So I'm up on the mountain today, and as I'm taking the picture below, I hear this strange metallic bleating noise over and over again, and getting closer. I look and there's a guy with a kind of megaphone on his helmet, and behind him are skiing two people in bright orange ski gear with signs saying "CAUTION BLIND SKIER" on them.
As the leader skied ahead, the two blind folk followed the megaphone noise. Occasionally the leader would say things like "sharp drop to the left" or "trees at 10 o'clock" and these two tried to react accordingly.
Is it just me, or is this vaguely ridiculous? Do blind people really need to ski? I mean the thrill of the pull of gravity can be had in many less dangerous places, and for the thrill of cold air on your face you only need to open the freezer.
Perhaps I'm just politically incorrect on this, but I thought the whole thing ridiculous.
