 Poster: A snowHead
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The brave Mountain Rescue guys who died in the Val Lasties avalanche tragedy were:
Ervin Riz, aged 32, expert in helicopter rescue, instructor with the Trentino Mountain Rescue Service, Mountain Guide and instructor in Mountain Guiding
Diego Perathoner, aged 42, experienced climber and Mountain Rescue Technician.
Luca Prinot, aged 43, Mountain Rescue Technician.
Alessandro Dantone, aged 39, Mountain Rescue Technician.
These four were tumbled for 400m by the avalanche, three died of suffocation, the fourth of trauma.
Two others in the team, Roberto Platter and Sergio Valentini were caught up in the slide but survived, they wouldn't leave the scene until their colleagues were pulled free, they suffered from Hypothermia as a result of the incident.
The seventh member of the team, Martin Riz, wasn't caught in the slide and was able to call for help, two helicopters assisted with more Mountain Rescue teams.
This was a black day for the villages of Canazei and Campitello, they will not be the same for a long time to come, I'm sure there will be lessons to be learnt as regards to procedure, but these guys were experienced and qualified.
The snowshoers from Udine who perished in the original avalanche were Fabio Baron, aged 31 and Diego Andreotta, aged 30, who were supposedly experienced tourers and were carrying avalanche transceivers.
The particular conditions that led to the avalanche danger were the windblown accumulations of 40-70 cm of wet snow that fell in recent days on top of a layer of angular ice crystals that had formed during the extreme continental cold weather in the previous week. Numerous spontaneous releases had been reported and off-piste skiing and high mountain touring were strongly advised against as a result.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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davkt, you pay money  |
Well I am a super-snowhead - how much more do I need to pay to get that facility?
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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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snowball, you are there then already !!
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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rayscoops, when I wrote that, it didn't work (I tried it several times and just got a thing about contributions) but now it does. Perhaps my post above alerted someone to change it!
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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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snowball, a happy ending
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