# Michael Schumacher in coma after skiing accident **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 29, 2013, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-schumacher-in-coma-after-skiing-accident/677444 "2013-12-29T22:45:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-schumacher-in-coma-after-skiing-accident/677444/21 "2014-01-01T07:42:17Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > I also wear a helmet because it’s the warmest hat I’ve ever found. I think this was the biggest revelation for me. A decent helmet is really is far more comfortable than any other fabric hat I’ve ever worn, It also makes a better seal for goggles and is makes their straps more comfortable for extended wear (either up or down). Even if it offered me no additional protection I’d still wear it. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-schumacher-in-coma-after-skiing-accident/677444/22 "2014-01-01T20:41:46Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > It was ungroomed but on-piste, not particularly difficult terrain. Lots of sources ([including the BBC](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-25550111)) are reporting that he was skiing off-piste. FWIW, the Daily Mail has pictures of [where the accident “is believed” to have happened](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2530681/Michael-Schumacher-brain-surgery-piste-skiing-accident-leaves-coma.html). ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-schumacher-in-coma-after-skiing-accident/677444/23 "2014-01-02T03:04:24Z")
> [@Xema](#): > > Lots of sources ([including the BBC](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-25550111)) are reporting that he was skiing off-piste. Technically, that’s off-piste in that it’s outside the groomed. But it’s directly under a lift and within 50’ of a trail. When I think of off-piste I generally think of much further from civilization but it clearly has rocks and other hazards. Conditions look pretty awful though, not something I’d ever consider skiing. Not sure why anyone would go in there. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-schumacher-in-coma-after-skiing-accident/677444/24 "2014-01-04T03:13:30Z")
> [@Xema](#): > > FWIW, the Daily Mail has pictures of [where the accident “is believed” to have happened](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2530681/Michael-Schumacher-brain-surgery-piste-skiing-accident-leaves-coma.html). :eek: Really? I have several pairs of skis (minus large edge segments) hanging on the walls that can attest to the saying, “Its the rocks you don’t see that get you.” I was expecting something “different”. More like Mott Canyon, The Wall or something. Last I heard, there was some slight improvement that allowed a second surgery. Good to hear. Godspeed! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-schumacher-in-coma-after-skiing-accident/677444/25 "2014-04-04T14:30:57Z")
A bit of an [update](http://sports.nationalpost.com/2014/04/04/michael-schumacher-has-moments-of-consciousness-more-than-three-months-after-ski-accident-manager-says/). Let’s hope he continues to recover. > [@](#): > > Michael Schumacher is now showing “moments of consciousness and awakening,” more than three months after suffering serious head injuries in a skiing accident, the retired Formula One star’s manager said Friday. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-schumacher-in-coma-after-skiing-accident/677444/26 "2014-06-16T16:19:32Z")
Reports are he is out of a coma and moved to a hospital in Switzerland! Hooray! In a world of constant bad news, this is nice to hear. Hope he recovers well and isn’t too fubar. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-schumacher-in-coma-after-skiing-accident/677444.md?page=1)