Video: Avalanche in Pyrenees, rescued by his mates. (YouTube 2/25/19)

[1000-oaks]

Heavy dose of sobering footage, lemmie know if this has already been posted and I'll delete.

[splat]

What a cheese grater of a slope to rip a body apart on.
Speaks loads to knowing how to identify and stop in safe zones.
That jerky camera almost made me puke.

[ridge_skier]

Just seeing all those rocks and the cliff bands as the first two skied down and knowing it was going to avalanche made me wince. I have no clue how they didn't suffer any traumatic injuries in that slide

[AK47bp]

Yikes.




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[subtle plague]

and why did they stop in the middle? ski to the bottom.

and: If I have have a persistent weak layer down low, that is NOT the terrain i ski.
on traumatic injuries: one of the guys said his back back exploded. he had no more shovel. might have saved his back.

[Clownshoe]

That was a hell of a ride. Big ass avalanche 😯

[nfm0033]

Does anyone know what role the Airbag pack played? Very curious on its effectiveness in avalanches on terrain similar to this. Cheers