A few days after SJ broke his hand, we were due to go on our ski trip. This caused A LOT of extra stress. My husband looked at multiple stores for an extra large mitten that could fit over his bulky cast. He bought a fairly large set, but it didn't fit when SJ tried it on. We started to look online to see if there were any other suggestions (he couldn't be the first person to ski with a cast). It was suggested to use either a wool sock or an oven mitt. Hmm...how silly would he look with an oven mitt on his hand?
We decided to go with the oven mitt. My husband found a black mitt at Wal-Mart. He said he would just slip it over the cast. Sounds simple, right? Wrong! It was too small to fit correctly over the cast too. I suggested cutting the oven mitt. My husband thought about it and decided it was the only solution. He would just have to tape the mitt up after his hand was in it.
Our first day of skiing, there was much complaining when we were getting SJ ready to start. He was moaning about the oven mitt and then about the difficulty of holding the pole with the mitt. We suggested that he only use one pole. He tried that initially, but deemed it too difficult. "So, are you not going to ski?," I questioned him. "Nope. I am going to ski. Just with no poles, Mom," he said matter-of-factly. I didn't know how he was going to do that, but that is exactly what he did. He skied better with no poles than I do with two poles. The other kids also tried to ski without their poles, but told SJ that he was a rock star for skiing without poles. Occasionally, my husband let him borrow one of his poles if we had a slight upgrade to climb or give him a push when we were on a flat area.
He went down greens (easy), blues (medium), blacks (hard) and even did the terrain parks...all without poles and only one functioning arm. Obviously, if you love to ski, you will find a way!
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