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Originally Posted by Mike33
It was a freak accident and she wasn't wearing a helmt. The odds of it happening to you is near zero  |
exactly. i live in a resort town. i see new broken bones, bruises, & blood every couple days. if i'm not up at the hill riding, and i'm just sitting around my apartment, there's a good chance i'm gonna hear sirens. it's a pretty hardcore hill, and people go big. i've lost myself over cliffbands, ragdolled down steep slopes, wrapped myself around stumps, buried myself in tree wells, layed myself out flat catching tree branches, and outright ate shit launching off jumps. there's plenty of ways you can damage yourself on the hill, and they happen every day. thousands and thousands of people ride and ski every day, and dozens die every season. usually it's a avalanche, or someone gets lost in an out of bounds area. maybe they hit a rock or a tree, but falling on a groomer and dying? that's one in a million, it's like getting hit by lightning...