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Snowboarder rescued unhurt after 20 minute burial?


Norman_Clyde

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The NW avalanche center has posted a report that this past weekend a snowboarder in the Mt. Hood area (I think) triggered an avalanche that carried him into a creek bed, where he was buried 4 feet deep for 20 minutes. Then it says that his buddies were able to perform a beacon-assisted rescue, and that he was dug out unharmed after a 20 minute burial. This outcome is so unusual that I don't want to wait until next year's ANAM to read about it (if it even makes it in as a backcountry skiing incident). Anybody have the whole story?

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Norman_Clyde said:

...buried 4 feet deep for 20 minutes. Then it says that his buddies were able to perform a beacon-assisted rescue, and that he was dug out unharmed after a 20 minute burial. This outcome is so unusual ...

The only reason he was "unharmed" is because snowboarders, having no braincells, suffer no adverse effects from hypoxia. fruit.gif

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