Death on the slopes.

Snapzzz wrote:
I suppose once you pass a certain level the danger diminishes thanks to experience. But in the early stages the risks are much greater due to your lack of skills and also those around you.

That rather depends on what you mean by experience, to put it another way, on the average package tour transfer bus accidents will be fairly evenly distributed between those on their first week or those on their 10th or 20th. It's not a very level playing field so experience is very relative.

AFAIK no-one in this incident died, but both had significant injuries.

http://austriantimes.at/news/General_News/2010-01-13/19607/British_skiers_seriously_hurt_in_piste_collision

Unresponsive doesn't sound good does it?

I think the passage that states "both skiers were sober" says heaps about the Ski scene! To be honest i didn't see anyone drunk on the slopes, or even drinking in the mountain cafes......But maybe i went to the wrong place.

Its a tragic accident, and the probability of it happening is minute. Lets move on and not dwell on something like this happening to one of us.

Tony_H wrote:Its a tragic accident, and the probability of it happening is minute. Lets move on and not dwell on something like this happening to one of us.

.... sure you have more chance of being hit by an idiot in a truck on the road to East Grinstead :roll: