The smart way to get out of an avalanche

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Slovak man trapped in his car under an avalanche freed

himself by drinking 60 bottles of beer and urinating

on the snow to melt it.

Rescue teams found Richard Kral drunk

and staggering along a mountain path four days after

his Audi car was buried in the Slovak Tatra mountains.

He told them that after the avalanche,

he had opened his car window and tried to dig his way

out.

But as he dug with his hands, he realised

the snow would fill his car before he managed to break

through.

He had 60 half-litre bottles of beer

in his car as he was going on holiday, and after cracking

one open to think about the problem he realised he could

urinate on the snow to melt it, local media reported.

He said: "I was scooping the snow

from above me and packing it down below the window,

and then I peed on it to melt it. It was hard and now

my kidneys and liver hurt. But I'm glad the beer I took

on holiday turned out to be useful and I managed to

get out of there."

Parts of Europe have this week been

hit by the heaviest snowfalls since 1941, with some

places registering more than ten feet of snow in 24

hours.
 
depending on how cold it was, he's kinda lucky he didn't die of hypothermia. When you're intoxicated, you actually have a much higher risk of loosing core body temperature.

 
how did some areas get ten feet of snow in 24 hours? is that possible? haha maybe im just not used to that much snow
 
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