 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi guys,
Not posted since I started my season here. Too bloody busy!
Unfortunately it's bad news. Avalanche under the top of the Ecudets chair has killed one and put another in critical condition. Both are British tourists. It happened about midday.
Not sure what equipment they had etc but reports are only just surfacing in the town. More to follow.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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Strange, some conflicting reports online and here.
Chinese whispers I guess.
Wonder why it took so long to dig him out?!
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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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| parkesy wrote: |
| Wonder why it took so long to dig him out?! |
20 minutes will fly by when you are trying to find a signal, when you find it, locate the victim, and then dig them out, all in avy debris, assuming you are already on the scene
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20 minutes is not long to dig out someone who is buried over a metre deep.
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I suppose so.
Unfortunately another person died on the bordercross area yesterday as well. Broke their neck in a freak fall.
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Shame.
I no wonder about the boarder cross. Sometimes it's been built up goes hard and then you see people with little control hurtling down it. It was going to happen.
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Broke their neck in a freak fall.
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From what I've seen of boarder cross many falls could result in a broken neck - doesn't have to be a freak fall. 
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And that applies in spades in a park with big jumps.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Very sad either way. Will find out the details today with a bit more clarity.
Needless to say I will be taking it easy for a while
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