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Skiing Accidents.
Skiing accident deaths are now expected every ski season. Famous skiing deaths include actress and wife of Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson and singer/actor/US Congressman Sonny Bono. Ski accidental deaths and serious injuries can happen to even the most experienced skier.
We tend to hear only about accidents incurred by the famous, - at the moment M. Schumacher and A. Merkel, but with hundreds, if not thousands of accidents, happening to 'ordinary' people, shouldn't the danger be pointed out more emphatically? It seems there is a huge recreational industry doing very well depending on what must be the most dangerous activity on earth.
We tend to hear only about accidents incurred by the famous, - at the moment M. Schumacher and A. Merkel, but with hundreds, if not thousands of accidents, happening to 'ordinary' people, shouldn't the danger be pointed out more emphatically? It seems there is a huge recreational industry doing very well depending on what must be the most dangerous activity on earth.
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According to this mortality table, Skiing is safer than table tennis!
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I used to do a bit of winter hillwalking in N. Wales. This involved taking a rucsac laden with climbing equipment, survival gear, maps compass etc. However skiing is fun so although you are a kilometre higher with killer night temperatures and avalanche risks etc. all you need is a natty ski suit and designer sunglasses and you will survive anything...almost.
Skiing is a remarkably safe sport if skiers stick to the pistes. It's only off-piste skiing that carries any significant risks.
All sports (indeed, nearly all human activities) can some level of risk. Several people die in England every year after being hit (on the side of their skull or under their heart) by a heavy object hurled towards them at high speed. (That usually includes at least one schoolchild). But nobody panics over the risks of cricket, do they?
All sports (indeed, nearly all human activities) can some level of risk. Several people die in England every year after being hit (on the side of their skull or under their heart) by a heavy object hurled towards them at high speed. (That usually includes at least one schoolchild). But nobody panics over the risks of cricket, do they?
I have done a lot of bike riding in my time, both racing and for leisure, and I've seen and been involved in several accidents, sadly 2 deaths, both through contacts with motor vehicles.
I asked a mountain-climbing friend how many companions of his had died -'none'. I went last year to a skiing holiday in the Austrian Alps and was shocked to see so many people hobbling around on crutches with plaster casts.
Chris; //Skiing is a remarkably safe sport if skiers stick to the pistes.//
This is nonsense,- do you ski? With your lower limbs locked to two planks it's easy to break your knees and more, even on the learner slopes.
I asked a mountain-climbing friend how many companions of his had died -'none'. I went last year to a skiing holiday in the Austrian Alps and was shocked to see so many people hobbling around on crutches with plaster casts.
Chris; //Skiing is a remarkably safe sport if skiers stick to the pistes.//
This is nonsense,- do you ski? With your lower limbs locked to two planks it's easy to break your knees and more, even on the learner slopes.
I think the risk information given to skiers is pretty thorough.
You hardly ever see an accident without a cause.
It's usually something like ignoring the avalanche warnings, or ignoring the Stay On Piste signs, or not checking the weather reports which are posted at all the lift stations.
You hardly ever see a serious ski accident where the skier was on a marked piste in good weather. Sure, we all get bumps and bruises, sometimes, fractures, but the last time a sport put me in hospital it was mountain biking. As I went over the front of the bike, a pedal went through my shin.
Michael Schumacher was not on a piste, and he was going extremely fast. We all take short cuts between pistes, but you have to be careful. If you're off piste, you ski "tips up" and ride the snow. MS was skiing flat out, tips down, and hit an obstruction under the snow.
You hardly ever see an accident without a cause.
It's usually something like ignoring the avalanche warnings, or ignoring the Stay On Piste signs, or not checking the weather reports which are posted at all the lift stations.
You hardly ever see a serious ski accident where the skier was on a marked piste in good weather. Sure, we all get bumps and bruises, sometimes, fractures, but the last time a sport put me in hospital it was mountain biking. As I went over the front of the bike, a pedal went through my shin.
Michael Schumacher was not on a piste, and he was going extremely fast. We all take short cuts between pistes, but you have to be careful. If you're off piste, you ski "tips up" and ride the snow. MS was skiing flat out, tips down, and hit an obstruction under the snow.
//shouldn't the danger be pointed out more emphatically?//
What, something like.... "You are about to hurl yourself down a mountain on top or semi submerged on a very slippery surface with thin bits of laminated material strapped to your feet, at up to 70mph. Are you sure you know what you're doing?"
Sheesh.
What, something like.... "You are about to hurl yourself down a mountain on top or semi submerged on a very slippery surface with thin bits of laminated material strapped to your feet, at up to 70mph. Are you sure you know what you're doing?"
Sheesh.
