This Aussie learnt the hard way how expensive it can be when you get injured in the US.
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It was my first day on skis in a three-week trip across the US. Sydney’s sticky end to January had arrived – time to fill my wheelie ski bag with thermal layers and trade the humidity for dry American powder snow. My itinerary ticked off ski meccas like Park City in Utah and Vail in Colorado, number one and three of America’s largest snow resorts.
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Sunshine poured over a fresh 10cm dusting of snow at our first stop, Arapahoe Basin in Colorado. After an hour cruising the groomers, my husband and I began inhaling the more thrilling runs. I chose a line through a mogul field covered in hard bumps with soft snow disguising them. Feeling my way down at an increasingly exciting pace, my left leg extended into what I thought was soft snow. I met a rock-hard bump that forced my ski tip towards the other, my body weight continued downhill and my knee collapsed inwards. It was relatively innocuous, but the “pop” was unmistakable.
Ski patrol arrived and asked if anything hurt – weirdly it didn’t (at that stage). I even tried to ski down,…
