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Went to Mt. Baldy last year and didn't have a plastic sled or anything, but found a broken one that was a third of the size it should be. Went down a 40 ft slope and halfway down that shit slipped from under my *** and my jeans rolled up a lil and I scraped em pretty bad...not to mention I couldnt feel my ***.