Originally posted by moonbus Ah yes, the phone-pole toss. A real sport for real men. In Oz they wrestle crocs. Here in Swizzyland we dig tourists out of avalanches who are too stupid to stay on clearly marked ski slopes.
my friend from Bavaria got seriously injured skiing down them slopes, its a risky business for sure
Originally posted by robbie carrobie my friend from Bavaria got seriously injured skiing down them slopes, its a risky business for sure
People come hurtling down at 50 kph or more, some without helmets or any other protective gear. Hitting ice at 50 kph is like hitting concrete. People just don't think anything bad could happen on skiis, but they're wrong--every year again. Michael Schumacher got really badly messed up.
Originally posted by moonbus People come hurtling down at 50 kph or more, some without helmets or any other protective gear. Hitting ice at 50 kph is like hitting concrete. People just don't think anything bad could happen on skiis, but they're wrong--every year again. Michael Schumacher got really badly messed up.
Did your Bavarian friend recover?
Yes its the same here on the Scottish mountains, people come every year to climb and sadly some die every year, ill equipped. You gotta respect the mountain, its deadly otherwise. Yes he was in crutches. He plays on this site, Anmi2 is his handle, he comes from Regensburg which looks a truly beautiful place and is home to some rather famous German aristocracy I believe, Gloria! 😀