Episode: 3
Tasha remembers her fall on the snow and her hospital stay for a fractured right tibia. She meets with resort manager Bob in his office. Bob offers her fifteen dollars an hour, free meals, and a heated booth to run the ski lift, and she signs the contract. On her first shift, Tasha looks out at the slopes and remembers riding the lift with her late father, who taught her to ski.
Tasha remembers tumbling onto the snow during her accident. She recalls lying in the hospital with a fractured right tibia. The memory of the injury replays in her mind as she prepares to face her current reality.
Bob presents an employment agreement in his office. He offers Tasha fifteen dollars an hour, free meals, and a heated booth to run the ski lift. Tasha agrees to the terms, accepts the position, and signs the paperwork on his desk.
Tasha begins her first shift and watches skiers outside the booth window. She remembers riding the lift at eight years old with her father. She recalls him teaching her to ski before he died of liver cancer seven years ago.
“Fifteen dollars an hour, free staff lunch, and the lift operator room has heating. It's better than lying in a rehab hospital.”
“I am not afraid of falling. What scares me is falling and never being able to stand up again.”
Tasha sits alone inside the heated lift operator booth, watching the skiers glide across the mountain. She worries that her severe leg fracture means she will never be able to stand on her own feet again. Can Tasha overcome the lingering trauma of her injury while working so close to the slopes?