Video: This French Heli Pilot Does a Next-Level Toe In
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There’s never really anything good about having to get rescued, especially when you’re in the high alpine and suffer a knee injury. However, when skiing in the mountains around Chamonix, you can count on the fact that your rescuers are among the most badass in the world and will stop at nothing to come save your a**.
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That was clearly evident this past week when a skier dislocated his knee and required a heli evac. The rescue crew arrived almost immediately and managed to pluck him off the steep slope like an olive off a plate of hor d’oeuvres. Super smooth, super easy, but REALLY sketchy. I mean, look how close those rotors are to the slope.
Max Ritter
AuthorI manage digital content here at TGR, run our gear testing program, and am stoked to be living the dream in the Tetons.
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