Schumacher has been in a medically-induced coma in a Grenoble hospital since
his accident two months ago.
His spokesman said on January 30 that the drugs used to keep him in a coma
were being reduced with a view to bringing him back to consciousness.
His family said last Thursday he was “still in a waking up process”
and that only time will tell whether he makes a full recovery.
They said the most important element of his recovery was not the speed but
that it progressed in a “continuous and controlled way”.
Schumacher, an experienced skier, was travelling at a moderate speed when he
fell and hit a rock.
Experts from ENSA, the world-renowned ski and climbing academy in the French
ski resort of Chamonix, have conducted tests to determine whether the
presence of a solid object between a helmet colliding with a rock would
weaken the structure.
The helmet smashed – but the camera he had attached to it, in order to record
him and his son skiing, was undamaged. The footage, audio and visual, has
provided police with crucial information about the crash.