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Johno Verity & Eric Themel avalanche video

Thursday, 10. 23. 2008  –  Category: Snowboarding, Video

Check out this dramatic footage of Johno Verity and Eric Themel, who got caught in an avalanche whilst filming in Mount Cook, New Zealand.

Dramatic stuff, and a timely reminder as the Northern Hemisphere season approaches that its not all just fun and games out on the white stuff.

Avalanche survival tip: don’t swim

Monday, 01. 22. 2007  –  Category: Snowboarding

Interesting post at pistehors.com which picks up on comments by avalanche expert Dale Atkins who has nearly 20 experience working as a senior avalanche forecaster, ski patroller and rescue worker.
Atkins says that the most important thing to do if buried is to maintain a breathing space around your mouth. In twenty years of investigating incidents [...]

Snowboarders sentenced for manslaughter following avalanche

Monday, 11. 20. 2006  –  Category: Snowboarding

2 snowboarders have been sentenced to 2 and 4 months in prison by the Annecy Criminal Court for manslaughter following an avalanche in 2003 that lead to the death of a teenager.
The two snowboarders had decided to climb on foot along a ridge at 2540 meters altitude in the Col de Bellachat sector when they [...]

Alps Avalanche Analysis

Monday, 11. 13. 2006  –  Category: Skiing, Snowboarding, Video

Looking forward to some off-piste action this season? You’d do well to read the analysis report published by Pistehors.com into the the significant rise in avalanche related deaths in France in the 2005-06 season.
The winter of 2005-2006 was the deadliest since 1970 term of French avalanche deaths. 55 people were killed in the five [...]

Avalanche awareness course free at Snow & Rock

Sunday, 10. 8. 2006  –  Category: Snowboarding

Snow & Rock are to host 6 avalanche awareness courses in November, following a 120% rise in avalanche related fatalities in the Alps last season.
The sessions will be led by international mountain guides (IFMGA’s) Nigel Shepherd (Alpine Safety Advisor for the Ski Club of Great Britain) and Graham McMahon (MIC), and will be held at [...]