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Feb 21, 2019
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UNLVcougar
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If you don't get hit by debris, how long do you have once the snow covers you?
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GoPro footage of a Utah skier caught in an avalanche this weekend. The panic in
Kauai
2/21/19 3:33pm
Everybody should watch this if they are thinking of going in the back country right now
Solomon Levi
2/21/19 3:41pm
I see guys going through the Hidden Canyon gate at Brighton all the time
Jesse Pinkman
2/21/19 4:15pm
Whoa. That’s freaky
PabloSanchezz
2/21/19 3:44pm
That was intense.
Banjo Blues
2/21/19 3:51pm
The brother of a guy in my Ward died in an avalanche
Jdoc
2/21/19 4:01pm
If you don't get hit by debris, how long do you have once the snow covers you?
UNLVcougar
2/21/19 4:29pm
Most statistics say about 15 minutes. Terrible way to die.
Jdoc
2/21/19 4:35pm
Geez. That’s crazy
TADOW
2/21/19 4:06pm
That was on the Today show just the other day.
Blue for Life
2/21/19 4:13pm
Wow
Cougar-Duck
2/21/19 4:26pm
It happens far to much...
CoachSpeak
2/21/19 4:43pm
imagine if it would have pushed him into a tree. goodnight
claw
2/21/19 4:54pm
supposedly grabbing on to a tree is a good thing in an avalanche. You can hang
buckeyecougarguy
2/22/19 11:45am
Honest question from one that has never been in an avalanche, why not dig out
Josef K
2/21/19 5:20pm
The snow is all around him inhibiting his movement. Where would he put what he
Q-grr
2/21/19 5:31pm
Yeah, it looks like if you are in more than a foot of snow, your best chance of
Josef K
2/21/19 5:45pm
They make a deployable airbag for use in an avalanche. They are reusable and
Q-grr
2/21/19 6:01pm
The snow consolidates in an avalanche
Solomon Levi
2/21/19 6:26pm
Also, in many avalanches (although not this one) if you're buried by more than a
kos
2/21/19 7:02pm
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