Whitewater Forum: Early Season Snow Tradegy

Early Season Snow Tradegy

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Topic: Early Season Snow Tradegy

Posted By: huckin harms
Subject: Early Season Snow Tradegy
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2011 at 8:48am

A 'true hucker' meets his maker:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/more/wires/11/14/2080.ap.us.avalanche.death.3rd.ld.writethru.0859/index.html - http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/more/wires/11/14/2080.ap.us.avalanche.death.3rd.ld.writethru.0859/index.html

RIP

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Posted By: warlickone
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2011 at 10:31am

Wow...it's strange how I can be at the same time surprised and not surprised. I guess that conflict of thoughts is how these things go. That's still really sad. His little ones....oh man...

That is a well written article that captures what I knew about him. I was living in Driggs skiing Targhee when he did that big jump. He made a stir around there.

Sad.

Posted By: phil
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2011 at 11:12am

Sad.

Strange that such an accomplished skier, skiing early season fresh snow wasn't wearing a beeper though.

Posted By: huckin harms
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2011 at 11:35am

sad indeed...

Phil, how do you come by he wasn't wearing a beeper?

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Posted By: Ellingferd
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2011 at 11:35am

Not sure where you got that he wasnt wearing a beacon. Dude is a pro-skier and skied harder than anyone out there. He was only partially buried in the first place and died due to injuries sustained. That means you could see him when the slide stopped = you wouldn't turn your beacon on to find him because you can see him. Critiques aren't necessary, just condolences. He knew what he was doing.

Posted By: Rescue Randy
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2011 at 12:11pm

Here is a link the the Utah Avalanche Center Avalanche Accidents web page.

http://utahavalanchecenter.org/avalanche_accidents

Check out the Gad Valley 11/13/2011 Report for the accident details.

Posted By: huckin harms
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2011 at 2:46pm

thanks Randy for sharing that link....

sounds like they really stirred it up. very sad.

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Posted By: phil
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2011 at 4:41pm

Early reports said they weren't carrying rescue gear. From the link Randy posted it appears that was the case.

That incident report is terrifying.

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