Scarey

[BlueHue]

Could not ask for a better way of making the point of how important it is to know your stuff, have the right equipment and not get complacent when skiing any kind of avalanche country!

http://gizmodo.com/5366887/pov-helmet-cam-captures-skier-causing-avalanche-g

[Podlettte]

That's intense :(

[BlueHue]

All good in the end I guess, but I can't tell when he's been dug out if he is weeping/crying or is so excited about being found alive that he's wooting and woohooing.... or both.

[Podlettte]

The text below says while the snow is on him the sounds are him beathing in and out and that he got snow in his mouth so the first thing the rescuers did was clear his mouth of snow. He tried to put the avalung into his mouth as he started falling with the avi, but couldn't get it into his mouth

[karen97]

wow!! :eek:

[spaz]

wow indeed.

Interested to know what camera he used. the person that posted the vid on Vimeo didn't know, says it wasn't vio (what I use), nor Vhldr or GoPro (pini pow pow).
Vhldr would have droped frames or stopped working,
GoPro - different fps
VIO has better colour definition/fucus/exposre.
It was definitaly durable and well secured to his head.

[Silverwitch]

That was very scarey...I am so glad they found him..the noises he made freaked me out...just like I was there waiting to be dug out too!
He is a very lucky man!

[skijacski]

Yep and that is what it is like, so always wear your av beacon, you can see they used them too.

He was lucky he was not further under.

[Podlettte]

They only found him so quickly because his glove came off just before he settled and vision of the whole slide field was excellent, so they could roughly start at the glove etc

[foxpuppet]

Originally posted by spaz:
wow indeed.

Interested to know what camera he used. the person that posted the vid on Vimeo didn't know, says it wasn't vio (what I use), nor Vhldr or GoPro (pini pow pow).
Vhldr would have droped frames or stopped working,
GoPro - different fps
VIO has better colour definition/fucus/exposre.
It was definitaly durable and well secured to his head. yeah spaz i was wondering the same thing. you can see the 3rd skier who arrives on the scene and stars digging frantically also has one on...pretty small looking with cable coming out the back of camera head.

[Legolas]

oh my hat that was a little frightening then wasn't it?

Good to see the chap lived to make it home in time for supper.

Did anyone read the thread that followed? what a funny bunch they are...

[Tan]

Scarey and intense but a must watch for any BC adventurer.

[Pini Pow Pow]

That was intense!

[Taxman]

Notice the crown of the avalanche was just over the crest of a rollover. Classic avalanche material, never ski a rollover without first checking it's stability.

[Paul Oberin]

It was good to see these experienced people use the same Avi beacons that I import, it tells me I made a good choice, the commentary says he dropped a glove which helped find him, yet he was wearing his gloves when dug out, so it seems he had one hand sticking out when he stopped sliding with the debris.

Like someone else said already, if you are gong to ski those conditions you need to dig a hole to access the risk.
The Avilung backpack is good, they had them, but he couldn't get it into his mouth in time.

[Tobi]

Will take a look when I get home.

[Farty The Snowman]

Originally posted by Taxman:
Notice the crown of the avalanche was just over the crest of a rollover. Classic avalanche material, never ski a rollover without first checking it's stability. How would you check it Taxy, without being kinda over the top of it already? Just for future reference.

[Podlettte]

Paul - couldn't get the avalung into his mouth before he fell, then his mouth filled up with snow.

I haven't spent much time considering how I'd react in an avalanche such as that, as I try not to go into places that would put me at risk of it. However, my mouth filling up with snow isn't something I'd thought about, so this is a great video IMO

[Officer Schmenz]

i fell in whistler once and my head got burried in the pow. it was a huge tumble and my mouth filled with snow.... one of the most scary moments in my life... it looks all fluffy but when your mouth is full of it its suffocating.

my arms were burried so i couldnt get it out until i managed to get out of crash position.

i dont know how he managed to breath for long coz the 30 secs or whatever i suffered was hell ansd i thought i was going to die!!!

(actually maybe he was smart and used his nose.. i dont think i thought of that! i was too panicked and naturally a mouth breather so thats what i tried to do!)

[Vet]

Out of bounds skiers aren't the only ones caught - remember the number of in-resort avalanches in the US and Canada at the start of the 08/09 season.

[Taxman]

Originally posted by Farty The Snowman:
How would you check it Taxy, without being kinda over the top of it already? Just for future reference. You don't ski over rollovers in terrain which might be subject to avalanche. To quote Bruce Tremper (avalanche guru) - "Convex slopes statistically produce more avalanches and more avalanche accidents than any other kind of slopes, partly because they are inherently less stable...."

When heli-skiing in NZ, our guide was quite clear about avoiding rollovers due to avalanche risk.

[John Deere]

When you want to ski cut a slope you usually do it on a convex area, or rollover....its the easiest point to trigger!