Just found this brief write up about the slide on Sunday and thought I would pass it along. The guy had an ABS pack on. Has a few pics.
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Thread: Sled triggered slide on Jones
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12-14-2010, 04:50 PM #1
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Sled triggered slide on Jones
Everything I need to know I learned from my dog. "If you can't eat it or hump it, piss on it and walk away".
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12-14-2010, 05:09 PM #2
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Link wasn't working but I think this is what you are referring to...CIAC write up:
http://avalanche.state.co.us/acc/acc...=232&accfm=inv
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12-14-2010, 05:15 PM #3
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Reading the report makes me think instead of buying an ABS pack they should have picked up a map, dug around in the snow and not "ended up on a slope they planned on avoiding"
But the pack works...I don't work and I don't save, desperate women pay my way.
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12-14-2010, 05:16 PM #4
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Same incident but it was written up by the guy caught in the slide and had a few pics of the area. Not sure why its not working, I suck at the internet.
Everything I need to know I learned from my dog. "If you can't eat it or hump it, piss on it and walk away".
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12-14-2010, 05:41 PM #5
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Link is working. It's a bit slow.
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12-14-2010, 06:36 PM #6
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Dude was lucky, my first post is cunty... having read his post it looks like it was a shit happens kinda thing.
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12-15-2010, 12:50 AM #7
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I think the site is down. I just keep getting a database error.
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12-15-2010, 12:55 AM #8
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Same thread I believe - [ame="http://www.snowestonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=241549"]should you buy an ABS pack? Mine saved my life today, I vote yes. - SnoWest Forum[/ame]
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12-15-2010, 01:24 AM #9
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I think that may be the same backcountryislife that posts here. Only person on my ignore list. glad he is ok . said he only got carried 100' hard to believe the airbag stopped him. Airbag does look like it works well. Watched The Way I See It the other day. Guy popped his two days in a row. Definitely kept him from getting damaged.
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12-15-2010, 01:47 PM #10
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Yikes! I think he sleds with a few maggots, hopefully all are alright.
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12-15-2010, 02:46 PM #11
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Jesus! I just read about this in today's Denver Post.
Yes, I know who it is, and thank god he is OK. Would love for him to speak up in this thread.
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12-15-2010, 03:08 PM #12
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Originally Posted by Moose Pit
I don't know about that. Sounds like they were above tree line, moving above chutes and below head walls in low visability on a day when the avy rose was at considerable.
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