This article was last updated on April 16, 2022
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A youthful and healthy 64-year-old, Peter Ladner, was hit by a young skier on Feb. 8, while skiing at the Whistler Peak Chair, which resulted in a deadly fracture of the left kneecap and a compound fracture with protruding bone of the right tibia.
Ladner, who is also a former Vancouver city councillor and mayoral candidate, is now restricted to a wheelchair for several more weeks, while he claims that “people who are getting on in years, who are still vital to the health of the ski industry, are having second thoughts or final thoughts about going up the mountain.” The regretful accident of Ladner has initiated a large scale public debate regarding the safety of older skiers in contrast to the living-on-the-edge extreme sports culture that is persistent among skiers and snowboarders. Ladner pointed out that “people are talking among themselves at Whistler and people are saying they’ve stopped skiing because they don’t want to get hit.” Ladner has once fell victim to skiing accident almost four years ago as well, which resulted in a broken rib too.
A report from a survey conducted last year by the Canadian Institute for Health Information highlighted that skiing and snowboarding injuries are now becoming twice as common as hockey-related injuries in Canada, as the survey showed more than 2,300 hospital admissions resulting from slopes-related injuries in 2011, excluding deaths. Overall majority patients suffering from injuries were commonly males between the ages of 10 and 29.
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