... or maybe Ed "Post Office" Davey and henchpersons:
There's just so much of it about to comment on ... but I thought (for once) ... why not go obliquely ... current but oblique ... do you know of this lady?
To bring you up to speed, she was the premier female downhill skiier, no question, for many years ... some of you saw her crash out at these winter olympics ... more than ouch ... three operations on her mangled legs and what statement did she make?
She's going to sign up to the paralympics for next time.
Her courage? Astounding. Her fitness? Astounding, given that she crashed out and did her ACL days before these olympics and still competed. The girl who won was apparently also American.
As a person who skied myself, high-intermediate, no more, plus I was right beside the Hahnenkamm Streif course decades back and skied on a bit of the course straight after the event ... it's certainly not for the faint of heart.
Which raises the question ... is it for the foolhardy? And getting more specific ... is it for a 41 year old woman with a leg injury? Is it for any 41 year old woman? There's certainly a thing called The Wall in babymaking ... I'd suggest it's also in sport.
For example, I was building a boat until my heart attack in the last decade. Could I do it now? Nope. It's the balance thing in the ears ... unsafe on a sailing craft now. Men, e.g. football players? Late 30s in rugby, into the 40s in association. There really are limits.
Who decides? Well, in Lindsey's case, she obviously did, based on her star status. Mental ability to handle the end? Who knows? Should the officials have shut her down? Phew! Who knows? Not easy, is it? Most people want to go out on a high, doing something worthwhile.
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