Base of Lift Dry Erase/Chalk Boards.

[highpeaksdrifter]

You know the ones that say something like, Mr. Jones, report to ski patrol area or Jill Smith meet Joe here at 11:00.

Today I’m going through the lift line to get to Gore’s summit with my youngest son and his buddy. We get up to the front and I read my name, call your sister at ###-####. Emergency.

I tell the kids to turn around and get out of line. I try to call my sister, but there is no service. We ski down and get in another line to get to the top of Bear Mt. So we can get back to the base and start home. All the way up the lift all sorts of things are racing through my mind.

At the top of Bear I can get service. My sister tells me my wife had to be taken by ambulance to the ER because her back went out. They’ve told us she has a herniated disc. She’s zonked out on painkillers in the reclining chair, not great news for sure, but at least no ones dead.

Getting that kind of message is tuff. Anyone else ever get one?

 

[ctenidae]

Dag. Hope she's okay. That's a scary one to get. Glad I never have.

 

[SnowRider]

so soory bud thats horrible...hopes shes ok

yesterday a person being helped into a sled had the same coat as my moms and i thought she was hurt but luckily (for me) it wasnt her.

 

[wintersyndrome]

Back injuries always are a doozy...I hope she's feeling better.

The duality of the boards is ..on the one hand they are good for putting out a message to those who need them...but because of the limited information that can be contained on them, especially private family matters, our own imaginations can take over and allow our minds to go through all possible scenarios...However utilizing the boards for situations such as yours when (cell phone turned off I suppose) Its good to know when we are needed.

<humble opinion>
Though being that the injuries were not life threatening ( I'm not trying to marginalize your wifes injury-please don't take it that way) I would rather have received a text or VM message so the details could be explained and my imagination doesn't exacerbate my worry.
</humble opinion>

 

[bvibert]

Wow, that's a scary thing to have happen. Glad it didn't turn out too bad. I would be freaking out if I saw that message for me on the board, of course I've seen a message board used for that purpose so I wouldn't have even checked it in the first place...

 

[Brettski]

Well, I broke a collar bone at Vernon Valley (Mountain Crack) a ,loooooong time ago, and they had no such "service"....all they did was try and make announcements on a bogus PA system...when my future wife never showed up to first aid, I went looking for them

Now, you say, how do you break a collar bone skiing....well that's another story

had to be in the early 80-'s

 

[Greg]

Wow. My best to your wife. This will make me more proactive about checking those boards.

 

[mitchmac]

I had one tell me I had to check in at Kids Camp because my son was sick. Of course, I didn't even see it....my wife pointed it out to me! It was at the top of Orient Express at Vail.

 

[jack97]

Yeah, if I ever saw that, I would be freaking until I made the call to get the info.

Ditto on what other have said, hope your wife gets better.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Hoping the best for you. I haven't got anything like that, and dread it ever happening.

 

[Paul]

HPD, hope all goes well with your wife's injury, speaking from personal experience, back injuries are no fun.

I glance at the boards occasionally, I've always assumed they were more for staff communiques.

Guess I'll keep a closer eye on them form now on.

Though being that the injuries were not life threatening ( I'm not trying to marginalize your wifes injury-please don't take it that way) I would rather have received a text or VM message so the details could be explained and my imagination doesn't exacerbate my worry.

I agree.

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

Thanks for all the good wishes to my wife guys. We really have a nice, caring fourm community here.

...However utilizing the boards for situations such as yours when (cell phone turned off I suppose) Its good to know when we are needed.

You're right wintersyndrome, I do turn it off because I don't like them especially when I'm skiing. That's a selfish attitude on my part and I'll be leaving it on from now on.

 

[Terry]

The only time that I carry a cell phone when skiing is if I am trying to meet up with someone, or last spring when my granddaughter was expected to be born. Otherwise it stays in the truck and I can check messages after skiing. I'd rather use the pocket space for flask and camera! :beer: