Wow, bright future for Teddy....

but I hope his hand heals quickly!

Funny what you remember about past skiing adventures... sometimes the geography, the type of snow, your prowess on that day, your big crash. I certainly remember my biggest crash... and it was a major... but I don't think 'unique'.

I was having the best day of my life. I could do no wrong. (look out). Final run of the day I was going to hit a big jump than ends right at the lodge, hit it at full speed. Probably got twice more air and distance than any other jump in my life.. AND... landed it perfectly. Can you guess what's coming?

Arms raised in celebration, preening for the adulation coming from those sitting on the veranda at the lodge who had witnessed it with "oohs" and "ahhs"..... I caught an edge. Not sure how far I fell, tumbled, rolled, slid... but I ended up against a ski rack right at the lodge... knocking all the skies down.

Nope, no injury at all... how I'll never know. But as big as the "WOW's" were for the jump from the bystanders the applause for the crash was 10 times bigger.

By the way.... that was back in the day, maybe my mid-30's. Only way that happens today is if an unhibernated Griz is after my ass. - JamesJM