Show Page 10 The Utah Statesman Monday January 11 1982 is potentially Tubing While the skiing’s great!! hazardous to health BOOT SALE NORDICA 25 DYNAFIT 50 SALOMON 20 off off off (1980-81- ) aimms9 SW&SPORTS 1031 NORTH MAIN 7520772 "Operated by skiers for skiers by Jim Nelson d It seems to be an problem How do you kecpra in from activities when engaging pie numygf them are so fun? Throngs of people smoke drink and eat themselves to death Dr Marion Walker chairman of the division of pediatric neurosurgery at Salt Lake City’s Children’s Hospital would probably put the winter sport of tubing activities among such “Almost every year we at Children’s Hospital have someone who dies as a result of a tubing accident and one or two people are usually paralyzed in tubing accidents each year” said Walker Walker said the danger in tubing comes from the lack of anything substantial to hold on to Even if tubing participants don’t run into some kind of obstruction on the hill they stand a good chance of being bounced off the tube and hitting their snow he explained heads on Like Walker Logan City Police Capt Gene Fehlman is concerned about the amount of tubing accidents Most local tubing accidents occur on USU’s Old Main Hill either from people running into trees or from misring the barricade at the end of the hill and sliding into the path of a moving car on 4th North according to Fehlman “Personally I think it’s a very dangerous place to go tubing” said Fehlman According to Walker however there is “no way to do it age-ol- hard-packe- d safely” “People do it in crazy ways” said Walker “Many tuna they go to the top of the steepest hill they can find Often it'i a hill with a lot of obstructions or trees at the bottom” However if people insist on tubing Walker suggests they wear helmets to avoid head injury — although “people probably think that’s silly and most likely won’t wear one” In addition tubing should be done in areas void of obstacles that could be run into Walker also suggests parents accompany their children when they go tubing KS V YoV C°GOV Roskelley’s SEMI-ANNUA- 1 CLEARANCE L SALE 3 OFF ORIGINAL PRICI o6r4 BLOJS£s PJ- - iei$5 O'0 G0VS SWEATERS °etMCKCTS |