TexasSkiNut wrote:
Ever since Bono & Kennedy hit their trees, news articles almost always
mention whether or not the victim was wearing a helmet. How relevant
it is to the story depends on your point of view.

And to follow on with my pet peeve... Here in Colorado there is
always mention of the helmet. What I really want to know after
reading about the helmet is "would it have helped"? When I think
of the worse thing I could do to myself on the slopes, I think
of wrapping myself around a tree. I fail to see how a helmet is
going to be of ANY help there. I don't see how a helmet is
going to protect my vital organs within my torso.

Related to the article, what happens that causes skiers (or boarders)
to hit trees resulting in death? Are people going way too fast
on the very edge of the trail and either catch an edge, or
hit a patch of ice, and into the tree they go?

Sam "Is it ever going to snow in centeral Colorado again?" Seiber