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    My ankle done blowed up

    The setup:
    Sunday, Feb 24, 2008 @ Snowbird: Winter t-storm dumping graupel so hard it flowed like water down steeps. Vertigo from snow devils on the open slopes, so I stuck to the trees; no viz otherwise.

    The terrain:
    Monday, Feb 25, 2008 @ Solitude: Stuck to Summit, dropping skiers right from ridgeline. Face shots on fresh tracks every turn of every run.

    The injury:
    Unfortunately, I smeared a tree; boot hit just behind the "6th toe". Bad decision making re: my line on a crux. Blew up my ankle. Pics & xrays as below. Note the crushed tibia in the xray.

    The epilog:
    Climbing up the face I ragdolled down to retrieve my ski was brutal. At least the ski was wedged in at the tree trunk. No powder tails, so I might have lost it otherwise. I only had one more day before my scheduled return home, so thankfully I didn't lose out on too much skiing. On returning to Canada, I finally saw a doctor. Since I'll be gunning steeps at Whistler in early April with a bunch there called Extremely Canadian, so I'll be going balls out on the physio until then.

    The lesson:
    Scrub speed by turning BELOW a tree. Steeeeeeep & deeeeeeeep can mean more drift thru a turn than might be expected.



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    Owww , help up fast dude

    what boots were you wearing?

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    ^ Thx for words of encouragement.
    Boots = Dalbello V12 Avanti Custom w/ custom orthotics & Booster (race) straps.
    I hit it pretty hard/fast. ([Ricky Bobby]Look at me momma, I'm goin fast![/Ricky Bobby])
    Last edited by yyz113; 03-01-2008 at 05:10 PM.

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    ohhhh booster straps in the race model...it all makes sense now

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