you obviously have never broken a major bone. believe me i would rather not progress in skiing and never break another bone then be pro but have broken tons of bones. its not worth it at all.
yeah i've been lucky never to break anything major.(thats not to say i haven't injured myself skiing- internal bleeding, broken nose,broken fingers, wrist,concussions, teeth, cuts all over... i could go on)
My point though was that people should keep participating - as some people were like "i'm never tramping again" -i wasn't saying that people need to keep pushing themselves. know your limits and ski (or tramp whatever)to that level. if you want to try new things in whatever activity -sure do it, but try to learn from experienced people so you don't get injuries like this one.