The disadvantages of the heavy electric scooter are it needs replacement of the batteries and you can move in limited area because of charging problem. Another restriction is its speed limit. It is essential to select the heavy electric scooter for limited use only. Having arrived back from my December ski trip somewhat battered and bruised, Dun-slope I found myself giving a great deal of thought to the factors leading up to my unwelcome encounter on what one would ordinarily see as a safe and predictable slope. I decided that there are five distinct lessons to be learned from my misfortune. Dun-slope It would seem, as our week skiing in Andorra reached the last day, that I was (unknown to me) lining up to follow in the tracks of a fellow skier who is far better known than I. Dun-slope It so happens that on my birthday, one full week before my own accident, the governor of the US state of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, suffered a rather more serious injury. Governor Schwarzenegger must have been unbelievably unlucky. Dun-slope Tripping over while stationary is something that most skiers will have experienced at some time or another, usually brought about by being distracted or simply experiencing a “balance anomaly”.Dun-slope I have never in my life heard of a significant injury being caused in such a manner. Governor Schwarzenegger managed to break the largest bone in the body necessitating surgery for a realistically rapid repair. Dun-slope The slope that I was on was not at all difficult – although the section where I collided had been substantially narrowed on account of lack of snow. Think of it as a funnel. Pour too many skiers into that funnel and – well – a collision will be waiting to happen. Even with a modest number of people in the funnel, if one or more people are travelling at speed then the opportunities for avoiding obstacles are reduced. In my case, there were no more opportunities. The impact knocked the wind out of me and the pain was almost instant. I was not aware of the fact at the time but my ski bindings earned their keep and did what they were designed to do – they released my boots from the skis and they did so quick enough to avoid injury to my legs. I remember shouting with the pain. I remember another pain of impact. This would have been the point at which gravity took charge of my flight path which had by then been in excess of 10 metres and I was re-united with the snow. As I rolled to a halt I was clutching my chest. I have to admit that the pain was scary. It’s amazing how many thoughts go through your mind at such a time. I know I was visualizing all manner of injuries. Not as bad an injury as Governor Schwarzenegger, I grant you, but it did take 3 months to mend. In any event, I was very pleased to have brought a precautionary helping of pain killers with me. Going shopping for medication after the event would not have been enjoyable. I very probably pulled chest and back muscles in all sorts of directions. My son re-united me with my skis. Unknown to me at the time, he caught my right ski just before it went over the edge and down the mountain. That would have really spoilt my day. Some concerned skiers surrounded me, clearly worried about my injuries. It took a while but I decided that I was capable of skiing down. In truth I am not altogether sure what did happen in terms of injuries. I was munching pain killers with a passion for the best part of a week, less so for the second week. Now, one full month later, I don’t need them at all. The body can be remarkably good at doing its own repairs but when injured it definitely hurts.

 

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