If you laugh at this you are a bad person

[snooper2]

I mean, really

[lonestarnot]

1. Ok, so WTF was that?

[postulater]

2. Glad her head hit snow. I hate concussions.

But, yeah, flog me.

[hlthe2b]

3. I've passed out in intense cold before...

A little hypoglycemia combined with a rush of vasoconstriction to frozen hands and feet is quite enough to cause it... definitely not funny

[brush]

14. Looks like she just lost her balance.

She leaned back a little and tried to steady herself unsuccessfully with the two ski poles in one hand (the mic in the other didn't help), and because she was on the skis with her feet locked into them she couldn't easily just shift her feet to gain her balance.

[BKH70041]

4. Ah, I feel for her.

But she carried on like a trooper, so I have to give her two thumbs up for making the best of the whole situation.

It's a little funnier the second time you watch because you know she's going to be OK.

[awoke_in_2003]

10. yep, I'll give her that...

hope she gets it checked out.

[LisaLynne]

11. Yeah, she doesn't even drop the microphone!

That's a true professional.

But yeah, she's fine and actually said she laughed at herself when she saw the tape.

[Kaleva]

5. Maybe she had her knees locked?

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Can_locking_your_knees_make_you_pass_out

[Cirque du So-What]

6. Does that USN avatar indicate service?

If so, you may recall such incidents occurring in boot camp. In my case, most of the time it occurred while waiting outside the mess hall, which may mean hypoglycemia played a role in addition to locked knees.

[Kaleva]

7. It happened to me in boot camp

I passed out while standing at attention when we were practicing the graduation day ceremony. And because I did that, I got to sit in the stands during the actual graduation!

[Cirque du So-What]

9. I'm thankful it never happened to me

The worst incident centered around standing at attention occurred when the captain decided to have an all-hands personnel inspection and I had to present my division in the absence of the usual guy, who was on leave. Anyway, this guy standing behind me to the left picked that moment to get sick, barfing right beside me just before the captain arrived. I surprised myself by staying composed when the captain arrived and I said my presentation schtick. The captain deftly walked around the vomit without so much as raising an eyebrow and nothing was ever said about it.

[Kaleva]

13. During compartment cleaning on the ship one day...

my fellow worker and I stuffed an EM into one of the big laundry bags. He put up a heck of a fight but we got him in there and tossed him on to the pile of laundry bags full of regular laundry. Then the XO showed up to make his morning inspection. As he walked by the laundry bags, he stopped and looked at the moving one but just for a little while and then continued the inspection. He told us we had done a good job and left after which we released the very pissed off EM from his confines.

[MrMickeysMom]

8. She was scared to death from the beginning of that interview...

Fortunately, a good sport who wanted to know about lessons (atta girl!)

[Katashi_itto]

12. Dear god thats funny!

[Spirochete]

15. That would be embarrassing

Most skiers are actually moving before they fall down.

Didn't seem to put her off too much, though. just the other people had to get lower to speak into the microphone,

[Taitertots]

16. If you french fry when you pizza, you're gonna have a bad time n/t

[William769]

17. Did she just fly in from Colorado?

[JI7]

18. it was funny but cute in how they just kept the whole thing going

and everyone just went along with it instead of a "we will get back to you later" type thing.

[mulsh]

19. I'm impressed that she continued the report. I sure hope she got a bit of medical attention shortly

after finishing this report. I didn't laugh. last year my father in law had a similar fall. ended up in a coma and passed away a few months later. back of the head trauma is not funny.

[indie9197]

20. What a trooper! I love her

And I did smile, and i'm glad they kept the camera rolling. That had to hurt her head though. I was just sledding at that golf course on monday and the packed snow is hard and icy.

[Vashta Nerada]

21. She sounded like she was frightened from the very beginning.

Maybe she had something wrong with her?

I didn't laugh at this one bit.