[Republicanprofessor]

One more bit of advice I heard last summer from a doctor on a island in Canada. “If you want to age gracefully, don’t fall.”

He thought it was crazy that I was a ski instructor, but I don’t fall much on the slopes. I am cautious on the slopes, and I always try to hold on to a railing on stairs. I have slipped on stairs too many times.

Great post, thanks.

[golux]

He thought it was crazy that I was a ski instructor, but I don’t fall much on the slopes...

Be careful, my Friend. I am not a bad skier but I came down a little hot a few years ago (ice at the very end of the run on the mogul side,) and I VERY LIGHTLY bumped the skis of an older lady at the beginning of the lift line. Yes, it was irresponsible of me, but it was not as if I "hit" her... She should not have fallen, but she did, and may have broken her hip. I helped her up and she continued on to the lift "in pain," and kept skiing.

She was visibly angry with me, and had every right to be, but at the same time, I thought it a very Russian-rouletty thing for her to practice a sport while so fragile... On any slope. You know, "easy" slopes can be dangerous, too, because they're filled with out-of-control skiers.