>>>Unfortunatly, she died at the hospital. After the accident, the debate for the obligation to wear head helmet on the ski slopes is back on track here. The ski stations are against, saying that it will reduce the number of skiers. Look like they're more interested in $$$ than the life of their clients...
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>>The paper this morning said this was during a beginner lesson and she "fell down" - not exactly the same thing as high speed skiing into a tree or another skier. Anybody who wants to wear a helmet can do it now. They can also do it for walking down the street. Requiring it is silly.
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>Agreed. But let's just assume the positions have not changed since the long debate here about mandating bicycle helmets <g>.
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>They say you don't have to bang your head very hard if you bang it in the right place (above the ear) but it's still hard conceiving how this happened on a beginner's lesson. Witnesses said she didn't collide with anything or anyone, just laughed it off and said she was OK. Whoops.

The doc they had commenting on this on the news last night said that the kind of injury that was likely involved here would have been made worse by the high altitude.

Tamar