Posted on 01/16/2025 8:02:17 AM PST by BenLurkin
The 62-year-old reportedly crashed into a stationary skier, a British man, on the Aiguille Rouge mountain in Les Arcs on Tuesday.
She died shortly afterwards, after experiencing traumatic shock, according to French news outlet Le Dauphine.
The man broke his leg in the collision.
The director of slope safety at the resort, Phillipe Janin, told the AFP news agency it had happened around 10:30 (09:30 GMT), when the woman was descending a "well-groomed" black run on the Aiguille Rouge mountain.
Black runs are extremely difficult slopes that are considered to be only suitable for expert skiers.
Mr Janin said the 62-year-old had lost control of her skis before colliding with a 35-year-old man who was stationary on the piste. Emergency services attended the scene, but she died shortly afterwards.
He added that he believed both of the skiers had been wearing helmets, and the man had been rushed to hospital with a broken leg.
According to the Domaines Skiables de France, the association that represents ski area operators in France, an average of 10 traumatic deaths are recorded each year on French slopes.
Up to half of these, it adds, are a result of a collision with an obstacle or another skier.
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Wow. How did she die from colliding with another human being? I can understand from a tree collision, like Sonny Bono.
No helmet 4mPH. Any stationary object hit in the wrong place.
Are you supposed to be stationary on the piste?
She was wearing a helmet.
I don’t even know what a piste is.
Its the path you are supposed to ski down.
Oh my!
Well, maybe he had just fallen and was gathering himself up to resume skiing.
A “piste” is obviously French for something.
Where was Claudine Longet?
A “piste” is obviously French for something.
It’s like those French have a different word for everything.
The French are so perverse in refusing to speak English.
Then the driver said, "..¿hablas español?" The kalifornians just sat there.
Then the driver said, "..sprichst du deutsch?" The kalifornians just sat there.
The driver drove off in disgust. The first kalifornian said, "You know, we ought to learn a foreign language." The second guy said, "I don't know why. That guy speaks three languages and none of them did him any good."
Why is a 62 year old woman on a black run?
The filmed agony involved more than de feet, I would wager.
My favorite Steve Martin bit
Lol
In my much younger days, I took a few skiing lessons.
We learned to do a “stem christie” turn when going down a steep slope to control and slow down our descent.
This requires that one skis across the slope and turn, similar to hairpin turns in a road.
While I was doing my stem christie a little boy about 6 years old hit me going full tilt with no control at all.
Knocked us both down and he had a slight bloody nose.
If he had been an adult, it could have been a disaster.
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