Fear

[bvibert]

I could have sworn someone had it on video someplace.

I don't know why I can picture it, I don't recall exactly where.

Yes, there is video somewhere, I remember seeing it. IIRC the OP had shot it, I could be wrong though. Maybe it's in the original thread, I didn't really re-read through the whole thing.

Anyway, this is getting kinda off topic. Someone can resurrect the old thread if they want to discuss this further...

 

[tcharron]

Go ahead and say you have no fear of anything ski related, but I’m going to post mine.

Being in an avalanche - I’m claustrophobic so the thought of being buried under snow, unable to move, waiting for the lights to go out for good is terrifying.

Old Age - This is probably more of a worry then a fear, but at 53, no matter how much I work out (and I do a lot), I can’t stop the aging process. So some day the aging process won’t allow me to ski at the level I do now. I wonder if I’ll still want to ski if I can’t go all out. That scares me and I usually try not to think about it.

My son starting to do trails that scare me. :-D

I only wish I could actually ski someplace where I had to really worry about avalanches.

 

[billski]

The person who posted the picture stated that they didn't know about the outcome in galleries. They DID fall. From that height, it couldn't have been good.

My daughter and I fell a height of about 15-feet from a chair at BV a few years ago. It was a hard plastic seat which was damn slippery when cold and snow covered. My little one slipped out, I grabbed her, but I started to slip, holding on with only one hand. They stopped the lift pretty quickly and we just dangled (she got heavier every minute) and couldn't pull her back up, nor myself. I finally lost my grip on the chair. We were just past the first tower when we dropped.

We walked away largely because the snowpack was uncompressed, no big rocks right below and we landed on our backs (ugh!),lots of square cm to dissipate the momentum.

I am told it looked pretty bad from afar. We were very lucky. I was more worried that my skis were going to land atop her as we landed. Lucky miss. We still go on the same lift, but I make them slow the chair when she's with me so I'm sure she is well-seated.

Zoom photos and dramatic angles can be very deceiving. It looks like a 15 to 20 foot fall from the photo. I'll leave it to a patroller to comment further, they've seen plenty of variations on the same theme. I try to minimize it by saying I only count the height from the bottom of my skis.

 

[billski]

fear

the only "fear" I have is making a wrong BC turn with alpine gear and having to hoof it out in the deep. It's not so bad early in the day, but late in the day, when the sun sets early, it's a different story. It's happened to me twice, kinda ruined the day (because I spent the rest of the day hoofing instead of turning), but it was a good story to tell.

 

[ComeBackMudPuddles]

Not being able to keep up with my son or go on the same terrain as him. He's 20 months old and won't be skiing until next season, so that won't happen for many, many years.

My dad and I still ski together and he's 62, but I've noticed he needs longer breaks and doesn't ski as agressively as he did even two or three seasons ago.