The Fall

So this was in my first season in Niederau, we were young eagles, trying everything. There were certainly few days, when I carried a camera. One day, two of us were off piste through the trees, absolutely invincible.

Anyway, there was a little incident, and when my friend asked for help, (imagine a muffled "Help!"), I politely suggested that he might have to wait a moment, at least until I could capture the moment.........

You see, skinny skis + unconsolidated snow are the issue here. If only he could have seen the future and delayed taking up skiing until the late 90s :lol:

Great pic.

Look at those skis. How many seconds did you have to take the lens cover off to expose the plate ? Hand coloured, I'm guessing.

Trencher

Trencher wrote:Look at those skis. How many seconds did you have to take the lens cover off to expose the plate ? Hand coloured, I'm guessing.
Trencher

This guy is about 5ft 6in tall, and so he was only skiing on 205s. Hardly long, by any stretch of the imagination.

I did take a closer look at the pic, and I do detect orange wax. That might have been the problem. :wink:

He is out with our group this week, and I'm not sure that he has actually skiied a piste run yet! He is a brilliant off pister. Unfortunately, as you can see, he had to eat a lot of snow to get there.

Great pic Dave :lol:

Buggeroo, what a co-incidence. I hardly ever fall. But for the past 2 weeks, have been skiing with my mate, who came over from New Zealand for a re-union. Then he went and skied across the front of me, and I crossed the back of his skis. He went a big purler, I went a little one.
And then today, I was off piste down an awkward "must turn" type run, took an odd fall, and ended up wrenching the bad knee.
Sh*t happens.

Dave Mac wrote:Buggeroo, what a co-incidence. I hardly ever fall. But for the past 2 weeks, have been skiing with my mate, who came over from New Zealand for a re-union. Then he went and skied across the front of me, and I crossed the back of his skis. He went a big purler, I went a little one.
And then today, I was off piste down an awkward "must turn" type run, took an odd fall, and ended up wrenching the bad knee.
Sh*t happens.

Welcome to the Club, Dave, :D

I hope your knee's okay today,

Ally

Mrs H had a fall in Serre Che on Friday. However, it came after a few beers whilst walking to the bus stop over some icy paths in her boots carrying her skis......
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