 Poster: A snowHead
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Oscar Gonzales, a 24-year-old snowboarder from Los Angeles County, has survived a major wipe-out and nasty back wound by trudging through the snow for shelter during a freezing night at 'Mountain High', a local resort.
He spent the night in freezing wet boots under vegetation, and then found an abandoned aircraft, eventually to be discovered by helicoptered rescuers.
This report from Los Angeles Times.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Brave fella, I struggle with the reasoning though that black shirt would be more visible that a tan and white jacket?
In fact from a safety perspective I'm surprised that there isn't an edict that all snow and mountain/extremem pursuits wear should be made in bright colours, orange, yellows, reds. All these blacks, blues, greys, browns etc. surely can't help the mountain rescue when folks need them.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Megamum, I saw a tiny child on the slopes last week, dressed completely in white, including a white helmet. Insanely unsafe.
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... but very effective in protecting your child from deadly Alpine predators. A child in camouflage is a safe child, when exploring the snow slopes.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I came off a roler in Austria this year at speed and airborne only to see a guy dreessed all in white a few feet over the lip only noticed him because of the black ski poles! All white is ok for the army but for rec skiers 
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Ordhan, So what you are saying is you hadn't checked the slopes below you before jumping recklessly over a blind ridge? 
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Ordhan, You weren't the idiot who came past me about 3-4 yards away at head height in Zell am Ziller a few weeks ago were you?
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alex_heney,
I think Ordhan might be thinking " If you're the idiot that was dressed in white then yes!" 
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Kruisler, I wasn't - I had my blue jacket on that day, with dark grey salopettes.
But if he flies off rollers without looking first, he's not likely to only do it once 
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alex_heney,
I hope I am right (if not he is indeed an idiot..) but I think he/she meant that he had looked but not seen because the guy was all in white..Wondering now...
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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FAQ
..they get away with so much! 
