Skiing – An extreme sport for ordinary people

Skiing is a dynamic and exciting sport. Although skiing belongs to extreme sports, it is not as dangerous as rock climbing, skydiving and other extreme sports. In fact, with the improvement of people’s economic level, skiing has entered most people’s lives.

Skiing is called “white opium”, because many people enjoy the process of sprinting down from the snow mountain. In this process, people can enjoy the pleasure of speed and the beautiful scenery along the way. Therefore, skiing is loved by more and more people.

Skiing doesn’t strictly limit the age of participants. From the 70 year old to the 10 year old, they have the opportunity to participate in such an extreme sport.

But for ordinary people, to enjoy skiing, they need to learn a lot of knowledge.

Kai Liu, 24, who has been skiing for four years and is also a PhD of engineering at Newcastle University, said:

“For beginners of skiing, safety is the most important, the best way is to find a coach for preliminary learning. “

Kai started skiing since he came to England at the age of 20. Now he is proficient in various skills such as single board and double board. He goes skiing in the Alps every Christmas with his companions. He describes the dangerous situations he and his companions have encountered.

“There are often accidents on the snow ways. Some stones are often hidden under the snow. Once the skiers hit these hidden stones, they will be injured.” One of Liu Kai’s companions suffered a fracture and rested for three months because of such an accident.

“The most dangerous problem is avalanche, which is a problem that every skier must pay attention to. In recent years, many famous skiers have often lost their lives because of avalanches. The most important thing is to judge whether they can ski according to the European avalanche warning system before departure.” Liu said.

In addition, no matter experienced professional skiers or enthusiasts still in the learning stage, they should try to avoid traveling alone. In an emergency, snow mountain rescue team will send rescue personnel and helicopters to conduct large-scale search in the ski resort, so as to quickly find the injured and rescue them.

In fact, skiing is not dangerous for most people as long as adequate preparations and precautions are made. Take your equipment, climb the snow mountain and overlook the beautiful snow.