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xkcd #3147: Hiking

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Every downhill walk is a waterslide that might have been.

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[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Technically sliding downhill on snow is a form of waterslide; which means that this is just a skitour

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

No. You don't sit in the snow while doing so.

[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago

I mean, I do because I suck at mountain skiing :D

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Ok, then a sled/bob tour.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

The water better have a just in time delivery system as it'd be heavy... Probably better off with ag-bots on that.

[–] gex@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I can see this in death stranding 3

[–] Hazmatastic@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

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[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Why water slide? Seems a regular slide would be more practical in many ways.

[–] Kornblumenratte@feddit.org 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

i don't know if they tore it down yet, but 30 years ago there was a great park a few towns over with a long cement downhill. don't know what it was from, but if you brought cardboard you could slide down it without (usually) hurting yourself.

[–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

a regular slide would be more practical

Pfft

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

When do we get the escalator?

[–] probable_possum@leminal.space 2 points 3 weeks ago

Now, what about escalators? ...for the escalating part of the hike.