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Freeriding – Deadly risk for the ultimate adrenaline rush
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

Reporter Matthias Lüscher is looking for the ultimate powder experience every winter. Together with one of the best freeriders in the world, Sam Anthamatten, he now wants to ride a steep couloir on the Dents du Midi. In order to minimize the risk of misfortune, smart decisions must be made.


When freeriding off-piste, there is always the potential risk of an avalanche accident or a fatal fall. Every winter, an average of 20 snow sports enthusiasts die in an avalanche in Switzerland. Professional athlete Sam Anthamatten has also lost friends in the mountains over the years and has had to save himself from avalanches. That's what the Valais native tells reporter Matthias Lüscher during the two-day ski tour.

As a mountain guide and member of the Zermatt Mountain Rescue, Sam knows the unsightly sides of the mountains too well: "Once you've seen death, you think differently about it," he says. Despite these fates, which he witnessed firsthand, nothing stops him from continuing into the mountains and driving steep and risky walls: "If I make a mistake, the consequence is death, I'm aware of that."


http://youtube.com/v/anqLktdFvuM
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

Great copy & paste technique @stanton - here's the bit you missed snowHead

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A few months ago Sam became a father. In his new role, he also sees himself with a new responsibility. Rec. reporter Lüscher is also a father and, during the ski tour, thinks about the consequences of making a mistake when skiing in deep snow. Is it worth taking so much risk for the freeride experience? At the latest when the two are at the top of the couloir, they have to ask themselves this question and make the right decision
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