Having a heart attack whilst skiing
I have called this a personal view because general medical assumptions and statistics are only as I understand them to be and probably not as they are.
A year ago, whilst on an SCGB run to the new Montfort area of Verbier I had a heart attack. It happened at the bottom of Tortin. Tortin, as those who have been down it know, is a slightly hairy run and it is inadvisable to fall, particularly at the top. So to an intermediate skier like myself there is bound to be tension and this is probably what triggered off the heart attack.
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