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That knee is keeping everyone on their toes! Alpine skiing legend Lindsey Vonn has never let herself be held back by injuries. Be it on or off the court. It seems Vonn is more into healing actively and happily rather than suffering in silence. On her official Instagram account, she has been sharing with her fans every bit of her recovery days post the tenth knee surgery.

However, just after three weeks of surgery, the kind of activities Lindsey Vonn is taking part in has raised eyebrows. Her recovery program is far from the carefully crafted copybook exercise schedules. An adventurist at heart, adventure seems to be Vonn’s most important medicine these days.

Lindsey Vonn shares her climbing stint

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Here comes Lindsey Vonn in a red swimsuit. Her August 16th Instagram video shows her climbing up the rocks at Lake Powell. The center of all attraction is her embattled right knee which still has a knee band on. However, it does not seem to bother Vonn much. She climbs up swiftly with a rope and jumps back into the water from a height. “Went to Lake Powell for 2 days and packed enough adventure to last 2 weeks on Instagram”, Lindsey Vonn writes in the post. Even one of her followers felt the pain and said, “Ok, that is n**s on that knee!”.  The smiley that comes after the message is evidence enough that her road to recovery is not at all going to be dull and colorless.

“Never stop climbing guys!!”, asks the comeback queen. Well yes, we have been learning from you to keep climbing to new heights against all odds. The Lake Powell saga started on August 11 when Lindsey Vonn posted a number of her adorable photographs enjoying the scenic lake. On the very next day, she mesmerized fans with her jet skiing skills.

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Thus far was alright. but on August 14 he posted a video of her foil surfing in the lake. This sent her fans to go awry. Knee-jerk reactions expressing concern for her knee poured in instantly. However, something that caught everyone’s attention in the August 14 video was the tenacity of Lindsey Vonn. She fell off the foil a few times, being a beginner. But she stuck to it, and in the end, managed to surf quite swiftly.

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Vonn’s resilience inspires us all

This very attitude to carry it on makes Lindsey Vonn what she is. The knee injury she is recovering from struck her in the year 2013 while competing in the Super-G at Schladming. Many had seen it as the end of her. nullifying them, she went on garnering her career with achievements till finally retiring in 2019. But the discomfort of that injury never went away. She has undergone multiple surgeries to get it fixed. And in July it was the tenth time she went under the knives.

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But that has not taken away Lindsey Vonn’s love for the thrill. Who can forget her sitting behind the steering in 2016 at the Red Bull Ring? After the drive, she even expressed her desire to become a Formula 1 driver. The latest stints with jet skiing, foil surfing, and climbing are the newest additions to her talent pool. She continues to defy logic. She continues to achieve. Boldly and beautifully!

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