Skier Hit Her Face Against Steel Rope

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A 22-year-old skier from Germany bounced with her face against the steel rope of a ski slope caterpillar. The woman was injured. The 22-year-old German was together with another German (20) about 8 p.m. after a stop in an umbrella bar on the blue slope no. 32 in the ski area Obergurgl/Hochgurgl. At the same time an employee of the lift company was on the road with a ski slope caterpillar to prepare the slopes. The 19-year-old Italian used for th…

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A 22-year-old skier collided face-first with a taut steel cable on Friday evening in Sölden (Imst district). She was skiing down to the valley with a 20-year-old after après-ski when a lift company employee was grooming the slopes and securing a steel cable at the intersection of two runs. The 22-year-old suffered facial injuries but was able to make her way down to the valley on her own after receiving first aid from her companion.