06-26-2008, 01:26 PM
I don't have many bike stories (except when my cousin took my bike, rode it through an intersection and got hit by a car - he's fine) but here's a ski accident...Gotta love those..
When I was 13 my dad took me skiing at Gore Mountain (outside of Albany NY). I could ski pretty well and we had spent the entire day on the slopes. On the last run of the day, my dad and I took an easier blue square trail and he passed me somewhere along the way, so he stopped on the side of the woods to wait for me to catch up. I didn't realize he was waiting for me, so I stopped just down the hill from him to see what he wanted. Or, that was my plan...I hit ice while trying to stop and flew head first into the woods. My right femur hit a tree (before my head did - whoo hoo!) and swung me around until I was completely wrapped around the tree.
My femur snapped in two, my knee hyperextended and tore cartillage. It took six months and two surgeries (three screws) to heal the femur. It took 2 more surgeries to fix the knee.
I haven't been skiing since!!!
When I was 13 my dad took me skiing at Gore Mountain (outside of Albany NY). I could ski pretty well and we had spent the entire day on the slopes. On the last run of the day, my dad and I took an easier blue square trail and he passed me somewhere along the way, so he stopped on the side of the woods to wait for me to catch up. I didn't realize he was waiting for me, so I stopped just down the hill from him to see what he wanted. Or, that was my plan...I hit ice while trying to stop and flew head first into the woods. My right femur hit a tree (before my head did - whoo hoo!) and swung me around until I was completely wrapped around the tree.
My femur snapped in two, my knee hyperextended and tore cartillage. It took six months and two surgeries (three screws) to heal the femur. It took 2 more surgeries to fix the knee.
I haven't been skiing since!!!