swalker
Very helpful member
- Joined
- Dec 11, 2014
- Messages
- 1,580
- Reason
- DX MND
- Diagnosis
- 07/2014
- Country
- US
- State
- CO
- City
- Vail
I have had the wonderful opportunity to go skiing 4 times this season. The second time, which was on February 14 (or Valentine's Day), was really special. My wife accompanied me, of course.
The ski instructors were Jim (tethered to the biski) and Amanda (controlled traffic, configured the biski for loading on the lift, and assisted in lifting the biski and me onto the ski lift's chair.
We were joined by Franz, who is also an adaptive instructor, but was just skiing with us for fun that day. Franz is also a professional photographer and managed to shoot a wonderful video of our last run of the day.
The video is over 5 minutes long. I hope that you can share it with others so they can be inspired to do crazy things, despite some physical limitations. You will notice I ride in the biski like a sack of potatoes at times. But, I am still able to initiate turns. Those turns are absolutely wonderful to experience.
We have become friends with Jim, Amanda, and Franz over the last 2 years. They are dedicated professionals with the adaptive ski program and absolutely wonderful human beings.
The video shows us skiing from the top of Vail to the bottom. The route we took was from the top of Ledges to Lodgepole to Columbine to International to Bear Tree and then to Windish Way.
It was a beautiful day and the snow was in great shape. I had a blast and got some wind in my face.
I hope you enjoy the video as much as I do. Here is the link.
Zenfolio | Steven A. Walker | Biski
Steve
The ski instructors were Jim (tethered to the biski) and Amanda (controlled traffic, configured the biski for loading on the lift, and assisted in lifting the biski and me onto the ski lift's chair.
We were joined by Franz, who is also an adaptive instructor, but was just skiing with us for fun that day. Franz is also a professional photographer and managed to shoot a wonderful video of our last run of the day.
The video is over 5 minutes long. I hope that you can share it with others so they can be inspired to do crazy things, despite some physical limitations. You will notice I ride in the biski like a sack of potatoes at times. But, I am still able to initiate turns. Those turns are absolutely wonderful to experience.
We have become friends with Jim, Amanda, and Franz over the last 2 years. They are dedicated professionals with the adaptive ski program and absolutely wonderful human beings.
The video shows us skiing from the top of Vail to the bottom. The route we took was from the top of Ledges to Lodgepole to Columbine to International to Bear Tree and then to Windish Way.
It was a beautiful day and the snow was in great shape. I had a blast and got some wind in my face.
I hope you enjoy the video as much as I do. Here is the link.
Zenfolio | Steven A. Walker | Biski
Steve