Scary shit. Im glad you got her back.
concerning the expert thing:even UIAA Guides end up in Avalanches eventually.....you just have ski often enough. if you take only the slightest risk it can happen some day. which does't mean that it will happen if you take huge risks everytime. (bloody statistics). You can only make decisions and if your decision is wrong you have to bear the consequences. you can never be entirely safe if you ski in the backcountry. Im glad this time the consquences were only a good reminder to be careful out there.
Intense writeup btw.
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Thread: Quandary Avalanche
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12-03-2004, 04:09 AM #126
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12-03-2004, 04:24 AM #127
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Oi! Who told you?
Originally Posted by UTdave
(just read page 2 of the thread and Roo is going to get an ass kicking when I get home)
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12-03-2004, 04:26 AM #128
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Wet nose!!!
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12-03-2004, 05:53 AM #129
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To quote an old dead avalanche expert "the avalanche does not know who the expert is!!"
careful out there folks!
DUPH, glad you and your doggie are ok!Scientists now have decisive molecular evidence that humans and chimpanzees once had a common momma and that this lineage had previously split from monkeys.
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12-03-2004, 07:10 AM #130
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Wet pants!!!! Originally Posted by bad_roo
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12-03-2004, 07:15 AM #131
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That was a very stressful moment.
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12-03-2004, 11:24 AM #132
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Amazing story
Thanks Duph for sharing your amazing story filled with miracles and suspense. Thanks for enlightening our minds as well. Such a good read. It's good to hear you are alright, especially after peeping those pics.
A gay-rage full of toys. You can guess em.
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12-04-2004, 12:25 AM #133
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I'd like to thank you all for your heartwarming responses, and also give thanks to those who were harsh on me. Like I said, I deserve that, and no one feels worse about it than me. I'm still having vivid recollections of the most horrifying moments and they are kicking my ass. I suck.
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12-04-2004, 02:15 PM #134
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OMG!!!!!!!!!!! That was REALLY interesting. I was moving into my new place which is about 40 yards from the trailhead where you're dog was meeting the avi dog. I saw that slide, which must have happened about 10 minutes before I saw it, and minutes later as I was moving in I saw the chopper. I was sooooo glad to hear you made it the next morning in The Summit Daily. Peace.
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12-04-2004, 02:34 PM #135
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Hell of a story. Glad you were around to tell it. Has any "official" involved with avi research contacted you, or vice versa?
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10-24-2009, 01:19 AM #136
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Bump for perspective.
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