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03-19-2012, 11:20 AM #1
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Kootenay Pass Heli Bombing - Awesome Video
Don't think this has been posted here yet. Worth a watch thats for sure!! Some unreal footage, looks like fun.
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03-19-2012, 12:28 PM #2
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Holy fack monster slides
Originally Posted by iceman
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03-19-2012, 12:41 PM #3
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my job sucks.
also: how do they handle slides across the road that have big trees in them? I'm assuming they have to go dig out / cut up the trees before the big snowblowers can run through it?
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03-19-2012, 12:45 PM #4
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Do you think it is like most jobs, kind of boring after a while? (:
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03-19-2012, 12:46 PM #5
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New dream job. Wonder if he gets free heli-drops
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03-19-2012, 01:12 PM #6
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Bomb diggity
I need to go to Utah.
Utah?
Yeah, Utah. It's wedged in between Wyoming and Nevada. You've seen pictures of it, right?
So after 15 years we finally made it to Utah.....
Thanks BCSAR and POWMOW Ski Patrol for rescues
8, 17, 13, 18, 16, 18, 20, 19, 16, 24, 32, 35
2021/2022 (13/15)
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03-19-2012, 01:14 PM #7
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Boom. Taking job satisfaction to the next level
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03-19-2012, 01:19 PM #8
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There's a quick shot of them pulling out the trees. Originally Posted by toast2266
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03-19-2012, 01:22 PM #9
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if you haven't you should prolly post this in the slide zone also
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03-19-2012, 01:29 PM #10
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Sweet job!
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03-19-2012, 05:14 PM #11
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Yep, those lucky bastards have snaked my line a few times. Originally Posted by Harry Caray
New dream job. Wonder if he gets free heli-dropsLife is simple. Go Explore.
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03-19-2012, 07:27 PM #12
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HOLY sympathetic fracture at 2:50
OMG tree muncher at 6:15 , those fuckers are pulled up by the roots (7:20)!!!"The top of the mountain is just the start of the journey." - favorite mentor in skiing and life
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03-19-2012, 10:36 PM #13
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Really cool video, 2 thoughts about the first slide, wow it was fast, and I saw at least 3 GazX tubes in the start zone and it took a bomb to set it off? Interesting.
Last edited by CG; 03-20-2012 at 05:52 PM.
Wait, What?
Friends of Berthoud Pass
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03-19-2012, 11:31 PM #14
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was wondering the same thing. sweet video.
powdork.com - new and improved, with 20% more dork.
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03-19-2012, 11:48 PM #15
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I'm told by friends who do this that it can get tedious after a while if its a long long season. Getting pulled over in customs for having powder remnants on your hands and still submitting to cavity search after showing the blasters cert is also a bit much even . Originally Posted by dewam
Do you think it is like most jobs, kind of boring after a while? (:
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03-20-2012, 12:45 AM #16
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You should headbutt & treat them like luffski. Originally Posted by That was Pontus
The floggings will continue until morale improves.
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03-20-2012, 08:44 AM #17
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I would think they'd get a Daisy Bell instead of throwing charges?
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03-20-2012, 04:20 PM #18
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Road closed.
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03-20-2012, 06:18 PM #19
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That video is from 2011, I think they do use a Daisy Bell these days. Originally Posted by Shredhead
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03-20-2012, 06:52 PM #20
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We tried a daisy bell at our little hill and found standard old school heli bombing to be more effective
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03-20-2012, 07:35 PM #21
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From what I heard from the local avalanche techs it is a lot less fun when they have to heli bomb in next to zero visibility.
Not a dream job unless you want to work EVERY powder day (and plenty of nights too). Sitting in a truck all night watching for sluffs is less fun than the chopper and explosives.
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