Miracle Walls

As always this is a true story! I know it seems far fetched, but if you really knew me many far fetched things seem to happen to me!

In Europe in many churches there are miracle walls! As you walk into the church you see all sorts of support equipment, chairs, collars that were left by people who were cured,,thus did not need the supports!
A silent "proof" that there was a "miracle"!

Well where I was going to ski for two weeks was a famous huge church with one of the largest miracle walls around! A last count it had well over 2,000 articles! I wanted to compliment my physician and also put "chance" on my side,,,so I planned to visit this miracle wall and donate my knees!

Little did I realize I was going to cause a major problem in the hospital because of my simple request!

What was it? I just wanted my biological knees! You see I had a small knee tune up and these days you are like a car,,,they just change parts!
Cut out old part ,,put in new part voila,,off you go!

Well when I go to mechanic,,he always gives me my old piece taken out! Proof that work was done and new piece was installed!

I asked my physician for my old biological knees! First there was silence! Then with a strange look he asked me why I wanted old wrecked up used knees?

I replied that,,,well they were my body parts and seems I should still have them! I never asked them to discard my body parts! I still own them!

Where are they?

Also ,,,(and here is the clincher that shocked and pleased my physician) I wanted to donate them to this church in recognition of the "miracle" that happened! I was skiing like a 20 year old!
I no longer took pain killers BEFORE skiing! I no longer used a syringe to drain blood from knee! I no longer had to angulate my knees 20 degrees to get a 10 degree angle on ski edge. I no longer had to wait till wife was not around to go stairs,,so that she would not see me go up one step at a time!

In short a "miracle happened" and I wanted to offer my old knees to the church miracle wall!

I insisted I had never permitted anyone to discard my old knees! I did consult lawyer
(my daugther-in-law) and my knees technically are my property! I wanted them!

Well the hospital lawyers were called in, and they checked all the forms I signed! They concluded that I was right! Nowhere did I allow anyone to discard my old knees! All I allowed them to do is to insert NEW knees! The old ones were still mine!

As all god Catholics know a miracle is only truly fully completed when the person "declares publicly" that the miracle happened! My physician was a devote Catholic so understood! We had to find MY knees!!!!! I could not ski for another 50 years if I did not thank heaven! Seems all concerned agreed but no one had planned to keep my knees!

A simple request was now a major technical , religious and sport problem!

Would my miracle remain?

After consulting several priests it seems that the actual object was not need! A symbol of the article was acceptable to the higher gods!
Be chance my physician had done a biopsy and had taken out a bone particle from the knee! The hospital was going to "create" for me a model of my old knees based on the MRI and X-rays, with a "sample" bone inserted into this model! That way I am covered theologically, and hospital lawyers could protect themselves from a lawsuit!

What a simple request can cause!

So if ever you visit a famous old old church and as you enter the middle door, look up about 3 meters near the large red arch,,you will see hanging two bony knees! They are mine! Well not really mine,,,symbols of was was!

What is,,,, is now skiing in Utah! A miracle!

Never believed in miracles until now!

So if ever you see an old old ,,very old looking skier skiing like a very very very young man,,stop and ask him if he is Pavel!

He will tell you all about the miracle of skiing!

Rode the lift with a guy who had both knees replaced (in oct/nov) recently. It was his first time out on the new knees. I was able to tell him about Pav and his determination to get back and also able to appreciate what this guy had gone through, from the hints Pav has been dropping.

Trencher

Pav, Have you really got 50 potential years???

Utah is under consideration for next season. Met some USA skiers in Saas Fee, They recommended basing in Park City, and ski bussing to different slopes. High praise for Alta.

In the States, I have only skiied Colorado, based in Breckenridge, then Vail, Keystone, Beaver Creek and Arrapaho basin.

hail Mary full of grace
I think you've helped me decide that I need to have the operation
xx

Dave Mac,

Donot stay in Park City too expensive and not central to all centers.
Sandy is the place to stay! Quality Inns are 45-60$ with pool, sauna, spa! They also have discount prices!
From Sandy you can get to Alta Snowbird in 15 minutes since you are at the entrance of all the canyones!
The trick is to get all food at local grocery, lots of drinks and never ski to bottom of base! Stay in bowls!
Will be there for 3 weeks in March 2009 since I am ski bumming it with another older delinquent!
WE have decided to run away from our families! My sons do not understand me!
They will not let me stay out late at night!

They hid my skis!

We are driving there in camper and living the gypsy life!

Dave Mac,

Forgot to tell you! Yes I have a minimum of 50 years until new lube job according to company that made knees!
However in my case they are "monitoring" me since the have never had a person ski 3 months after operation. I had to send them some video and letter from physician who skied with me!

Really I am so stable it reminds me of my 20 year old knees!Rock solid turns! ( and no pain after 5 days of solid skiing from 8 am to 4 PM)!!!!

Dave Mac

I would concur with Pav. I only stay in PC because my bro. in law has a house there. Car rental is very cheap if booked in advance and of course petrol is not an issue. Traffic is not bad by UK standards, so getting to the mountains early would be easy. You could always split a fortnight with a week in PC to live the high life and a week based at Sandy to explore the rest of the resorts and be close to SLC for shopping.

Had dinner with an architect in PC. He was building a house at the Canyons resort for a client in California. The house was in a millionaires enclave half way up the ski area (ski in and out). It included stables and a riding arena so the people could still ride when they came up to ski. That's so PC.

PC also of course has Deer Valley. As a snowboarder, I resent the place, but as a skier, it's a real treat. About as civilised as skiing gets. It's cruising heaven and the food is the best (resort food).

Trencher

Awesome. Does this now mean that you are a our first bionic skier?