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From: eugene@ames.UUCP (Eugene Miya)
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Subject: Re: On Crashing and Burning
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Date: Thu, 21-Mar-85 12:51:47 EST
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a timely article, i just got out of my casts [has it been that long?].
as one who hit a tree, let me add, you don't have to travel fast
to get cremed by a tree.  i was travelling less than 10 mph in moderately
difficult, but tight terrain, and am an experienced tree skier.  you don't
have protection around you like a car, seat belts, and so on.

on the other hand, if you want to be perfectly safe, do not ski.
remove any doubt about possibly getting injured: don't ski, it's will say
you pain, and anybody you run into [i think of my collisions as a beginner
into people: agwh!].  i see in the news, two major accidents: the goldminer's
daughter blew up [not directly related to skiing, but i work there one
christmas season] and a big avalanche at park city.

as for speed, i don't like speed, and don't ski fast.  you cannot ski
fast in trees, or avalanche terrain [it is not possible to out ski
an avalanche, only to the side].  extreme skiing requires a one turn at a
time attitude.  in the tahoe region they have had at least two fatalities
due to high speed collisions, and they recently enacted a hit-and-run
skiers law which is being used to prosecute two people right now.
my girlfriend was hit by a hit-and-run, and i'd clobber the guy who
did it if i could find him.

perhaps the problem is ski resorts, perhaps we should only have cross
country skiing?

--eugene miya