A scary vid, try watching it without looking at the clock to experience the fear.
pinched from another site.
Avalanche caught on head cam
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...or try holding your breath from when he gets buried...
A very lucky boy from many respects.
From 0:51 onwards he appears to be riding onto a slab of obviously wind-effected snow. The very obvious wind-lip he crosses, and the complete absence of other tracks on the slab were great big red flags.
He was very lucky not to be buried deeper, and to (apparently) have a little room to move his head at least.
The skier who sets off ahead of him appears to have a pack but there's no sign of any shovels when they're digging him out... :shock:
Watch and learn, and don't do it like this!
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Started by Snapzzz in Avalanche Safety 10-Jan-2013 - 24 Replies
Snapzzz posted Jan-2013
Skied: Arinsal, La Plagne, Alpe D'huez, Flaine, Les Arcs, Morzine, Les Gets, Avoriaz, Sauze, Courchevel, Val Thorens
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Ranchero_1979
reply to 'Avalanche caught on head cam' posted Jan-2013
Digging with skis, another well prepared group. Would never ski in group that didn't have, shovel, probe, transceiver and ideally skins.
Huwcyn
reply to 'Avalanche caught on head cam' posted Jan-2013
Scaaarryyy!!!!
Bant a ni!
MogulMonkey
reply to 'Avalanche caught on head cam' posted Jan-2013
glad to see he was Ok...fascinating(for all the wrong reasons) to see this from the victims view.. I thought the sound was a little low so used headphones and tuned the volume up full..nearly pooped myself at just after 5mins when the sound of his breathing changed to yelling!!
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reply to 'Avalanche caught on head cam' posted Jan-2013
Snapzzz wrote:try watching it without looking at the clock to experience the fear.
...or try holding your breath from when he gets buried...
A very lucky boy from many respects.
From 0:51 onwards he appears to be riding onto a slab of obviously wind-effected snow. The very obvious wind-lip he crosses, and the complete absence of other tracks on the slab were great big red flags.
He was very lucky not to be buried deeper, and to (apparently) have a little room to move his head at least.
The skier who sets off ahead of him appears to have a pack but there's no sign of any shovels when they're digging him out... :shock:
Watch and learn, and don't do it like this!
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Tony_H
reply to 'Avalanche caught on head cam' posted Jan-2013
Snapzzz wrote:A scary vid, try watching it without looking at the clock to experience the fear.
pinched from another site.
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Offshore
reply to 'Avalanche caught on head cam' posted Jan-2013
This guy is extremely lucky! he seems to stop, then starts to move again which could of saved his life!
Ian Wickham
reply to 'Avalanche caught on head cam' posted Jan-2013
That was a really worrying video ... but enjoyable as we like a happy ending :thumbup:
Topic last updated on 19-November-2013 at 13:31