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SiverCartel
Posts: 568 - Karma: 9
Well today I learned that a friend of a friend of mine broke his 5th and 6th vertibrae skiing. Good skiier too apparently, I'm not sure what trick he was trying or anything, but he hit a small kicker, nothing even that big, something he had done 1000 times before, and he fell frontwards like onto his head, and rolled over, breaking his vertibrae. I for one know that i've fallen like that at least a few times, it's kind of scary to think that it can happen so easily. Apparently he wasnt going that fast, and not even that high, it just took that little bit of force. Now he is a quadrapalegic for life, well at least a parapalegic, they're trying to perform surgery to regain use of his arms, but they don't know if it will be sucessful. Just a reminder that sometimes there is more than just being good, or progressing, and throwing tricks, keep it safe too guys. It can happen so easily.


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Jan 11 2004 4:49PM
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bailer
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I broke my t4 about 5 years ago and it scared the shit out of me.
Jan 11 2004 5:27PM
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pat-rickdaigle
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yes it can happen but u can't let it stop u, how r u gonan progress if u don't try shit, there always a chance of that shit happening no matter what, u could just catch an edge while carving and fall the right way and break your neck, u never know.



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Jan 11 2004 5:53PM
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permanente1600
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ya, it happens, but dont let that make you into a scardy cat. like you said, just keep it safe, well, as safe as you can keep it.


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Jan 11 2004 6:33PM
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MistaSkier
Posts: 1781 - Karma: 17
Yeah, that sucks and none of us like to think about it, but with all these genius scientists we've got, I bet your friend will be skiing again in 5 years.


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Jan 11 2004 6:58PM
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dilla_says_go
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when i fell on my lower back and bruised my lumbar (sp?) vertebrea i couldnt move for like 10 minutes. it was the scariest thing ive ever experienced.
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Jan 11 2004 7:02PM
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always_ski
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You gotta be careful, but if all you do is worry and be careful, what's the point of living?
Jan 11 2004 7:16PM
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freeskiing04
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so true.........
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Jan 11 2004 7:23PM
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SkiFree_MT
Posts: 395 - Karma: 9
yep, hes right, it can happen, but have fun while u can, it cud happen but dont change the way u ski, better to have tons o fun while u can rather then be bored ur hole life
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Riley-'We cant ski uphill!'
Jan 11 2004 7:33PM
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mattwalker
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yea man, that quadraplegic thing used to scare the crap outta me, but then i saw on the news last year about some dude in Israel that was shot twice in the back and it completley severed his spinal cord, and this doctor injected hormones and he was walking again in 2 weeks... so when they start doing that shit in the US then a broken back will be like a broken leg


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Jan 11 2004 7:36PM
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*i<3snow*
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Thankfully, i have never broken any bones at all. Never taken any bad skiing falls either. (amazing being the i didnt take any bad falls learning rails) But it happens easily on small stuff when you arent being really cautious. My dad tore ligaments in his knee just from a little bump.


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Jan 11 2004 8:16PM
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*i<3snow*
Posts: 6440 - Karma: 41
Thankfully, i have never broken any bones at all. Never taken any bad skiing falls either. (amazing being the i didnt take any bad falls learning rails) But it happens easily on small stuff when you arent being really cautious. My dad tore ligaments in his knee just from a little bump.


~*Michelle

->'the CD goes right here. the speakers... oh well one of 'em's broken, but THIS speaker is good, and these wires, they are really good!'
Jan 11 2004 8:18PM
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mattwalker
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there was a lady at snowmass 4 years ago who was going down a blue, and caught an edge in a snowplow and flipped, and she is paralyzed...


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Jan 11 2004 8:21PM
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SiverCartel
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Yeah I know, i'm not gonna let it stop me, but i've never even considered the fact that i could be put out of commission for life, it's just kind of a wake up. I'll still be riding as hard as ever, and i know there's a small chance of this happening, but it's still freaky.


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Jan 11 2004 11:07PM
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Lateralis
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whoa thad bad dude


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Jan 12 2004 1:33AM
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Crystalrossi
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I've never been hurt to bad, but have always heard if you start to ski tenative and scared because you are worried you will get hurt is when injuries happen
Jan 12 2004 1:37AM
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feezy
Posts: 2022 - Karma: 23
Yeah, dont freak out, cuz tensing up is really bad. Just flop it up when you bail, thats probably the only reason Im still alive.


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Jan 12 2004 1:46AM
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downhiller52
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I've got a buddy who crashed three years ago, and now he's a parapalegic. He says GO BIG, you can't be scared your hole life.




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Jan 12 2004 2:45AM
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Knewnews
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someone always has to get the shitty end of the stick...
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Jan 12 2004 12:18PM
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adrenalated
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I've seen so many of my friends go away in ambulances...not from skiing, but from auto racing. Yeah, it can happen, you just have to know it can and realize when it is and isn't worth the risk. You're probably almost as likely to be critically injured while riding in a car on the freeway, so it's all relative.



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Jan 12 2004 1:37PM
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TimmyP
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yea, you gotta just enjoy being out there having fun with your friends while you can. shit happens. and my prayers got out to your friend

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Jan 12 2004 2:16PM
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aftermathdestroyer23
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yea true true but u could get hit by a car crossing the street and you need to cross the street. Until ur day comes, u gotta have fun
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Jan 12 2004 2:19PM
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