As the weather turns colder, more and more people go to the ski resort to experience speed and passion.
However, the recent death of a 24-year-old guy from a ski crash has once again raised concerns about the safety of this sport.
According to multiple media reports, on December 6, a 24-year-old man lost his balance and fell to the ground while skiing at a ski resort in Harbin, Heilongjiang.
According to media reports, after the accident, the mother of the deceased questioned the lack of equipment at the ski resort.
In an interview, she said that the child had just graduated and had been working for more than two months and had an accident when he came to Harbin to ski on the weekend.
The mother of the deceased said that the child had skated on the primary track for about an hour and found the primary track boring.
Because the child skied in Xinjiang since he was a child, he went to the intermediate and high-level road and paid 90 yuan.
Data map: On a ski resort, ski enthusiasts slid down an alpine piste.
(Image and text irrelevant) Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Xin
The mother of the deceased first questioned the skis. During the take-off from the high-level road, the skis fell off, causing him to lose his center of gravity and flew out of the starting point and fell on the snow.
In addition, she thinks that the protective air cushion is not long enough, if the length is enough, the child will not fall out of the air cushion.
However, the person in charge of the ski resort said that after investigation, no matter how the snowboard or the helmet is used, there is no problem with the equipment, which is an accident.
Some netizens believe that skiing is inherently a high-risk sport and that high-level tracks should not be challenged without superb skills; some netizens believe that the entry barrier for skiing is not high, and the lack of safety measures on the ski slopes caused this tragedy.
In fact, skiing is a relatively short-lived outdoor sport in China, and how to conduct safety protection is a commonplace issue.
To ensure real safety, it is necessary for skiers to have a high level of active safety awareness, but also for passive safety measures in the ski field.
"This is a high-level road. Can you be a little bit skeptical? Don’t be hard on it! If you hit someone else, you can’t afford it, and you can’t hurt yourself when you hit it.”-One month ago, a domestic ski resort set up a voice prompt on the high-level road. All over the network.
Such down-to-earth voice prompts have been widely spread in unexpected ways. On the other hand, they highlight the loopholes in the control of people who do not have advanced trail qualifications in ski resorts, and even the public's indifferent knowledge of skiing safety.
Seven years ago, "Car King" Schumacher had an accident while skiing in the Alps and fell into a coma since then.
The accident was finally confirmed to be due to Schumacher not sliding on the piste set up by the ski resort, but accidentally hitting a rock in a wild snow area.
Data map: Ski lovers participate in skiing activities.
(Image and text irrelevant) Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Xin
It is reported that in most European ski resorts, the ski trails are graded according to color, and are generally divided into practice trails <green trails <blue trails <red trails <black trails.
The domestic naming of ski trails is roughly divided into practice trails, beginner, intermediate, advanced ski trails, etc...
Li Xiaoming, chairman of the Beijing Ski Association, previously said in an interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com that this is related to the late development of skiing in China: "The public may not know what the underworld represents. The primary, intermediate, and advanced division is mainly to make them better. understanding."
Even so, this classification is still a big problem for ignorant skiers.
Ding Dong, deputy director of the National Winter Management Center, once pointed out at the 2018 National Ski Resort Safety and Ice and Snow Sports Safety Work Conference: Some ski resorts in China do not specify the level, length, and slope of the ski trail in detail. It is inconvenient for skiers to choose snow according to their own level. Road and avoid risks.
In addition, there is insufficient publicity for skiers’ behavior and safety guidelines and skiers’ instructions, and the problems of inconspicuous and irregular signs and warnings on the slopes are still prominent.
Data map: A ski open competition.
(Image and text irrelevant) Photo by China News Agency reporter Wang Zhongju
How dangerous is the high way?
A ski instructor who has been working for many years said that the road is characterized by narrow, very steep, sharp turns and complex snow conditions.
The function is to provide a more professional practice field for advanced skiers.
This trail requires skiers to have more proficient skiing techniques and professional skiing equipment, which is risky. Loss of speed may cause serious injury or even life.
As we all know, the Chinese Swimming Association stipulates that all swimming in the deep water area of the swimming pool must have a "deep water certificate". The inspection rule is to swim in the deep water for 200 meters continuously, during which no part of the body shall touch the pool wall, pool bottom, floating line and other foreign objects And do not stop in the water to rest during swimming.
This also avoids the situation of swimmers "fishing in troubled waters" to the greatest extent.
But in ski resorts, how do skiers judge their own level and enter all levels of ski trails? Is there a unified standard at present?
The above-mentioned ski instructors said that in the past, everyone used the rating standards published by the American Ski Instructors Association (PSIA) for rough evaluation.
And this is only done on a small scale.
Data map: A ski open competition.
(Image and text irrelevant) Photo by China News Agency reporter Wang Zhongju
At the beginning of 2018, the Beijing Winter Sports Management Center officially announced the "Beijing Public Ski Training Grade Standard", which is the first domestic ski rating standard.
The grade standard is divided into different items for adults, children, and single and double boards. Each item is subdivided into 9 levels. Each level describes the type of piste suitable for skiers of this level and the skiing that this level needs to achieve techinque level.
Among them, levels 1 to 4 belong to the beginner level, levels 5 to 7 are intermediate skiers, and levels 8 to 9 are advanced skiers.
Looking at the whole country, the evaluation of popular skiing skills has also been put on the agenda.
The Winter Sports Management Center of the State General Administration of Sports issued a notice in April this year, recruiting the "National Public Ski Technical Grade Evaluation Pilot Unit" nationwide to conduct a pilot national public ski technical grade evaluation.
With the increasing popularity of skiing, safety issues are imminent.
I hope that the ski resorts and related parties can tie up the safety net firmly and firmly. I hope that ski enthusiasts can clearly understand their level before standing on the track. I also hope that the "deep water certificate" in the skiing field can be set early.