Some of these in # 2 triggered a bit of PTSD.
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11-08-2019, 07:55 AM #1
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U tube avalanches
I have been in this State for 30 years and I am willing to admit that I am part of the problem.
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11-08-2019, 08:57 AM #2
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11-26-2019, 10:25 PM #3
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Moat of the ones in #2 should be labled "dont stop here"
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11-27-2019, 12:39 AM #4
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Any one know the story of the avy with the group getting smoked in the first video?
Watched this one a lot over the years:
https://youtu.be/8aAFcbr8euA"If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough."
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11-27-2019, 04:56 PM #5
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I want to know too. That looked brutal.
Originally Posted by nest
thx for posting, good (scary) reminder heading into the season.
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12-11-2019, 09:56 AM #6
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouGCqORaA1o
Here's a recent video. So many questions on their decision making process. The slope is clearly wind loaded and lets go as soon as he drops in, probably would have been good to ski cut or try and drop a bit of cornice. His partner also doesn't even have his board on and makes no effort to get it on once the slide does initiate. Not sure how the partner expected to rescue him if he was buried.
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12-11-2019, 11:09 AM #7
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I'm a total beginner and know absolutely nothing, but he mentioned that this is the 14 avalanche he has been in...
Doesn't that mean it's time to re-evaluate?!
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12-11-2019, 12:13 PM #8
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Time to re-evaluate would have been after the 1st slide, maybe the 2nd. After 14 might as well continue giving no fucks and rolling the dice. Originally Posted by JoeyFish
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12-11-2019, 09:25 PM #9
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Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Crazy Originally Posted by Boissal
Seems like he is also putting a lot of faith in his airbag pack? Rather than recognizing he could've died he just starts praising his pack
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12-12-2019, 10:27 AM #10
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1st vid in the OP @ 3:00
6 or 7 people get waxed and everyone in camp is just moseying about with no sense of urgency Originally Posted by blurred
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12-12-2019, 01:36 PM #11
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No kidding, I'd like to hear the story behind that video. Originally Posted by Summit
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02-27-2020, 09:28 PM #12
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Best viewed on a big screen with sound.I have been in this State for 30 years and I am willing to admit that I am part of the problem.
"Happiest years of my life were earning < $8.00 and hour, collecting unemployment every spring and fall, no car, no debt and no responsibilities. 1984-1990 Park City UT"
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02-29-2020, 11:51 AM #13
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Yesterday.....
Yikes.I have been in this State for 30 years and I am willing to admit that I am part of the problem.
"Happiest years of my life were earning < $8.00 and hour, collecting unemployment every spring and fall, no car, no debt and no responsibilities. 1984-1990 Park City UT"
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03-18-2020, 11:45 PM #14
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has at least 1 that was in the first vid
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