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Actually, we were skiing down after a short tour and were humbled by a chap on his way up, at good pace ... with only one leg.
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I remember going up in a bubble once with my son, it goes over the top of a steep black & I seen someone going down it so smoothly with legs stuck together like glue, it looked fantastic, then once we were closer we seen they were on 1 leg!
The power in that leg must have been eminence
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under a new name wrote:
Actually, we were skiing down after a short tour and were humbled by a chap on his way up, at good pace ... with only one leg.

I was once beaten in a round of Golf, by a chap with only one arm.....Humbled on the round. Toofy Grin


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Every time I see someone on one of those sit-skis, they are really, really good, even in tough conditions. As we say in Baseball: ya gotta tip your cap.
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I saw someone in Les Arcs last season skiing very smoothly on a single ski - but he had two legs and was holding poles and the other ski over a shoulder! Presume he had broken a binding.
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I was on the Caron lift on the eosb a few years ago. There was a guy on a sit ski with his mates on skis. As I got to the top of the main run , he came behind me, so I let him go past.

As I got to the first turn, I saw him go round the second. Never saw him again until I got back to the cable car queue.
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I once saw a one-armed man doing the Macarena in a nightclub in a Manchester suburb.
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My wife and I exited a chairlift at San Pellegrino pass a few years ago in exceptionally windy conditions (the lift kept stopping for the unloading chair to stop swinging), we'd moved 20 feet when another powerful gust came through blowing over everyone who didn't hunker down. Well all except one man.... you guessed it!
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Well, at least you don't suffer from over confidence. I get humbled routinely on the up...by ski tourers 20 years younger than me wink
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PrimroseAndBlue wrote:
I once saw a one-armed man doing the Macarena in a nightclub in a Manchester suburb.

You win! Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy
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under a new name wrote:
Actually, we were skiing down after a short tour and were humbled by a chap on his way up, at good pace ... with only one leg.


So he was effectively hopping? or do you mean he had one false leg?
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We were in Verbier late season a few years back which coincided with the Patrouille des Glaciers. We watched a few teams head to the finish and then set off down towards Medran ourselves, comfortably keeping pace with one team.

Then we realised they only had 5 skis between the 3 of them.
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Shared a room with a one-footed skier once. Only knew he only had one foot when he said "If you hear someone hopping through the room during the night it's just me going to the toilet. I've only got one leg". You'd never have guessed from spending time with him either on or off skis. Well, until he got into the hot tub or it came to putting on ski boots - he'd just take off his walking leg/put on his ski booted leg and say "I'll wait for you all outside". Always tickled me to come back to the ski locker, open the door and see the mix of ski boots, normal shoes...and a leg hanging up Smile
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I once played against a bloke with one arm at the Uni rugby team trials.

To be fair, I smashed him Embarassed
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I saw a chap doing the flying KM in Les Arcs on one leg (he only had one leg that is; he wasn't just doing on one leg for s**** and giggles).
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In Ischgl the year before last, we were have a sneaky beer in the Swarzwand Pizzeria up at Palinkopf and an English guy came in flapping asking the guy at the till to call a Skidoo as his wifes binding was broken and she couldn't possibly ski all the way down on one ski..

I was just about to reach for my multi-tool (easy now?) to offer my services as a keen have-a-go Techie...when the Chef came out wiping his hands on his apron and fixed the binding with a bread knife, handed the guy back the ski and whilst pointing towards the slope "No need for skidoo...enjoy your holiday"

...I went back to my beer.

(Took photos of it too!)
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I remember one occasion when I was skiing a fast red from Mont Vallon in Meribel a couple of years ago. Sunny day, empty piste, great snow - and letting rip. I was approaching the bottom section at full tilt, with my quads screaming for mercy - when a one legged skier blasted past me!

As you say - very humbling. Very Happy
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Jonny996 wrote:
I remember going up in a bubble once with my son, it goes over the top of a steep black & I seen someone going down it so smoothly with legs stuck together like glue, it looked fantastic, then once we were closer we seen they were on 1 leg!
The power in that leg must have been eminence


It may even have been immense! Toofy Grin
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Mosha Marc wrote:
I once played against a bloke with one arm at the Uni rugby team trials.

To be fair, I smashed him Embarassed


There was a chap at university who played with no arm below one elbow. He would tuck the ball under his good arm and “palm” you off with the stump. He was pretty good as well.
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@Snowfinders, that was probably this Aussie bloke:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Milton_(skier)

He was very, very fast....and at one time some of his competition even complained to the race organisers that he had an unfair aerodynamic advantage!

"Milton holds the open Australian downhill speed skiing record, beating the top recorded speeds by able-bodied skiers. His personal best downhill speed is 213 km/h (132 mph)."
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I used to have this guy who worked for me with only one testicle. The other had been removed in childhood and replaced with a prosthetic. His party trick was to whip it out in the pub and challenge other blokes to a "Man Test". This involvied a slap on afore-mentioned testicle followed by a return slap on the challenger. A round of beer for the one who didn't double up in agony. Do I win? Very Happy
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@RedandWhiteFlachau, what work did he did for you with his one testicle?
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loving this thread!
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Toadman wrote:
Well, at least you don't suffer from over confidence. I get humbled routinely on the up...by ski tourers 20years younger than me wink
I get humbled on the way up by tourers 20 years older than me with plate bindings.
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Years ago whilst on a tricky black mogul field (Verbier I think) left in a shower of powder by a couple following each other turn for turn at high speed. Met them at the bottom and said hello only to find the wife was blind and follows husband who had a clicker of some sort on his rucksack. She had lost her sight 2 yrs previously and had no intention of giving up skiing (she had been a guide and instructor). AMAZING.
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Season 2006/07, Tignes, an ex-British army bloke in a sit-down ski (spinal injury) rented a GPS doofer from Sumitski (before it was common/cheap & easy to get same on your phone). He spent all day up & down Trolles trying for a max speed.
Sumitski let it be known he topped out at 129kph. Plenty of seasonnaires (mainly male, naturally) tried to beat this during the rest of the season. None came close to even matching his speed.
110kph for me, before you ask.
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ster wrote:
@RedandWhiteFlachau, what work did he did for you with his one testicle?


Juggler. He wasn't that good.
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ster wrote:
@RedandWhiteFlachau, what work did he did for you with his one testicle?


Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy
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RedandWhiteFlachau wrote:
ster wrote:
@RedandWhiteFlachau, what work did he did for you with his one testicle?


Juggler. He wasn't that good.


Did he make a ball(s)-up of it?
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We had a Japenese lad with a false leg who was at a local college guest at our badminton club a few times. Lovely lad and more or less held his own at doubles but singles was too much for him. He also had a flask of tea for between games while we slugged water down.
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I worked with a bloke who was a great batsman at cricket - despite being born with only one arm.

Because he knew no other way, he had learned to bat one-handed and (incredibly) had a natural aptitude for it. In one splendid innings, a disgruntled bowler who was being slogged all over, informed the umpire of his view that the batsman was required to have two hands on the bat at all times... Very Happy
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Met a Spanish guy doing the Haute route at the Vignettes hut. He was run down by a pisty-beasty when he was a teenager and lost his left leg from above the knee. Doing the Haute route was a lifelong dream.
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 Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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RedandWhiteFlachau wrote:
ster wrote:
@RedandWhiteFlachau, what work did he did for you with his one testicle?


Juggler. He wasn't that good.


Funniest thing I’ve read on here for a long time Very Happy
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We once got stuck in a white out in Avoriaz.

Then along come a group skiing absolutely perfectly in the near impossible conditions.

All have hi vis bibs on the 'XXXXX Blind Ski Club' on the back.
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Slightly different, taxi from Obergurgl up to Hochgurgl - taxi driver had only one arm On the hairpins going up he answered his phone, holding the wheel against his copious stomach, used the same technique to change gear!
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I've always been impressed blind skiers but the guide dogs impress me more.
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