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  1. #1
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    Avalanche Fatality Near Cameron Pass, Colorado - 2021/12/24


  2. #2
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    you see a tie dye disc in there?
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    dam, sorry to hear. rip

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    Shit.

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    Ug. As usually, solid report by CAIC. I think their summary describing a brief judgment lapse nails it. This is a mistake I can see a lot of people making.

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    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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    One of the most difficult things in activities like climbing and skiing is to recognize when you are making an impulse decision and force yourself to pause and reconsider. And even if you pause successfully 99 times in a row, the one time you don't might fuck you.

    RIP skier

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    It ran for only 100' and completely buried him 4' deep.

    Jebus.
    Is it radix panax notoginseng? - splat
    This is like hanging yourself but the rope breaks. - DTM
    Dude Listen to mtm. He's a marriage counselor at burning man. - subtle plague

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    ^^^ abrupt transition?
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Bunion 2020 View Post
    ^^^ abrupt transition?
    Looks like a tree damn and transition.
    dirtbag, not a dentist

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    Quote Originally Posted by raisingarizona13 View Post
    Looks like a tree damn and transition.
    He was pinned on the uphill side of a tree.
    Is it radix panax notoginseng? - splat
    This is like hanging yourself but the rope breaks. - DTM
    Dude Listen to mtm. He's a marriage counselor at burning man. - subtle plague

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    Just... fuck.
    The older I get, the faster I was.






    Punch it, Chewie.

    Damn he seems cool.

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    Quote Originally Posted by yeahman View Post
    One of the most difficult things in activities like climbing and skiing is to recognize when you are making an impulse decision and force yourself to pause and reconsider. And even if you pause successfully 99 times in a row, the one time you don't might fuck you.

    RIP skier
    Bruce Tremper opens up his book Avalanche Essentials with a chapter discussing this very topic. It really opened my eyes a little more to just how easily we can trick ourselves into a false sense of security.

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