Poor Man's Ski Map Holder

Larry Berman, Berman Orienteering Supply, is running out of ski map holders for the upcoming Championships in the Sierra. He suggested simply tying a string to a map case at a minimum. Taking up on the idea I dipped into my supply of vinyl sheet protectors, stiffer, good for many uses and much clearer than your standard polybag map case. With a lanyard quality neck string you have something almost as snazzy as the $30 REI jobs good for hiking and maybe as a poor man's ski-O holder.

The next step was to make up, to some degree, for the lack of the rotation you get with the ski map holder. A second Vinyl envelope, a bunch of sticky back Velcro and you have a detachable map case that can be held in a rotated position. A Velcro tab keeps the map from falling out in the upside down position. Folded over Velcro tape reinvforces the hole for attaching the lanyard.

This is just an idea. I don't bring any ski-o experience to the table. Next in improvements might be a truly rotatable version. Then, a low cost home made harness idea might give you something close to the utility of a high tech European holder. Maybe something like Larry usually stocks or this?

-Joe