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A sobering reportage on the Stevens Pass avalanche
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

A friend was a friend of Jimmy Jack, one of the victims. She sent me this this morning and I thought it worth sharing.


http://youtube.com/v/cjzT15-oQq0&sns=em

Let's be careful out there.
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Very sobering. I don't know if you've seen it previously, but there was a big write up in the NYT a couple of years ago which is quite an interesting read: http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/
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@Scarlet, yeah, I saw that at the time.
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Scarlet, remember reading that at the time.
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Scarlet wrote:
Very sobering. I don't know if you've seen it previously, but there was a big write up in the NYT a couple of years ago which is quite an interesting read: http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/


Interesting read, and well written. Think that 'sobering' sums it up perfectly. I wasn't even skiing back in 2012 so not something I'd heard about before, however it's interesting to hear about experienced back country skiers who still get caught up in the excitement and can't bring themselves to speak up when they see the warning signs. No one wants to pull the handbrake on a party, but sometimes you have to go with your gut.
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No one wants to pull the handbrake on a party, but sometimes you have to go with your gut.


I was skiing many years ago with the same chum who sent me the link and the group had a "one head veto policy", initiated by herself, i.e. one no means no go.

Anyhoo, we found ourselves overlooking a particularly toothsome pitch of powder. No particular avvy danger that we could see, but none of could remember the topography of the slope further down.

So as we turned to head elsewhere, she whopped and said something rude and headed off down...

Nothing untoward happened other than a small drop off an unexpected cliff but it rather reinforced just how strict you have to be with yourselves, particularly when the adrenalin's buzzing.
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Thanks for posting it. That was a really nasty "human factor" scenario. A big group of experienced back country skiers who don't know each other all that well. Some pros - so a few of the keen amateurs will have been conscious about how they fitted in the pecking order. Perhaps even with a bit to prove. A tendency to think "well if THEY think its OK...". Not being comfortable to put a dampener on things with people you don't know well. The circumstances for having open, thoughtful debates about the risks and what the options were was really bad.
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 After all it is free Go on u know u want to!
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under a new name wrote:
Nothing untoward happened other than a small drop off an unexpected cliff but it rather reinforced just how strict you have to be with yourselves, particularly when the adrenalin's buzzing.


Indeed, with my limited experience I haven't venture off piste, and probably won't for some time, but I'm aware that I'm prone to be impulsive and a tad reckless.
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