One of the things that I love about Danny is his spirit of adventure & guess who he got it from? His Mum!
When Sue arrived in Salt Lake City a few weeks ago she was keen to try snow skiing for the first time in her life. She gave her travel insurance a call the night before our trip up to the slopes & upped her insurance to include sking & off we went. The first morning she had a lesson for a few hours to get the basics down, then she was off!
Down the bottom of "Easy Street" just near the lift.
Looking pretty proud of herself for her great effort!
The next week Danny & his Mum & Dad headed back up the mountain with our friend Valerie for our normal Wednesday morning ski. Sue hit the slopes again with Valerie giving her some pointers. After a morning sking down "easy Street" Valerie thought Sue was ready to head up the Moonbeam lift to try out the next level slope "Same Street". Now I just have to say for the record here that I only headed up this slope on Sunday for the first time & my oh my it's just a little bit daunting. Nothing like the bunny slope that we had been learning on! But here is a video of Sue doing an amazing job skiing down the first part like a pro... except for the bit where she crashes at the end.
Unfortunately it wasn't this ski where she fell & tore her ACL & MCL, rather the next one. Oh dear.
Danny snowboarded down to get some help while Valerie stayed with Sue. Then these guys show up before Danny could even get back. They just patrol all of the runs looking for people who might need some help.
The tobagan looks pretty comfy & they put her leg in a lovely splint. I think they might have done this a few times before... They did comment that everyone was far too cheery for it be too bad an injury.
And down the hill she goes! Looks kinda fun hey?
They have a pretty amazing medical clinic at Solitude, complete with X-Ray machine. Although she went for an MRI later in the day, the Physician's assistant here was spot on with her diagnosis.
Sue has been recovering really well over the last week & she started having some physiotherapy yesterday. She might not be up to any sledding with the boys just yet but she is still making the most of the holiday.
OH NO Sue!!! Hope you're not in too much pain and that it is well on the way to healing before you have to sit in a plane for ages!!! You look like you were having a ball before hand. Lach asked if you were back country skiing as it didn't look as steep as the runs he used to do...cheeky monkey!! :) Hope you all have an awesome Christmas together and have fun watching those little boys enjoy the day. Love the Finch Family.
ReplyDeletePS Nice outfit! :)