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GrabbyBar t1_j0kp5qe wrote

Reply to comment by Top_Strategy1083 in Utah skier found dead morning after going missing at mountain resort by GentlyAccomplished

She fell on a green run without doing anything remotely dangerous like off piste.

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Burnertoasty t1_j0kyn3b wrote

I did the same thing this year, I'm an experienced skier, been doing it since I was a little kid, probably for 35 years now, and this winter, just slowly coming to a stop, I over corrected a little at basically zero kmh, and fell backwards, nothing serious, but right at the end of the fall my head kind of fell back and I hit it hard on hard pack snow. Helmet took most of the impact, but I had a minor concussion for days afterwards. If I hadn't been wearing a helmet, I fear it would have been much more serious. Completely innocuous too. And to think for 30 of my 35 years skiing, I never wore a helmet. Nuts.

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throwaway_forobviou3 t1_j0lolla wrote

> And to think for 30 of my 35 years skiing, I never wore a helmet. Nuts.

Same, only ever wore a helmet for racing. I was mostly the fastest skier on the mountain, did crazy jumps, too (far and high, not twisting and turning)

Just didn't think twice.

Think I had a concussion once. Completely misjudged a kicker, hit it way too fast and crumbled in the flat after a very high fall. Skied down the mountain, don't remember anything from the rest of the day.

>If I hadn't been wearing a helmet, I fear it would have been much more serious. Completely innocuous too.

Falls on the back of the head are crazy dangerous and you're most probably right.

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