# WoooHooo! First time down Gun barrel!(ski run)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wooohooo-first-time-down-gun-barrel-ski-run/485987>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 15, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wooohooo-first-time-down-gun-barrel-ski-run/485987 "2009-02-15T20:14:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wooohooo-first-time-down-gun-barrel-ski-run/485987/1 "2009-02-15T20:14:07Z")

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I’m in Tahoe with my wife and baby son went skiing at Heavenly they stayed in the cabin. I ski pretty well but usually avoid Gun Barrel because well it’s a double black diamond kick ass run. Today I made it down without falling or looking like a complete dork. Wife and kid don’t understand how cool that is.  
Posting from iPhone because I just had to tell somebody…

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**Author:** ![The\_Falling\_Reverend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@The\_Falling\_Reverend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Falling_Reverend)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wooohooo-first-time-down-gun-barrel-ski-run/485987/2 "2009-02-15T21:31:19Z")

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As a former skier I congratulate you on your accomplishment. Something like that would have scared the crap out of me(liking skiing and being afraid of heights is not a good mix). Now you should try it again, just to make sure it wasn’t a fluke. 😉

PS-when I first read the thread title I missed the ski run part, I thought this was going to be about being mugged or something.

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**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wooohooo-first-time-down-gun-barrel-ski-run/485987/3 "2009-02-15T21:57:59Z")

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Good work, man! It is difficult to impart the thrill of doing something like that to a non-skier. They just look at you oddly.

I recall the first time I got down the Nose Dive (before they ruined it by taking out the Seven Deadly Turns) at Mt Mansfield in Stowe. Whatta thrill.

Next time take a video camera with you and record it all the way down. 😃

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**Author:** ![Euryphaessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Euryphaessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euryphaessa)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wooohooo-first-time-down-gun-barrel-ski-run/485987/4 "2009-02-15T22:46:41Z")

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Cool, congrats!

I’ve attempted a black diamond trail (not even double black diamond) once and only once, and it resulted in my tearing the fingernails off of my left hand. I sit and applaud you from the sidelines!