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02-07-2021, 08:27 PM #51
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02-08-2021, 09:19 AM #52
Skied a day at Snowbird with straightlineorbust a few years ago. Awful news. RIP.
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02-08-2021, 11:27 AM #53Registered User
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02-08-2021, 02:36 PM #54
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02-08-2021, 02:54 PM #57
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02-08-2021, 03:03 PM #58Registered User
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02-09-2021, 12:32 PM #59
Damnit. This is so sad. We just learned that my SIL's nephew is Sarah's boyfriend who dug her out. He's obviously devastated. My SIL asked for prayers for him as he deals with this tragedy. The long term impacts for him and all involved will be very damaging, I'm sure. So young...
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02-09-2021, 02:47 PM #60
Did I read the article correctly that one of the deaths was the group skinning while the other three were from the descending/triggering group?
go upside down.
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02-09-2021, 03:11 PM #61"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
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"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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02-09-2021, 03:40 PM #62Registered User
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According to the article in today's Tribune both parties were ascending.
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02-09-2021, 04:09 PM #63
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02-09-2021, 04:16 PM #64
And a 31 degree slop angle...
go upside down.
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02-09-2021, 05:17 PM #65
The party of 5 came in from BCC and was skinning up they had already done a few laps when the slope broke. Someone in their group had set out that lap and was on top already. When the slope broke it caught the 4 that were skinning and the party of 3 that had started from Mill Creek. 7 were caught/carried, with 6 fully buried.. The person from top came down, and along with the partially buried skier and dug out the rest of the victims.
When life gives you haters, make haterade.
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02-09-2021, 05:29 PM #66
Thank you very much for doing what you do. I tried to do the search and rescue gig right out of college and the first body bag ruined me forever. I think your experience and relating the facts as well as the reality of what the aftermath really looks like can do wonders for the community. I for one thinks it reigns me in when I want to get after it. But I'm an old fuck so what do I know.
PS Hope you don't mind that I brought your comment in from the Wasatch thread, I think it is very powerful and bears repeating.Samuel L. Jackson as Jules Winnfield: Oh, I'm sorry. Did I break your concentration?
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02-09-2021, 05:37 PM #67
Super fortunate there was someone in the group chomping at the bit to get up top again.
The photos sure make the slope look a lot steeper than 31 Deg.
then you see this one.I have been in this State for 30 years and I am willing to admit that I am part of the problem.
"Happiest years of my life were earning < $8.00 and hour, collecting unemployment every spring and fall, no car, no debt and no responsibilities. 1984-1990 Park City UT"
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02-09-2021, 05:41 PM #68
My first body bag experience didn't hit me till a week or two after the fact. We had 3 recoveries in less than two weeks and most of us were on at least two of the missions. I'll never forget the feeling when I found that fisherman face down in the river. That summer changed how I approached safety in the mountains.
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02-09-2021, 05:48 PM #69
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02-09-2021, 05:53 PM #70
28 sounding better and better.
I have been in this State for 30 years and I am willing to admit that I am part of the problem.
"Happiest years of my life were earning < $8.00 and hour, collecting unemployment every spring and fall, no car, no debt and no responsibilities. 1984-1990 Park City UT"
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02-09-2021, 05:56 PM #71
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02-09-2021, 06:00 PM #72
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02-09-2021, 06:03 PM #73?
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02-09-2021, 06:06 PM #74
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02-09-2021, 06:17 PM #75
Anyone want to draw the skin track in on one of those photos?
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