The Concept of Safety - Getting Caught in an Avalanche
I recently got sent a link to the video below, which scared the crap out of me. It has made the rounds, so maybe you have seen it, too. It’s a POV helmet cam on a skier who is out with some of his buds on a bluebird day with some fantastic Alaskan terrain ahead.
He is the first to drop in on this particular face, and after a few turns it becomes a firsthand view of every backcountry skier’s worst nightmare. We see the camera look down and fissuring starts to propagate, then the skier is riding with the slab and engulfed in snow. The view is then all moving snow, light and dark without bearings, until the snow settles into an eerie, still blue light.
