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01-07-2014, 02:58 PM #26Registered User
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vibes to the friends and family of the victim... not much else to say at this point. be safe out there, friends.
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01-07-2014, 03:00 PM #27"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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01-07-2014, 03:00 PM #28
Anyone else having trouble with the CAIC website?
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01-07-2014, 03:02 PM #29
Yeah, I am. Maybe they are getting a ton of traffic?
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01-07-2014, 03:03 PM #30Registered User
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damnit turns out this was a buddy of mine. fuck
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01-07-2014, 03:05 PM #31
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01-07-2014, 03:05 PM #32Registered User
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Terrible news. Vibes above and to all affected.
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01-07-2014, 03:07 PM #33
So sorry to hear this.
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01-07-2014, 03:14 PM #34
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01-07-2014, 03:14 PM #35Rope->Dope
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More slides, accidents and deaths would only help VRs case for expansion…
Steep Gullies expansion at ABasin will be into similar steep terrain with a deadly history. Not much opposition. Not a bad idea to have control work in some of these areas. Anyway, that’s for another day.
Very sad to hear this. The fragile snowpack has been well documented. Such a shame. Say some prayers folks.
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01-07-2014, 03:21 PM #36
my thoughts to friends and family
the drugs made me realize it's not about the drugs
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01-07-2014, 03:22 PM #37
The horizontal line is the area where the main start zone is and is easy to accidentally get drawn into (it rolls over very subtly). The vertical line is where I'm looking up near the end of the following video. The circle is the patch that can sometimes rip out when the main start zone goes and can sometimes trigger the main zone - if it rips out on you, you'll get funneled through baseball bat trees and over cliffs, but it's unlikely you'll be buried, as it doesn't enter the main slide path. That's NBA, as referenced by Zartagan's accounts.
Here's a video looking up at the main start zone from the side entrance. It's easy to get drawn into just beyond where I finally stop at, thinking you're in a safe zone. If CDC goes big, that 'safe' zone will rip out also and you'll be flushed through those trees and down the entire 1000' path. There's a lot of really gnarly trees lower down in the slide path that can really fuck you up.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZswmcI-2EY
Here's a photo from the 2008 accident report, showing top-down view of line that my partner skied. You can see the not-so-safe zone better, here. It looks a lot less safe from above, but you can't really see that if you poke into it from the side, and it can feel a lot safer. Guessing the whole group was caught because it ripped big and took out their 'safe' zone.
Last edited by Lindahl; 01-07-2014 at 04:08 PM.
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01-07-2014, 03:24 PM #38Registered User
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01-07-2014, 03:24 PM #39
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01-07-2014, 03:25 PM #40
Really horrible news, it's been a rough few weeks
Wait, What?
Friends of Berthoud Pass
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01-07-2014, 03:27 PM #41
my bad, nervously trying to find out if it was some friends that were there today, haven't heard back from them yet.
I hate hearing this stuff...the drugs made me realize it's not about the drugs
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01-07-2014, 03:34 PM #42Registered User
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Driving over this morning I pointed out the runs in EV to my wife. Talked about times I'd ridden them and how good it was. Definitely tempting. Sorry for the loss. This shit needs to stop.
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01-07-2014, 03:37 PM #43
Crown... note the wind loading, convexity, damage multipliers
The guy was getting on the bus? That is weird!
It is a really really weird feeling though, when you get down to the bus stop and find out another group that dropped at the same time but made a completely different line choice and bought the farm. It gives you all sorts of weird thoughts.
What a very sad dayOriginally Posted by blurred
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01-07-2014, 03:41 PM #44
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01-07-2014, 03:45 PM #45
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01-07-2014, 03:46 PM #46
Oh No not again!
I saw the temps spike up today and hoped people were cautious. I have been on edge lately reading all the accounts of tragedy, scanning through the new CAIC site and wondering if I would ever even go out into un-controlled terrain again.
I stood on the the remains of that cornice last summer and saw the scoured ground and shredded bush, not pretty.
The discussion we have been having about the "moderate" scale is pretty sobering in itself.
Heartfelt vibes to the friends of the lost, be safe take care of each other!
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01-07-2014, 03:51 PM #47
man, what a loss, a punch in the gut in this valley
ROLL TIDE ROLL
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01-07-2014, 04:00 PM #48
It was my kids group, my son had to work on the mountain at BC today. I'll post up when I find out more.
You know, you can swear on this site. Fuck, shit bitch. See?
A gun is like a parachute. If you need one, and don’t have one, you’ll probably never need one again
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01-07-2014, 04:02 PM #49
Glad your son is okay, hope his friends are handling.
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01-07-2014, 04:04 PM #50
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