Sorry to hear about your seizures and hope they can get to the bottom of it. We're pulling for you!
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Have you ever missed a ski season?
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Sorry to hear about your seizures and hope they can get to the bottom of it. We're pulling for you!
Ski Spirit
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Pissani5772,
So sorry to hear about the seizures and the current situation. Hopefully they will figure out the issue and you can go from there. This is a very supportive forum so if you need to ask for an ear, don't hesitate.
All the best......
So sorry to hear about the seizures and the current situation. Hopefully they will figure out the issue and you can go from there. This is a very supportive forum so if you need to ask for an ear, don't hesitate.
All the best......
pisani5772
Diva in Training
Amazing
You guys are so great!!!
Thanks for the support and especially the offer for the ride up with you Vail Gal. I may knock on that door.
You guys are so great!!!
Thanks for the support and especially the offer for the ride up with you Vail Gal. I may knock on that door.
sibhusky
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Estimated (before I kept records)
Year Days
71-72: 6 Learned to ski in Austria, hated it
72-73: 0
73-74: 0
74-75: 8 Went on ski trip with cute guys, took lessons on short skis
75-76: 21
76-77: 3 Went back to grad school
77-78: 8 Moved to CT after graduation, got job
78-79: 15 In CT
79-80: 8 Moved to NJ
81-82: 8
82-83: 8
83-84: 8
85-86: 8
86-87: 0 Pregnant, bought house in Poconos
87-88: 15 First year skiing at CB, skied enough to break even
88-89: 20 still not writing things down, but was counting and this was in old file somewhere
sub of estimate days: 136
Actual (started spreadsheets)
89-90: 25
90-91: 32
91-92: 36
92-93: 41
93-94: 28
94-95: 36
95-96: 41
96-97: 40
97-98: 37
98-99: 32
99-00: 29
00-01: 54
01-02: 36
02-03: 36
03-04: 75
04-05: 55
05-06: 73
06-07: 73
sub of actual days: 779
Estimated Grand total over life: 915 days
So, I guess I should only tell people I've been skiing 31 seasons.....
Year Days
71-72: 6 Learned to ski in Austria, hated it
72-73: 0
73-74: 0
74-75: 8 Went on ski trip with cute guys, took lessons on short skis
75-76: 21
76-77: 3 Went back to grad school
77-78: 8 Moved to CT after graduation, got job
78-79: 15 In CT
79-80: 8 Moved to NJ
81-82: 8
82-83: 8
83-84: 8
85-86: 8
86-87: 0 Pregnant, bought house in Poconos
87-88: 15 First year skiing at CB, skied enough to break even
88-89: 20 still not writing things down, but was counting and this was in old file somewhere
sub of estimate days: 136
Actual (started spreadsheets)
89-90: 25
90-91: 32
91-92: 36
92-93: 41
93-94: 28
94-95: 36
95-96: 41
96-97: 40
97-98: 37
98-99: 32
99-00: 29
00-01: 54
01-02: 36
02-03: 36
03-04: 75
04-05: 55
05-06: 73
06-07: 73
sub of actual days: 779
Estimated Grand total over life: 915 days
So, I guess I should only tell people I've been skiing 31 seasons.....
ski now work later
Angel Diva
Sibhusky, you the same sibhusky from Epic? Welcome to the forum! I'll be skiing in Big Sky in February, probably a long way from your mountain....
sibhusky
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Yep! Big Sky is about 6 hours from here. It's a big state.
ski now work later
Angel Diva
That's what I thought. It is a HUGE state that I am very fond of, though I've only spent time in the Southwest corner so far....
ISki
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Pisani5772, I know someone with epilepsy who avidly skis. One time the person had a big seizure on the slopes. I was there. We just did the same for the person as if we were on dry land. That it happened to occur on a ski slope didn't really matter. Afterwards, the person rested in the lodge and subsequently at home, and it was over.
Brooklyn Skier
Certified Ski Diva
Yes, and the same reason as I read in a few of the other replies.."lack of a friend or relative or boyfriend" interested in skiing. I've always wanted to go in on a ski house for a few reasons...someone to split the gas with for the long drive up there and also ensures you can go skiing every weekend and not have to worry about finding a motel. Plus the added bonus of making new friends and planning skiing days.
I live in the NYC area and was always cautious about going online and finding a house on sites like Craig's List. You never know what kind of wierdos you get. I dated a guy a few years ago who loved snowboarding and told me about how he usually goes in on 2 share houses for the ski seasons. I was thinking it would be perfect to go in on one of those but the relationship didn't last till winter. When winter season approached I didn't think it a big deal to call him for a reference to see if he knew of other houses (and specifically said not one of his) he acted all typical jerk & recommended one that was out of my price range and was only a 1/4 share and had no one from NYC in it!!
Do you think finding a ski house to go in on is a good idea? What are safe ways to find out about share houses? Especially if your a single female? Thanks!
I live in the NYC area and was always cautious about going online and finding a house on sites like Craig's List. You never know what kind of wierdos you get. I dated a guy a few years ago who loved snowboarding and told me about how he usually goes in on 2 share houses for the ski seasons. I was thinking it would be perfect to go in on one of those but the relationship didn't last till winter. When winter season approached I didn't think it a big deal to call him for a reference to see if he knew of other houses (and specifically said not one of his) he acted all typical jerk & recommended one that was out of my price range and was only a 1/4 share and had no one from NYC in it!!
Do you think finding a ski house to go in on is a good idea? What are safe ways to find out about share houses? Especially if your a single female? Thanks!
sibhusky
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Maybe ask on EpicSki, or if you like the Poconos, PA Ski and Ride (paskiandride.com)?
Gloria
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
2 sort ofs
Back when I was in high school ( jr. high? ), before we had snow making in Montana, we had a strangely snowless winter. Most of the areas didn't even open because they couldn't keep enough snow at the base. We ended up getting pounded with snow from about late February to Aprilish that year. It was too late for the ski area to open, but we lived at the base of a mountain and my brother and I would hike and ski it after school. Absolutely no base, I don't know if you could even consider it skiing, but it was fun.
I also spent very little time alpine skiing the year my daughter was born. I went maybe 4-5 times that year. I spent that winter cross-country skiing with her in the pack instead. It was a perfect solution at the time, and don't think I will ever be in that good of shape again. I wish...
Back when I was in high school ( jr. high? ), before we had snow making in Montana, we had a strangely snowless winter. Most of the areas didn't even open because they couldn't keep enough snow at the base. We ended up getting pounded with snow from about late February to Aprilish that year. It was too late for the ski area to open, but we lived at the base of a mountain and my brother and I would hike and ski it after school. Absolutely no base, I don't know if you could even consider it skiing, but it was fun.
I also spent very little time alpine skiing the year my daughter was born. I went maybe 4-5 times that year. I spent that winter cross-country skiing with her in the pack instead. It was a perfect solution at the time, and don't think I will ever be in that good of shape again. I wish...
cyn
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I missed about 15 ski seasons. The reasons were: a divorce and tight finances, and no one to ski with. Actually, I didn't really think I'd ever get back to it until I met my present husband and he persuaded me to go. I'm skiing better now than I ever did, and I'm so glad I decided to try it again!
cloudpeak
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
When I was 11, my parents gave me skis for Christmas. I skied every weekend and school vacation for those two winters and loved every minute of it, but didn't ski again until I was 46. In the intervening 30-some years, jobs, kids, lack of spare cash, and a love for whitewater kayaking all pushed skiing out of the picture.
Six years ago our kids begged us to get them skis and lessons. My spouse and I took it up at the same time, and we love it. We ski as much as possible, but, ironically, the kids now ski less than we do.
Six years ago our kids begged us to get them skis and lessons. My spouse and I took it up at the same time, and we love it. We ski as much as possible, but, ironically, the kids now ski less than we do.
Severine
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I didn't ever ski until 1/1/2004. I was 26 at the time. Then I missed the next season due to pregnancy... the following season I only got out 2 days... missed last season due to another pregnancy. I can't wait to get back into it! I've only ever had about 20 ski days and I desperately feel the need to get back out there. I miss it terribly. Skiing is my Zen, my balance.
I did break the 5th metatarsal in my left foot over the summer and was told I should be able to ski this winter. Hopefully it doesn't have a negative effect on returning to the sport for me.
I did break the 5th metatarsal in my left foot over the summer and was told I should be able to ski this winter. Hopefully it doesn't have a negative effect on returning to the sport for me.
Capucine
Certified Ski Diva
I started skiing in 1984 (I was 5) and skiied every weekend until 1998. We were 8 minutes from the slopes. Then I moved to Montreal for university and since then my seasons were slim due to transportation and money (some seasons I didn't ski at all). I hope to start skiing every weekend again this year. We'll see if the budget (I move in my new house tomorrow) and the weather allow it.
Missed too many to want to think about when I took a detour to live in the SW, although I did get a couple of northern NM and one CO trip in during those 2 decades. I am very happy to be back at it and living in the NE where it snows and ski areas are w/in driving distance. And thanks to all of the terrific info on this website I have reinvested in equipment for the first time in, well, too long. Skiing makes me smile and I now hope to ski every season until I'm very very very old.
