What would you do?

[JustinB]

Ok guys still young and new to sharing.


So the wife who has only been on a snowmobile 15 time her whole life and still has a lot of basics to learn. She had some friends from work call her and ask if she would take them snowmobiling. She does not want me tagging along and I am having a hard time trusting her friends with our sled if it was just her riding I wouldn't care. What would you guys do?

 

[mtnpull]

My wife with limited experience and a bunch of her friends with no experience and I definitely would not let them go by themselves. More from a safety stand point than a damage stand point. I would be worried of them getting lost or stuck and not being able to get unstuck. Being worried about damages to equipment with a bunch of inexperienced riders would also be a HUGE concern.

 

[1MEX]

Your wife don't even want you to tag along?? WOW!
She's crazy for wanting to go out without experience. But I guess she figured they can't do no worse than you getting them stuck on the trail! j/k. I wouldn't let my wife go.

 

[zebiraross]

My wife with limited experience and a bunch of her friends with no experience and I definitely would not let them go by themselves. More from a safety stand point than a damage stand point. I would be worried of them getting lost or stuck and not being able to get unstuck. Being worried about damages to equipment with a bunch of inexperienced riders would also be a HUGE concern.

Totally agree.

 

[JohnnyQuestUtah]

Just turn em loose in the hay field, and let em tear it up......no worries......

peace-
johnny

 

[JustinB]

Adam that was my exact point to her but she see's it as me controlling her. My biggest worries are my dad owns both sleds now so if one of them gets hurt its his butt. But I don't want to be a dick. I told her if I could come since I can't ride I would be there to inform and make sure everyone rides safe. But she see's it as being controlling. I am in a tight spot with this one she is pissed already.

 

[mtnpull]

She must be planning on bringing her boyfriend along and you are ruining her plans. LMAO!

 

[1MEX]

She must be planning on bringing her boyfriend along and you are ruining her plans. LMAO!

You read my mind!!!

 

[JustinB]

Yeah I made that comment now she is at her parents!

 

[ironxcross]

let a group of women with no experience go into the avalanche prone mountains with insanely expensive and shockingly fragile machines... it seems unreasonable that you should be expected to allow that to happen. Maybe I'm missing something.

 

[Sunridge Sledhead]

Are her friends hot???

 

[girlpowder]

Maybe I'm missing something.

Uh, I think a little bit!!!



So Justin here's my opinion.

I think if she knows the basics and can ride the trail to an open, safe meadow. Why the heck not? She's a big girl and surely can understand what damage can be done and who will have to pay for it. Let her go and gain some independence and knowledge in the sport. Teach her what she is lacking and go over it a few times. Teach her to use a radio/GPS. Go on the ride she wants to do with her and get her comfortable with the route she wants to take her girlfriends. That's not being controlling, that's caring about her and making her happy. Tell her not to forget the camera because it sounds like it could be very entertaining.

So teach her to change plugs, a belt, and how to start the sled. Ask her what she would do on certain situations like if a sled broke down or someone was hurt. Then take it from there. She can do it!!!

 

[sandorsnow]

Throw your dad under the bus, since they're his sleds say that he won't let her take them out. Or tell her for insurance reasons she can't take them.

Or tell her while she's out sledding you and your friends are going to get sloppy @ss drunk then go to the strip club, "even though that poses alot of risks nothing bad will happen baby I promise"

I'm jelous you're wife want's to go sledding, wish mine would.

Good luck man

 

[Colorado4fun]

Uh, I think a little bit!!!



So Justin here's my opinion.

I think if she knows the basics and can ride the trail to an open, safe meadow. Why the heck not? She's a big girl and surely can understand what damage can be done and who will have to pay for it. Let her go and gain some independence and knowledge in the sport. Teach her what she is lacking and go over it a few times. Teach her to use a radio/GPS. Go on the ride she wants to do with her and get her comfortable with the route she wants to take her girlfriends. That's not being controlling, that's caring about her and making her happy. Tell her not to forget the camera because it sounds like it could be very entertaining.

So teach her to change plugs, a belt, and how to start the sled. Ask her what she would do on certain situations like if a sled broke down or someone was hurt. Then take it from there. She can do it!!!

Great suggestion GP

T

 

[girlpowder]

Thanks Terri.

Justin, I was just thinking about when you wrote that your wife wasn't interested in sledding AT ALL. ( posted in the POWDER ROOM I think)

Now is your chance to get her out there and give her confidence that she can do it. Teach her, tell her all about the informative information you gain from reading Snowest. You'll have a riding partner in now time.

 

[sandorsnow]

go with gp's post. way better than mine. go figure: a girl having better insight than a guy.

good luck man

 

[Colorado4fun]

I agree...........So many guys wish their wives would ride. Well give them the encouragement, the infromation and patience they need and you will eventually have a riding partner that will probably want to go more than you do. Just my .02

T

 

[1MEX]

Thanks Terri.

Justin, I was just thinking about when you wrote that your wife wasn't interested in sledding AT ALL. ( posted in the POWDER ROOM I think)

Now is your chance to get her out there and give her confidence that she can do it. Teach her, tell her all about the informative information you gain from reading Snowest. You'll have a riding partner in now time.

Did we forget that SHE doesn't want him there??? Now back to the SOAP!! DAYS OF Justin's LFE!! This is a new episode!j/k!!
The day my wife tells me she wants to go ride, there will be sumthing defenetly wrong.
Anyways, girls have all the answers

 

[dustbuster]

Oh, and don't forget to get the right clothes...comfort is everything...a warm dry rider is a rider willing to stay out and learn...figured that one out this year...

 

[bradb1us]

Depends on where my Wife planned on going and who she was going with, IMO.

If it's mostly just trail riding in a heavily-trafficked area, sure.

It it's in an avalanche-prone area after a big snowstorm with no well-defined trails, then no.

So your Wife thinks you're controlling--better to have her pissed off than to not have her at all!