13 foot deep companion rescue

[total_immortal]

Not sure if this has been posted here before, but pretty incredible story.

http://www.blackdiamondequipment.com...alanche-rescue

TL/DR: 3 people caught in avalanche, one self-arrested, the other buried to her waist, and one buried 4m deep! All survived without injury.

[plugboots]

Good first person recollection.

[SkiLyft]

FUckkkkkk scary shit. Excellent execution.

[reckless toboggan]

Jeebus.

Good work.

Be safe out there.

[ASmileyFace]

Makes you really think about your probe size. I think I might be looking elsewhere to sacrifice weight.

[dunfree]

check probe size, also make sure you got the upper body strength to shovel like a madperson.

[::: :::]

that is a shitton of digging

glad they persevered with the "micro search" portion of the search



(i'm torn on whether the BD advertorial part of it is a little gauche, tho...seems pertinent to gear, but also a little beside the point given the unique burial situation...i guess it's a dramatic happy customer review?)

[Dantheman]

Is that a record for deepest survived burial?

[Paul Blart]

I’ve always wondered how many people just look for the colored section of the avalanche report and go on without reading it at all.