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Thread: Actress Badly Injured Skiing
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03-18-2009, 02:02 PM #51
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03-18-2009, 02:24 PM #52
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03-18-2009, 02:35 PM #53Registered User
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03-18-2009, 02:35 PM #54
First, "talk and then you die" syndrome: we should only be so lucky that it existed. Especiall for YSEBB. Maybe a "post and then you die" syndrome could arise? Some of the worst injuries I have seen are on beginner trails. Not all but some of the worst.
Second, I'm guessing she had a 'lucid interval' commonly associated with epidural hematomas. They are produced by arterial bleeding and can be very nasty and often fatal. Fatal and nasty I guess can go in the same sentence. A common injury is the site of the head with rupture of the MMA (middle meningeal artery).
Subdural hematomas are far more common and with a lower fatality rate but not associate with a lucid interval.
+++ vibes to Ms. Richardson and her familyEvery man dies. Not every man lives.
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03-18-2009, 02:51 PM #55baconnoisseur
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The fact is that shit happens on the mountain all the time when you're not expecting it. I've been freaking nailed standing still twice this year by out of control gapers, and a few years back, my toe piece ripped out when I hit a rut back east on a beginner slope straightlining it in at the end of the day, resulting in me shattering my jaw on a patch of ice. That's what they mean by the "inherent risks" of skiing and that's why they call them accidents. Now consider the fact that most skiers intentionally put themselves in a position of significantly increased risk of falling at some point during each ski day when they challenge themselves and their abilities. For some people, that might be most of the time, while for others it might only be a run or two a day. To each their own (except YSEBB who I wholeheartedly agree should never wear a helmet), but if know I should be wearing a lid 70% of each ski day, I'm not going to go naked just so that I don't have to wear one the other 30% of the day.
Last edited by krick; 03-18-2009 at 02:57 PM. Reason: typo
"What could possibly go wrong?"
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03-18-2009, 02:54 PM #56
I will add that many times each season a helmet has saved me from the profoundly retarded individuals who slam down the chair safety bar without asking or warning me first. For those chairs with foot rests, I may start to wear a cup too.
Every man dies. Not every man lives.
You don’t stop playing because you grow old; you grow old because you stop playing.
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03-18-2009, 03:14 PM #57action potential
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It's possible to have a "lucid interval" with a SDH as well as a EDH.
Vibes to the family. And to the poor instructor! Imagine having your student - any student, regardless of fame - get critically injured during their very first lesson.
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03-18-2009, 03:40 PM #58_______________________________________________
"Strapping myself to a sitski built with 30lb of metal and fibreglass then trying to water ski in it sounds like a stupid idea to me.
I'll be there." ... Andy Campbell
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03-18-2009, 03:46 PM #59
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03-18-2009, 03:58 PM #60
Horrible news for these people and their family. Anything can happen and it's just the way life throws shit at you. For a child like YSEBB, the world seems like a neat-O place where only bad things happen to stupid people he's never met. Give him a couple more decades to watch people he cares about die when they didn't deserve to. Life can be really shitty sometimes and that's when you start to grow up and appreciate what you have for what it is.
Is it time now to ban YSEBB? Can we take some kind of poll?
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03-18-2009, 03:59 PM #61
Vibes to the lady...
Watch out, Her hubby is gonna wreak havoc on you!
You should have been here yesterday!
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03-18-2009, 04:02 PM #62
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03-18-2009, 04:07 PM #63
Tag: Your Supreme Excellency/Big Balls <3s cock
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03-18-2009, 04:13 PM #64
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03-18-2009, 04:18 PM #65Banned
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Acording to TMZ...She was Removed from life support at 1:30 Today.
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03-18-2009, 04:26 PM #66
No, I think he finds it hard to believe that you would refuse to suck anyone's cock.
HTHIn with the 9.
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03-18-2009, 04:53 PM #67
not trying to start anything more than has already been started, but you all fucking suck at posting about anything serious. If you all would just realize that if you ignore the trolls, they will stop posting, none of this would ever happen.
I gots the jacket with the blue fox fur
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03-18-2009, 05:02 PM #68
^^agreed. this thread could get back on track if the focus were placed where it belongs. thoughts and prayers for friends and family. please ignore the troll. there will be other more appropriate threads to flame him. feeding them gives them life.
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03-18-2009, 05:18 PM #69
Seriously sad stuff. FWIT, some Dr. said that a helmet wouldn't necessarily have helped in this type of injury. Thoughts to the family.
Screw the net, Surf the backcountry!
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03-18-2009, 05:45 PM #70
This is really sad. I really feel especially for her son who was there with her. How traumatic that must have been for him.
It sucks how life can throw these type of curveballs at us. This is very unfair. I wish she'd had a chance to enjoy skiing the way we have here instead of this horrible twist of fate. I'm sure she would have loved it...
I was at my chiropractor today and we talked a bit about this incident. He said it does not take much to cause a traumatic brain injury. It's all in how you hit your head and where you hit it. Just an unlucky situation.
Anyway, blaming and shaming (and bickering) does nothing. A person was lost who was loved by her family. What a tragedy...
Sprite"I call it reveling in natures finest element. Water in its pristine form. Straight from the heavens. We bathe in it, rejoicing in the fullest." --BZ
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03-18-2009, 05:59 PM #71Something about the wrinkle in your forehead tells me there's a fit about to get thrown
And I never hear a single word you say when you tell me not to have my fun
It's the same old shit that I ain't gonna take off anyone.
and I never had a shortage of people tryin' to warn me about the dangers I pose to myself.
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03-18-2009, 06:03 PM #72
Just announced on CNN that she has passed. Very sad.
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03-18-2009, 06:06 PM #73
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03-18-2009, 06:06 PM #74Banned
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Helmets......
RIP
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03-18-2009, 06:10 PM #75indentured servant
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why is this news?
the only good thing about the whole affair is now the USAians that care more about "celebritys" (who was she again) can forget about their craptacular mortgage crisis...what's orange and looks good on hippies?
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