Comments on: Back from the booth… http://wcsnblogs.com/skiing/scottmacartney/scottmacartney/2008/03/10/back-from-the-booth/ World Championship Sports Network Blog Site Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:06:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: scottymac http://wcsnblogs.com/skiing/scottmacartney/scottmacartney/2008/03/10/back-from-the-booth/#comment-12157 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:43:28 +0000 http://wcsnblogs.com/skiing/scottmacartney/scottmacartney/2008/03/10/back-from-the-booth/#comment-12157 Thanks Christine- I just figured out that it would be nice to be able to reply to people's comments really easily, so I signed up to reply to my own blog, which is kind of strange, but should be cool. More direct way to answer peoples questions! Thanks for the comment. I did know about the birthday thing, but not until after, of course. You don't hear much at all when you are on course with all the wind noise and (hopefully) concentration. I am actually doing great after my crash and should be starting to train hard by next week. Cheers! Thanks Christine-
I just figured out that it would be nice to be able to reply to people’s comments really easily, so I signed up to reply to my own blog, which is kind of strange, but should be cool. More direct way to answer peoples questions!
Thanks for the comment. I did know about the birthday thing, but not until after, of course. You don’t hear much at all when you are on course with all the wind noise and (hopefully) concentration. I am actually doing great after my crash and should be starting to train hard by next week. Cheers!

]]> by: christine http://wcsnblogs.com/skiing/scottmacartney/scottmacartney/2008/03/10/back-from-the-booth/#comment-12153 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:51:50 +0000 http://wcsnblogs.com/skiing/scottmacartney/scottmacartney/2008/03/10/back-from-the-booth/#comment-12153 Hey Scott I was in the crowd at Kitzbühel and I am so very relieved that you are OK. Those minutes when you were lying on the ice were excrutiating, it was like time was standing still. A complete silence fell over the entire place... it was a very surreal moment. Did anybody tell you that at the exact moment you crashed, the Austrian commentator had started to sing 'Happy Birthday' over the loudspeakers? It was terribly ironic because a few seconds later, everybody thought you were dead. So your helmet saved your life, that's awesome. It's really amazing how the human body can recover from something as major as what happened to you. By the way, that 'helmet' that your mum made for you out of bubble wrap is hilarious... maybe you can start a new fashion trend out on the slopes? :) I know you are a professional and all but I am still in awe of how you can bring yourself to go down those near-vertical slopes again! But then again... I'm from Australia and I'm not really a winter person :) Anyway, I wish you an ongoing good recovery and please don't shock us like that again!! Take care. Christine Hey Scott

I was in the crowd at Kitzbühel and I am so very relieved that you are OK. Those minutes when you were lying on the ice were excrutiating, it was like time was standing still. A complete silence fell over the entire place… it was a very surreal moment. Did anybody tell you that at the exact moment you crashed, the Austrian commentator had started to sing ‘Happy Birthday’ over the loudspeakers? It was terribly ironic because a few seconds later, everybody thought you were dead. So your helmet saved your life, that’s awesome. It’s really amazing how the human body can recover from something as major as what happened to you.

By the way, that ‘helmet’ that your mum made for you out of bubble wrap is hilarious… maybe you can start a new fashion trend out on the slopes? :)

I know you are a professional and all but I am still in awe of how you can bring yourself to go down those near-vertical slopes again! But then again… I’m from Australia and I’m not really a winter person :)

Anyway, I wish you an ongoing good recovery and please don’t shock us like that again!! Take care.

Christine

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