and sink in a bit. It can be very tiresome when travel consists of postholing.

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PostTue Apr 22, 2003 9:27 pm 
Glissading is sliding down a hill on your ass. Postholing is sinking up to your ass on each step. biggrin.gif

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PostTue Apr 22, 2003 9:28 pm 
Thanks for answering the dumb question.

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PostTue Apr 22, 2003 9:43 pm 
Boy, I tell ya... I've seen folks go postal about postholing.

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PostTue Apr 22, 2003 10:22 pm 
A brief history of Glissade 219K. biggrin.gif

"....what is above knows what is below, but what is below does not know what is above. One climbs, one sees. One descends, one sees no longer, but one has seen...." -Rene Daumel
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