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Originally Posted by HOLLiS
Skiing with a ruck on can be like trying to ski with a unruly monkey on ones back.
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Reminds me of my first WET... learning to ski with a ruck was different from anything else - and I knew a little about skiing...
There were a few Instructors who were evil as hell - see the moguls - ski them with Ramers LBE and a ruck. Have you ever had a Ramer binding release at 30 mph on a friggin buried VW van with a 70 lb ruck strapped to your back, while dressed in 1st Gen goretex. You stop suddenly when you hit a tree or reach the bottom of the hill (crowd of civilians waiting for a lift - bowling for ski bunnies, as it were) or a snowdrift off the slope. 
Soldiers with rucks bounce and slide well...
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