Pisted Off

More used to meetings of the board room variety, Atlas Director Craig Cameron had a different type of 'meeting' on a recent skiing holiday: with a Swiss family who were trying to teach their young children to ski.

Craig was skiing down what was a challenging Red Run in the Swiss resort of Les Crosets when he saw ahead of him a family with small children stopped right in the middle of the Piste immediately after a particularly steep and icy section. Slowing down, as you should, Craig approached just as the family member on the right looked as if they were beginning to move off.

Keen to avoid a collision and (wrongly) believing he had the time (and the ability) to make one final left turn above them, Craig “lost an edge”, landed sideways on the slope and because of the gradient started to slip down the hill and towards the family.

The end result was Craig’s skis became entangled with the skis of the familiy's youngest child. No one was hurt but as the little girl tried to move away she fell over backwards and in the process knocked over her father and two others .... leaving Craig lying against the slope and the Mother screaming as she watched her family roll down the hill.

Fortunately they didn’t go far and were soon getting back up on their feet again. Feeling a sense of responsibility Craig skied down towards them and asked if he could help. The Father’s shouted reply was “OK please go” which Craig likes to think really meant “thank you for enquiring after the wellbeing of my family but we are fine and it’s OK for you to go on’.
P.S. We are pleased to at least confirm that no animals were harmed during the Cameron skiing holiday. Any keen skiers will also be pleased to know that Craig currently has no holidays booked for next ski season and will be conducting all his 'meetings' in the Atlas boardroom for the forseeable future.