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- Path: sparky!uunet!scifi!acheron!philabs!linus!agate!rsoft!mindlink!a638
- From: John_McKercher@mindlink.bc.ca (John McKercher)
- Subject: Re: Helmets (again): Skiing Safety
- Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:42:26 GMT
- Message-ID: <20173@mindlink.bc.ca>
- Sender: news@deep.rsoft.bc.ca (Usenet)
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- > David G. Simmons writes:
- >
- > I'm not advocating everybody skiing in helmets mind you. Actually, both of
- > these yahoos were skiing out of control when they bought it. I think maybe
- > ski patrol should tighten up a bit on the "Ski out of control, lose your
- > pass
- > or ticket" rule that exists most places. If we could cut down on the
- > number
- > of OOCYs (Out Of Control Yahoos), we wouldn't *need* helmets, or this
- > discussion.
-
-
- I know that this is already happening at one local mountain that gets quite
- crowded. The patrol has been told to increase their watch for people who ski
- with no regard for other people's safety. And they have begun revoking passes
- and escorting people off the hill. It's not a very nice job if you are the
- patroller, but I'd much rather prevent an accident than attend one...
-
- Rumour has it that we will be told to get tougher at our mountain as well,
- especially people who ski runs that are closed or ski out of bounds. Probably
- because we have had one fatality already this year because of someone skiing
- out of bounds.
-
-
- John
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-