Before we get into this, please, for the love of all things skiing, don't let this become a crazy helmet thread. Please and thank you!
Jonathan Ellsworth, the founder of Blister Gear Review took a serious tumble last week. Here is the story from their Facebook page.
Reminder: If you are biking, skiing, climbing or boating this weekend, bring -- and wear -- your helmet. Blister founder, Jonathan Ellsworth, was on a ski tour this past Sunday in Colorado, fell while climbing, and got taken for a very serious ride. This is his helmet. Without it, we don’t believe he’d be alive. It was a bad crash, and he has suffered a broken neck. But his brain is okay.
After regaining consciousness - and after the quick work and help of his friends - he was able to make the hike down out of Independence Pass under his own power, then refuse the ambulance ride (mostly because he is a proud and willful fool). None of that would have been true if he wasn’t wearing a helmet. We'll be talking more about Jonathan's crash soon. At the moment, he is ok — he’s in a neck brace, he has no neurological damage, he is walking, talking, writing reviews, and still getting angry when our reviewers forget to use the Oxford comma. His neck is still being assessed to see what the next steps are, but we are optimistic about a full recovery.
Please be safe out there, friends, and please don’t leave your helmet at home.
#notjustanotherhelmet
Jonathan Ellsworth, the founder of Blister Gear Review took a serious tumble last week. Here is the story from their Facebook page.
Reminder: If you are biking, skiing, climbing or boating this weekend, bring -- and wear -- your helmet. Blister founder, Jonathan Ellsworth, was on a ski tour this past Sunday in Colorado, fell while climbing, and got taken for a very serious ride. This is his helmet. Without it, we don’t believe he’d be alive. It was a bad crash, and he has suffered a broken neck. But his brain is okay.
After regaining consciousness - and after the quick work and help of his friends - he was able to make the hike down out of Independence Pass under his own power, then refuse the ambulance ride (mostly because he is a proud and willful fool). None of that would have been true if he wasn’t wearing a helmet. We'll be talking more about Jonathan's crash soon. At the moment, he is ok — he’s in a neck brace, he has no neurological damage, he is walking, talking, writing reviews, and still getting angry when our reviewers forget to use the Oxford comma. His neck is still being assessed to see what the next steps are, but we are optimistic about a full recovery.
Please be safe out there, friends, and please don’t leave your helmet at home.
#notjustanotherhelmet