New skiier with bad luck

Hey guy's I'm new here and I wanted to chew the gristle 'bout getting back on my ski's. I started skiing in late Januray of this year. My first runs went great and skiing became a super fun new love. On the last run I pushed myself to do one more run down a steep slope and ripped up my knee. The next time I went out on a kaputt knee and skied where and when ever I could find deep snow. Totally into it! Then I decided while I was on a trip to Dresden Germany I just HAD to stop off at Hintertux and go glacier skiing. The views were like nothing I've ever seen. Well I made some really poor decisions and wound up falling and skidding about 700m down the glacier side and having to get flown out becuase I wrecked big :twisted: . I'm looking for advice On one side of the fence I just got my ski's repaired and ordered new eq. that got destroyed and I'm going to be taking private lessons at a local resort but I'm a little shaky about getting back on for fear I'm gonna wreck again.

*I'd like to know what do you do if you find yourself in a situation like:

1. Your hypothermic, have a cracked plevis, two cracked knees and have no skin on your buns,back, arms and your hands are so chewed up you can't grab onto the ice. and to boot there isn't a dang soul to be found

2. You find yourself on the side of a glacier with clouds and mist moving in and you can't see in any direction

3. Your legs cramp up in your boots and it's too painful to walk on them

Thanks dudes you rock
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Hi IceGhost, welcome aboard.

Ok, first off I hope your injuries are healing well; take your time and make sure everything is mended right before you ski again. You'll enjoy it so much more.

Now, I think the title of your post is wrong. 8) After an "adventure" like that you are, seriously, lucky to be alive!

Modern equipment makes it very easy to quickly access some very dangerous places, and to ski fast well before you really understand how to ski right.

I don't want to dampen your enthusiasm at all - but think you need to just redirect it a little for the moment. Learn everything you can about mountains, about snow and ice, your equipment and your ability and take your time to practice in safe locations.

The absolute best way to deal with situations like that is to avoid getting into them in the first place :-

Don't ski in areas that you don't know are within your ability.
Don't get lost.
Don't ski alone - ever.

You obviously have a feel for the mountains so how about taking some time to enjoy them at a more pedestrian pace? Go hiking / walking and immerse yourself - look at the landscape; visualize yourself skiing down a slope - what if you fell just there? what if your ski bust over there? Sit and watch the view, do some route-finding, plan escape routes in your mind, and watch the weather. Slow down a little... 8)

Keep it real, dude, and remember to take care of your body enough so that you'll still be skiing when you're 80!

Powderhound

powderhound wrote:Hi IceGhost, welcome aboard.

Ok, first off I hope your injuries are healing well; take your time and make sure everything is mended right before you ski again. You'll enjoy it so much more.

Now, I think the title of your post is wrong. 8) After an "adventure" like that you are, seriously, lucky to be alive!

Modern equipment makes it very easy to quickly access some very dangerous places, and to ski fast well before you really understand how to ski right.

I don't want to dampen your enthusiasm at all - but think you need to just redirect it a little for the moment. Learn everything you can about mountains, about snow and ice, your equipment and your ability and take your time to practice in safe locations.

The absolute best way to deal with situations like that is to avoid getting into them in the first place :-

Don't ski in areas that you don't know are within your ability.
Don't get lost.
Don't ski alone - ever.

You obviously have a feel for the mountains so how about taking some time to enjoy them at a more pedestrian pace? Go hiking / walking and immerse yourself - look at the landscape; visualize yourself skiing down a slope - what if you fell just there? what if your ski bust over there? Sit and watch the view, do some route-finding, plan escape routes in your mind, and watch the weather. Slow down a little... 8)

Keep it real, dude, and remember to take care of your body enough so that you'll still be skiing when you're 80!

Powderhound

Haha thanks. All I had planned on doing was putzing around on the little stuff, becuase the thin air was getting to me. I planned out my...well plan on the website and I kept up on the views and locations of the good snow so I could educate myself the best way I could being 5K miles away. :) I tried not to get lost, I had NO idea that the mist was gonna move it like that!! it was nice one minute then blamo! couldn't see a nose lenght in any direction. I'm a bit of a lone wolf, very stubborn and independant. Too independant for my own good :) Thanks

+ thought of a new question, What, where and how would I go about packing an "oh shit" bag when I go out next. Like about packing extra clothes, flare gun, ice axe etc etc.