*******************************AVALANCHE at Berthoud Pass - Story - Lesson - Trajedy - Recognition ***************

rip and it's a good thing I don;t live anywhere that i could get in an acalanche

damn

is it a bad thing that I didn't read the whole post
 
dude ski420, the chart says I am right ha halearn to read it lol. And I am saying your chances are good compared to not having a beacon. Stop trying to be defiant, and quite sending me childish pm's
 
wow, thats awful. people must go into the backcountry with EVERYTHING they need for survival and saving a friend, or in this case a complete stranger.
 
Part of what you say is right - getting to the person fast is important, and any outside help is likely to be a body recovery effort, not a rescue. Your partners are who save your life.

What you're forgetting here is that he was caught in a very large avalanche and was probably dead from trauma (broken neck seemed likely). In this situation, it's unlikely a beacon or partners would have saved him. 50% of all avalanche deaths are from trauma, no equipment will help you. Knowledge is more important than any gear. Avalanche gear is important, but it's a last resort.
 
Very sad to have a death so soon in the season, hopefully this story being all over the internet can prevent something similiar happening.
 
Thats what i am trying to say, avy gear is important to have but its only there for when everything else goes wrong. Saying a beacon could have saved this tragedy is not necessarily true.
 
That changes nothing. We're still brothers on some level. This is a great reminder of what you need to do. Slacking in the BC means fucking with peoples lives. Don't screw up.
 
very graphic,

very real,

very well written,

very well worth reading

Rip In Paradise man...

fuck, that sorry is way to detailed for my head right now...
 
shit man, the mouintain rescue are townspeople? here theyre like the lift personell, that or helis.

anyhow yeah its hard. we have like a death a year in verbier, and last year i was skiing like two couloirs away. its anoying tho, because its allways the noobs that are seting them off high up and then they go all the way down and hit innocents.
 
yeah im happy i read that, eye opening. im glad i took the weekend last season to do an avalanche course.
 
more on the story here...

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/5263625/detail.html

so unfortunate that happened. one moment you're stoking because it's virgin fresh at the beginning of a new season, the next moment everything you've ever feared is being rammed down your throat.

for all of you who said that having the right gear won't be all that helpful- i hope you never head out into the bc with that attitude. any time you're trying to save someone, you're scared shitless (i've assisted with CPR and it was one of the most horrific things i've had to do- i've never felt so helpless and at the mercy of whatever higher being there might be), but taking that type of attitude into a situation like this sets you back even further and can give the people you're with an even smaller chance of being saved. you owe it to the people who you ski with to carry the right equipment at all times, just as you would expect that they would do the same for you.
 
wow thats a really scary fact about how easy it is to have a tragadey happen like that and how scary avalanches can be.. its a good lesson to make sure your prepared for the worst possible situation before you go out in the back country..
 
that was an eye opening reading, depressing, but i think that everyone should read this to learn the dangers of backcountry skiing.

Thanks alot for sharing that with the Newschoolers Community, i dont doubt that it was difficult. I highly appreciate it.

Rest in Peace Sammy
 
there should be a section on this site for safty information and how to contact local red cross HQ and stuff like that. i'm a life gaurd and i never go skiing without my cards and sometimes a little pack with gauze gloves and a CPR mask
 
thatd be soo cool if there was an avy report section or somthing, but wutever, very sad story, scary cuz i was over at loveland pass that same day
 
When you go into the backcountry, you're at the mercy of the mountain....play smart.

KNOWLEDGE - GEAR - PRACTICE - SURVIVE
 
^ yeah , if your gonna be an expert, or take that oh so important coarse, at least read the article. and stop the childish bickering. They even happen in Eastern Backcounrty, Ask Hugo!

Props on all the effort put into the rescue

and good job on informing those who care to read it! Avalanches happen Be prepared!
 
old news more proof that that there are too many idiots that think they know every thing and dont take the proper percautions. my advice if you dont own avey equipment and are not trained how to use it stay out of the backcountry colorado is a very dangerous place and should not be taken lightly. All ways go with an expiranced person that knows the terrian.
 
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