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Started by Lilywhite in Avalanche Safety 21-Dec-2012 - 4 Replies
Lilywhite posted Dec-2012
Edited 1 time. Last update at 22-Dec-2012
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reply to 'excellent avalanche article worth reading' posted Dec-2012
Yes, excellent and in-depth - and a superb example of multimedia journalism that apparently took 6 months to pull together.
Well worth a read whether you leave the piste or not.
Here's a link to the start of the article :-
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Well worth a read whether you leave the piste or not.
Here's a link to the start of the article :-
www.nytimes.com
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Gaz C
reply to 'excellent avalanche article worth reading' posted Dec-2012
Harrowing. If it could happen to these people it could happen to any of us. I guess the recurring theme throughout this excellent piece is 'peer pressure'. It seems quite a few of the survivors did have reservations about about the area, the conditions and the size of the group but the macho culture won out. Interesting too how the (relatively) timid female member of the group was the only one with the strength of character to ski out. Food for thought for many of us.
ISki Mag
reply to 'excellent avalanche article worth reading' posted May-2013
That is a rather chilling story. Of course in hind site we can all see the errors made but I know from experience the siren calls of deep powder can easily cloud judgement.
GMarc
reply to 'excellent avalanche article worth reading' posted Aug-2013
extremely chilling!
See you on the slopes!
Topic last updated on 29-August-2013 at 11:38