Dear Editor: On the morning of Dec. 30, 1990, { and some of my ski friends. decided to ski out of bounds at Cypress Bowl to find some unskied powder. | was not familiar with the area, but some of the other skiers in the group were, SO I would just follow them. After skiing the fresh powder tun, it was time to head back to the ski school; it was around 10:45 a.m. Three of my_ ski friends took off to the left, so 1 decided to ski off to the right then cut over and catch up with everyone. I skied down through the trees then towards the left of the mountain to meet my friends. | began to notice that the area was getting much denser with trees and bushes; there were a lot of fallen trees, and 1 was falling because my skiis were getting caught. lt looked for some ski tracks left by the other skiers and tried to listen for their voices. I could not see or hear anything, so | con- tinued to ski further down the mountain. At this point, I was feeling more frustrated than scared as I did not want to be late for the 11:30 a.m. ski class. I also did not want to admit to myself that I was lost. ! finally saw a clearing of trees to the left. 1 had to take my skis off and crawl over fallen trees and through bushes to get there. | thought this would be the ski run, but when I got there, it was only a frozen-over creek. I was beginning to get upset with myself. 1 did not want to admit that I was lost and needed help. 1 decided to follow the creek down as | figured it would lead me back to the ski area. I felt a little more relieved that this creek would get me out of this place. However, this changed when I had to make it down an icefall. 1 threw my skis and poles Quoted out. Dear Editor: This letter is in response to your article ‘“‘District boulevard logg- ed’’ dated Feb. 20, concerning the cherry trees cut on Edgemont Boulevard. My comments with respect to the two dress shops were taken out of context. They were not meant to be derogatory. I did not MAILBOX Out-of-bounds skier warns others down first and started to crawl down the fall by holding onto tree branches on the side of the creek. 1 am not sure how high the icefall was, but | lost my grip, fell and hit my head. | was knocked unconscious for awhile, and when I came to it took me some time to realize where | was. Feeling dizzy, 1 continued walk- ing down the creek, leaving my skis and poles behind. I came to another icefall and tried to crawl down it. Again, | fell down the icefall, landing on my left side, injuring my shoulder and chest. It was a painful fall. { came to another icefail and decided it was too high and steep for me to crawl down, so i decid- ed to give up and wait for some- one to find me. I was worried that no one would report me missing until later that evening. I really did not know how long I was going to fast out there. I was tired, cold, and wet. My head was bieeding from the fall | took and my left arm hurt too much to move. Around 2 p.m., I decided to try walking back to the ski area again as I thought I would have enough daylight to make it back. I crawl- ed up the side of the creek through the deep snow, I finally saw a clearing of trees and thought I was at the ski area. However, I had only found a cliff. I really did not know what to do; it seemed that everything I tried 10 do failed. My legs were cramping up so bad that ! could not walk very well. It was getting dark out, so I went back to the creek. I sat under a tree, stuck my head in my jacket, pulled my legs to my chest, rocked back and forth, and tried to keep warm. Around 9 p.m., I was found by the North Shore Search and Rescue team only because of a flare they shot into the sky. of context mean that the two shops were complaining a lot, but rather meant they were the ones that were most affected by the presence of the trees. F. 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