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Yang, resorting to an even more primitive method of snow travel, after getting stuck in some...

Yang, resorting to an even more primitive method of snow travel, after getting stuck in some "Sierra Cement" (Catherine, should this be concrete?) off-piste at Sierra-At-Tahoe.

Location
Lake Tahoe → Sierra-At-Tahoe
Photographer
John Hovell
Date taken

Comments

  • Y'know, I'm not sure concrete OR cement really makes sense. I mean, I guess it's a reference to cement-as-in-glue? I don't think cement-as-in-concrete works.

    — Catherine Hovell

  • I think it's more a reference to cement as in a thick and heavy viscous substance that isn't good for skiing on. http://www.examiner.com/weather-in-sacramento/sacramento-weather-what-is-sierra-cement

    — John Hovell

  • Hmm. Which is funny cause cement is not thick, heavy, or viscous. It's dry, powdery, and lightweight.

    — Catherine Hovell

  • Uhh... cement mixed with water?

    — John Hovell

  • Otherwise known as ... grout? if you add sand, too? I guess "wet concrete" would be an okay term... but that implies that it eventually hardens up (to ice?).

    — Catherine Hovell

  • Well, it usually freezes overnight?

    — John Hovell