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Mono_831 t1_jd4j6jf wrote

Reply to comment by travelers-live in 2 Illinois teens on spring break killed in a sledding accident at Colorado's Copper Mountain | CNN by Lampwickhu

I don’t know anything about skiing, never seen snow either. What does it mean riding tandem? Like two of them on a sled? Or skis designed for two people? Please help me understand what happened kind Redditor.

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RockerElvis t1_jd4qac7 wrote

It’s not a skiing term. It just means that the two of them shared a sled. To be clear, their deaths have nothing to do with the act of skiing or snowboarding. It’s incredibly dangerous to sled on any ski course (even just an easy run). They snuck in at night and took a sled down a terrain piece that is only for experts with special training.

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orangefreshy t1_jd5uzul wrote

Tandem usually refers to one being behind another, like a tandem parking spot where the head car is blocked in by someone parking directly behind them, like in a driveway. Or a tandem bicycle where two people with two seats and two sets of pedals on a bike, one behind the other. But tandem is how people usually ride on sleds together if they're going to share a sled at all so it's weird they called it out especially

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