Arghhh! Someone snatched my skis!

[skinner]

I was catching remnants of the the weekend powder today and all was sweet until lunch. I parked my new powder skis near the outdoor bar, went in to the lodge to grab a Sante Fe salad, and returned 20 minutes later to a bare patch of snow. I did a couple of search laps around the racks and then went to lost and found and reported them stolen. At 4pm I get a call from L&F and they tell me that some idiot tried to return my skis and poles to the rental desk. It was my lousy luck that his boots fit my bindings and he managed to ski a half day with my rig thinking they were his rental skis. It BLOWED losing a half a day skiing and silently fuming that some a**hole stole my skis but it was a nice happy ending to get the call from the helpful guys at L&F letting me know that my skis were waiting for me. Split those skis up!