First Time Ski Holiday

greine

I'm going skiing in February with my 15 year old daughter and am petrified that i will freak out as I have the most irrational fear of heights, standing on a chair is as high as i would go! Has anyone any ideas to overcome this before i go, i was thinking hypnosis or something... i don't want to end up doing snow angels for the week!! She would be mortified!! :eek:

brav

I have a fear of heights also, but I went snowboarding last year, and at first being on top of a nursery slope I was saying to myself, there was no way im going down that but I said to hell with it (plus the instructor pulled me up).

I think I had a bigger fear of not being able to stop or that I would keep falling forward on my face(which i did a lot!) and I suppose this took my mind off the height factor

It got way easier after the first time, however I still can't look down when going up a Gondola thing. Really scary when they go over the support beams and you hear the thud

greine

Thanks, Brav, I really feel better now!!!!:)

cowan

are street/dirt jump bikes allowed?

cowan

ahh wrong thread sorry kids

genfoley

Here's the fix and take it from me - its from my own personal experiences and it works............NEVER look the whole way down to the end of the run....from the top just look about 10 feet in front of you and conquer that part, then conquer the next 10 feet and so on until you get to the bottom and then look up and you wont believe you've come down from so high - if you are up at the top and look down to the end, it is very daunting....so just keep this tip in mind and you'll be grand....10 feet at a time.....

greine

cheers, but if i'm only looking 10 feet ahead of me, wouldn't I be likely to bump into another skier or a tree or something??