A professional skier was left in agony after he plunged 30ft off a mountain while training with friends.
Kieran Troup, 24, attempted a routine cliff drop - a jump over the edge of an icy crag on to soft snow below - on the Bluebird Pow trail in Kappl, Austria.
An injured skier whose horrific mountain tumble was caught on video is fundraising for essential surgery so he can get back on the slopes again.
With a camera strapped to his helmet, Kieran made the dive - but the impact upon landing knocked the athlete out of his skis, and sent him tumbling 30ft down the mountain.
Kieran, from Aberdeen, Scotland, says he felt a "pop," followed by agonising pain - and immediately knew something wasn't right.
A trip to the hospital revealed that Kieran had suffered damage and tears to his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), and would require surgery to recover full movement to his knee.
The skier, whose horrific mountain tumble was caught on video, is fundraising for essential surgery so he can get back on the slopes again.
The link to Kieran's GoFundMe can be found here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/please-help-freeride-skier-and-former-coach-with-his-surgery
Kieran Troup, 24, attempted a routine cliff drop - a jump over the edge of an icy crag on to soft snow below - on the Bluebird Pow trail in Kappl, Austria.
An injured skier whose horrific mountain tumble was caught on video is fundraising for essential surgery so he can get back on the slopes again.
With a camera strapped to his helmet, Kieran made the dive - but the impact upon landing knocked the athlete out of his skis, and sent him tumbling 30ft down the mountain.
Kieran, from Aberdeen, Scotland, says he felt a "pop," followed by agonising pain - and immediately knew something wasn't right.
A trip to the hospital revealed that Kieran had suffered damage and tears to his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), and would require surgery to recover full movement to his knee.
The skier, whose horrific mountain tumble was caught on video, is fundraising for essential surgery so he can get back on the slopes again.
The link to Kieran's GoFundMe can be found here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/please-help-freeride-skier-and-former-coach-with-his-surgery
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