{2/22/13} Crippled.
Hey guys,
Vacation started about a week ago, and ends on Monday; we just decided to go home today for private reasons. It was pretty fun, I got to ski with my bro, and we got to go to some pretty fun places.
As I am typing this, I am licking icing my leg and my hand, which were injured in a bad ski accident.
There was this run which I always used to get to a glade run I like. However, it was closed, so we ended up having to go down the regular trail. The two of us started down it, expecting it would be a fun bombing trail, but we were wrong. The groomers the night before didn't do a good job, well, grooming. The trail was full of blue ice and lost all of it's powder. I started to pick up speed, which is then when I realized something was wrong. I tried to slow down, but there was too much ice. I then hit a rock or something, and face-planted into the snow hard. My skis and poles went flying off, and I slid 150+ feet down the snow ice. I felt a searing pain on the left side of my body; it felt like I broke my leg. I couldn't get up at first, but finally I was able to limp to the side. God forbid I wasn't seriously injured. You see, I'm a very fast skier. I've been clocked going over 60 mph down runs (including this one). I must have hit the ground going at least 45 mph. I'm just happy that I didn't hit some trees that I came close to hitting.
I'm going to be a lot more careful next time; I don't need that to happen again.
Vacation started about a week ago, and ends on Monday; we just decided to go home today for private reasons. It was pretty fun, I got to ski with my bro, and we got to go to some pretty fun places.
As I am typing this, I am licking icing my leg and my hand, which were injured in a bad ski accident.
There was this run which I always used to get to a glade run I like. However, it was closed, so we ended up having to go down the regular trail. The two of us started down it, expecting it would be a fun bombing trail, but we were wrong. The groomers the night before didn't do a good job, well, grooming. The trail was full of blue ice and lost all of it's powder. I started to pick up speed, which is then when I realized something was wrong. I tried to slow down, but there was too much ice. I then hit a rock or something, and face-planted into the snow hard. My skis and poles went flying off, and I slid 150+ feet down the snow ice. I felt a searing pain on the left side of my body; it felt like I broke my leg. I couldn't get up at first, but finally I was able to limp to the side. God forbid I wasn't seriously injured. You see, I'm a very fast skier. I've been clocked going over 60 mph down runs (including this one). I must have hit the ground going at least 45 mph. I'm just happy that I didn't hit some trees that I came close to hitting.
I'm going to be a lot more careful next time; I don't need that to happen again.
