One second you’re skiing down one of the world’s most beautiful slopes, the next your face is impaled on a tree branch. That’s your warning, because this is happening.
Hardcore ski instructor impaled his face on a branch and calls it ‘a new piercing’
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.
Natty Hagood is a ski instructor in Jackson Hole, Wyo. who not only supplied this terrifying photo to the Idaho State Journal, but gave the best quotes of all time from anyone impaled on a tree branch.
On having a branch through his face ...
“When I laugh, I have to hold the left side of my face down at this weird angle that makes me look like this crotchety old man,” he said. “And I drool more than I used to.”
On his first words after realizing he had a branch through his face ...
“Holy crap, I just got impaled. And then I yelled over to Pete, ‘Hey look I got a new piercing.’”
On problem solving ...
“It was initially about a foot and half long,” Hagood said. “But I braced it against my cheek and snapped it down to about 6 inches. Ski patrol was all like, ‘You’re crazy, man.’”
On pain management ...
“The most painful part of the experience was the numbing shots from the hospital,”
Hagood is trying to raise money to help offset his $1,500 hospital bill, which actually sounds surprisingly cheap when you have a giant branch through your lip.
h/t Washington Post
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