Not blaming her, but why not bring your cell phone? So it wouldn’t get damaged? It’s one thing if there was no signal up there, but I’d have my phone with me due to situations like this.
You’d bring your expensive device that is easily destroyed by water to engage in a water-reliant sport while surrounded by mountains likely to block the device’s signal?
People in this thread seem to think snowboarding is this nice gentle activity where you never slam down into some hard surface ever.
LOTS of people don’t bring their phones when they hit the slopes. They know what they are in for, and aren’t stupid enough to break their $800+ phone on the off chance the mountain fucks up an extremely basic process.
Are they strapping it to their forehead?
I’ve eaten shit multiple times mountain biking and my phone, kept on my person has been fine
With any degree of speed or intensity you basically turn into a rag doll. Snow surfaces can be plenty hard enough to destroy a smart phone at those speeds.
I know plenty of people who have learned very expensive lessons when they thought their phone was safe.
If you’re being pinballed down a mountain, I think a cracked screen is the least of your worries at that point.
Also, phone issuance exists for like $15 a month. Call me weird but I’ll live “dangerously” with my phone for the reason that getting stranded like this would be awful
You would be amazed how much punishment the human body can take without injury.
Insurance plans don’t hurt, but even then? This isn’t a situation I expect to get caught in. The mountain tucked up big time.
She didn’t have her cellphone, so she couldn’t call for help either.
Phones aren’t just for playing music. It’s certainly not her fault this happened but if she hadn’t left her phone somewhere else this would have been over inside an hour.
You fall a lot snowboarding, it’s more about not breaking your phone than whether or not you want to listen to music or have a need for it. There is risk to taking it and risk to not taking it
Nah, not like you are falling on rocks. I carry my phone like almost everyone does.
It doesn’t excuse the shoddy lift patrolling, though.
Tell me you’ve never been snowboarding without saying you’ve never been snowboarding.
Either you’re bad at snowboarding or you don’t know how to fall and/or store your phone. It’s not difficult to do.
I’m well aware of the risks of winter sports. Getting stuck somewhere on the mountain is about as bad as they get. If you’re alone your phone is pretty much the only tool you have to prevent that from happening if you get injured.
Learning from other people’s mistakes is how you keep them from happening to you. That’s what you’re supposed to do, not make excuses for them. If you’re more concerned about the possibility of breaking your phone than being able to call for help after reading this then you didn’t learn the right lesson.
People have learned just how easy these devices are to break. That’s why she didn’t have hers on her, she learned.
I’ve been snowboarding with my phone in my pocket for 20 years and never had an issue. Make excuses all you want, the fact remains that this person could have fixed this problem in 30 seconds with their phone. If you’d still rather leave your phone somewhere else to protect it then that’s your decision to make. Getting stuck on the mountain is your problem to deal with. Just don’t bitch about it if it happens to you.
I’ve been driving for 20 years and never once needed my seatbelt.
Sounds kinda dumb, doesn’t it?
Put a case on your phone and store it in a pocket you’re not likely to fall on. You’re acting like protecting your device is rocket science and it just isn’t. Plenty of people do it without issue. If you can’t figure it out that’s a you problem.
