British skier dies in Alpe d'Huez

Ian Wickham wrote:Do you wear one because you ski off Piste more than on, it is just a matter of interest really as I ski 80% on piste but if I was to ski more off piste I think I would be more tempted to wear one.

Originally the reverse, I was more concerned about the hard surface of piste. Nowadays, for both. Off-piste in the trees I'm sometimes glad of a helmet particularly.

ise wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:Do you wear one because you ski off Piste more than on, it is just a matter of interest really as I ski 80% on piste but if I was to ski more off piste I think I would be more tempted to wear one.

Originally the reverse, I was more concerned about the hard surface of piste. Nowadays, for both. Off-piste in the trees I'm sometimes glad of a helmet particularly.

Yes I can see that

My skiing is probably done about 70 30 in favour of places that are not pisted and I have had a couple of knocks to the head which I have been glad of wearing a helmet including a Pablo meets tree incident that was not good. Personally I don't see any reason not to wear one.

Pablo Escobar wrote:My skiing is probably done about 70 30 in favour of places that are not pisted and I have had a couple of knocks to the head which I have been glad of wearing a helmet including a Pablo meets tree incident that was not good. Personally I don't see any reason not to wear one.

If I was doing 70% of my skiing off piste I would wear one to, but I don't, so I'm not...... :wink:

Ian Wickham wrote:

Pablo Escobar wrote:My skiing is probably done about 70 30 in favour of places that are not pisted and I have had a couple of knocks to the head which I have been glad of wearing a helmet including a Pablo meets tree incident that was not good. Personally I don't see any reason not to wear one.

If I was doing 70% of my skiing off piste I would wear one to, but I don't, so I'm not...... :wink:

If you smack your head, it doesn't matter if it's on or off piste.........which has just very sadly been proven

There are several incidents where I was glad myself or GF were wearing helmets. Few of them have anything to do with actualy skiing, e.g.
-Sleepy lifty swinging the supporting bar of a very fast moving fixed grip chair into my head.
-GF falling over on ice whilst stationary

I wonder if the stats cover all the people who were not seriously injured falling over carrying their skis from the parking lot?

AllyG wrote:I'm not going to buy one, I'm going to hire one. Imagine carrying a helmet on the train, as well as everything else! I'm not even sure one would fit in my suitcase.
And at least, if I can't stand wearing it, I won't have wasted money buying one.

You never know, this latest death, sad as it is, might save a lot of future head injuries, if it makes people wear helmets.

Ally

Another problem with buying is that there appear to be some restrictions on carrying them in hand luggage on planes. Don't know if this is an airline policy or airport policy but a friend came back from Chambery commenting it had to go in the hold - which obviously won't be badly treated by baggage handlers.

crystal, tonmson air,there was quite a few just carried them onto the plane at salzburg