In article , Edward Erbeck
writes
You go Skiing because you like................. Crowds! There's more
people in that Pic than I saw yesterday when I went to the Market, Hardware
Store and Post Office.

That's not a crowd, I was born in London. A crowd's where you can't see
the floor.
Of course it's possible to do your skiing in total solitude but that's
less fun and a lot more dangerous, especially if you're not obsessive
enough to always remember all the stuff you're supposed to take, never
mind too old to carry it!
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