G-spotter Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20061107.NATS07-4/TPStory/Sports If you've browsed Gripped or Live-The Vision you might have seen posts from TonyDevo. This is him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weekend_Climberz Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 This sounds like the same one jmace posted in one of his updates. From what I've read, I find it amazing that he survived for so long being buried so deeply. Hopefully this is not a sign of what to come this season. Condolences to friends and family Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted November 10, 2006 Author Share Posted November 10, 2006 jmace posted in one of his updates Prolly the first time jmace has been mistaken for joe mckay? Hopefully this is not a sign of what to come this season. No shit. I just figured that it should be in this forum too to remind people that in all the "get your stoke on", eagerness for the first route of the season bad shit can happen too. RIP Tony Devonshire. I will miss your beta on LTV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmckay Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Canadian Avalanche Centre Avalanche Accident Information Report November 9, 2006 Source: Kananaskis Country Rangers Date: November 5, 2006 Time: 1310 Location: Mount Inflexible (Kananaskis Country) Elevation: approx 2600m Size: 2 Type: Slab Length: Unknown Width: Unknown Slab Thickness: 50cm (estimate) Aspect: Northeast Slope Angle: 35 degrees (estimated) Slope Configuration: Start Zone – rocky cliff bands with pockets of snow. Track – ice waterfall. Runout – Talus slope Two climbers were ascending a frozen waterfall located on a ridge just south of the Fortress ski area. The climb lies below a large alpine bowl. The climbers were in a narrow gully when an avalanche came from above and swept the climb. The leading climber was partially protected by a rock outcrop which deflected some of the debris around and over him--a close call. The lower climber was buried in the gully. The party did not have avalanche transcievers, probes, or shovels. The surviving climber followed the rope to the vicinity of his partner and dug for approximately 45 minutes with his helmet before going for help. The accident occurred Sunday in the afternoon on an east aspect. The area above the climb was lee to westerly winds, which had been transporting snow at upper elevations early in the storm when it was colder and the snow was dryer. Poor weather hampered efforts to determine exactly what happened but a fracture line was noted in the alpine bowl above the climbers. It is suspected that a smaller avalanche from near the ridge crest at about 2600m (perhaps a sluff) triggered a slab in the bowl, which gained mass as it descended and caught the climbers in the terrain trap below. The victim was found by Kananaskis Country rescue personnel an estimated 300cm below the surface Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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