[s-cars] Fwd: Schumacher in a Coma after ski accident

Tue Dec 31 08:36:58 PST 2013

A bit of counter point from someone that has done a lot of skiiing here and
some in the Alps.

- The 'trails' in Europe are nothing like here- they are minimally groomed
and marked by comparison, so the whole 'off piste' bit is something of a
red herring. I ended up accidentally skiiing 'off piste' many times while
skiiing with locals that knew the area, so it's pretty hard to avoid.

- Schumaker was wearing a helmet, presumably not a cheap one, and hit hard
enough so that the helmet broke. I'll just leave that there.

- Severe injuries like his aren't unusual- ski areas are pretty good at
suppressing the bad news. For instance, there were 9 other people killed
just last week skiiing 'off piste' in the Alps. I couldn't find anything on
how many were seriously injured or killed 'on piste', but I bet it wasn't
zero.

I skiied hard and fast for many years, but I can have just as much if not
more fun 'farting around' the bunny slopes with my son while he learns-
moments don't have to be filled with adrenaline to be worth living and
remembering.

Steve

On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 10:41 AM, jpb3 <jpburns3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Great points Mike.
>
> There were hundreds if not thousands of people charging hard off piste that
> day in the world, unfortunately the odds didn't favor Michael.  But there
> were probably thousands of adrenaline filled, life rewarding moments others
> had that day doing a similar thing as Michael was doing, but they walked
> off the mountain and had dinner.
>
> John
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 9:15 AM, Mike Sylvester <mike at urq20v.com> wrote:
>
> > While we are all saddened by Schumacher's accident, we also have enjoyed
> > the fact that he took risks.
> > He wouldn't have been the best F1 driver if he hadn't.
> >
> > Every decision you make has a risk/reward relationship.
> > There are very few choices that are low risk/high reward.
> >
> > For every anecdote about an unfortunate sole that was permanently
> > injured in an accident there is a story of someone who never did
> > anything in their life, dying old but miserable.  Which is worse.
> >
> > Avoid the high risk/low reward, but live your life.
> >
> > Mike Sylvester
> >
> > > -------- Original Message --------
> > > Subject: Re: [s-cars] S-CAR-List Digest, Vol 122, Issue 22
> > > From: Larry <larrycleung at gmail.com>
> > > Date: Mon, December 30, 2013 6:25 pm
> > > To: Jeff <jeff.postupack at gmail.com>
> > > Cc: "s-car-list at audifans.com" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> > >
> > >
> > > Just read a report from one of my Euro friends as posted in the evening
> > news, prognosis of a full recovery or a recovery at all is not good, he
> has
> > multiple contusions in many regions of his brain. The helmet broke on
> > impact. This sadly reminds me of my good friend's un-helmeted father's
> bike
> > accident. He went from an athletic tenured Chemistry Professor at a well
> > regarded state university to about a hobbled three year old with a short
> > term memory of oh, about thirty seconds, and he's been that way for the
> > last eighteen years. This frightens me, although my life circumstances
> has
> > made me pretty well give up downhill skiing (cost, travel, need for
> > upgraded bindings) I am still an avid Nordic skier, downhills included
> and
> > I love to let the skis run. This could well have me rethink how or where
> I
> > go on the attack on my skinny skis, or bike or whatever. May have to
> stick
> > to hiking as mortality becomes more and more evident.
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPad
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> > > > On Dec 30, 2013, at 3:52 PM, Jeff <jeff.postupack at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Yeah I saw that news earlier also Larry . It's really tough to read
> an
> > off-piste fall injures one of the best F1 drivers. I pray for a decent
> > recovery.
> > > >
> > > > Jeff Postupack
> > > > Spelling errors may occur, please excuse me for that!
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