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- toucha, on 01/05/2009, -0/+3This is really a true tragedy...these guys were so young
- SpongeBad, on 01/05/2009, -1/+4They were sober, snowmobiling, and the avalanche risk was was at the mid-point on a five point scale (I take it you never get on an airplane if the "terror alert" is at yellow?) when they went out.
Oh, and most of the victims were killed by a second avalanche that came down on the group as they were trying to pull three people out from the first avalanche. After a third avalanche hit, the three survivors opted to walk out for help and while walking out a fourth avalanche hit the same location.
This was a tragic accident. There's nobody to blame here, there's no Darwinism at work. You take a greater risk getting out of bed and getting in your car every day. - harris2004, on 01/05/2009, -0/+2Rest In Peace. Tragic Indeed!
- inactive, on 01/05/2009, -0/+1Makes sense. Happened last week and I already forgot.
- mliving, on 01/05/2009, -1/+2While I feel for the families this is nature in action folks.
"Forecasters at the Canadian Avalanche Centre had described the conditions in the Fernie and Lizard range on Sunday as "spooky" and able to generate avalanches easily capable of killing a person."
Evolution takes care of the stupid ones. - inactive, on 01/05/2009, -0/+1***** you, Tiny Douche.
- SpongeBad, on 01/05/2009, -0/+1That "spooky" avalanche report came out AFTER these guys were already out for the day (they left at 4am). They had to go with the Saturday report, which had the avalanche risk at "Considerable". This is the mid-point on a five point scale.
- Barackalypse, on 01/05/2009, -0/+1The Government takes care of far more stupid ones than evolution does, and it uses your money to do it.
- SpongeBad, on 01/05/2009, -1/+2They were well prepared (avalanche beacons, emergency packs, shovels, etc.). The issue came about because conditions changed dramatically throughout the day (-20C to 1C in a few hours, with heavy, wet, snow landing on top of the unstable ice).
I'm not saying there aren't people who get themselves killed because they are idiots (hell, just take a look at the four guys from BC who've been banned from Grouse Mountain for life because of their disdain for safety), but these eight guys were well prepared, experienced and informed about the conditions when they went out.
This is simply a tragic accident, and there's no blame to be laid. Sometimes Mother Nature is just a bitch. - krellor, on 01/05/2009, -0/+1Doesn't matter what the risk level is at. Before you hit the slopes, whether snowmobiling, or skiing, you do a snow stability test on a similar slope to what you will be on. Anyone is the back country should know this. If you don't have the skills for it, then learn. Read freedom of the hills, or take a class or something. You don't need to be a mountaineer to use these skills to stay alive.
- krellor, on 01/05/2009, -0/+1The weather the previous weeks should have warned them, and they should have done their own compression test on the slopes before riding out. It had been -30C, then warmed to 0C the week before, then snowed heavily, including the night before. I would have definitely tested the snow before I went riding across the slopes, probably taking the time for a rutschblock test. Mountaineering, you know that no matter what the warning level is you can be killed by a surprise avalanche. Anyone who goes into the back country in winter should know how to take these precautions. They obviously didn't, and this is what can happen.
- banderwocky, on 01/05/2009, -0/+1Where does it say anything in this article about drugs fool? On top of that, your druggie snowboarders you used as an example were in Colorado. Americans buying Canadian dope? We can't beat you junkies off this stuff! Way to fail looser. Go back to snorting your Cocaine in Florida and molesting Cuban/American boys!
- inactive, on 01/05/2009, -1/+1You have obviously never skiid in the backcountry.....I was on the Alpine REscue Team in Evergreen Colorado. We rescued snowboarders, skiiers and Snow mobilers all winter long - every winter. It was usually a body recovery. Snowboarders were always juvenile pot smokers making bad decisions about EVERYTHING including the risk of avalanche. One of the most unpredictable measures is avalanche hazard. No one goes out and takes a snow core sample from the particular kill you are boarding on in the backcountry. You have to determine that yourself and juvenile pot smokers ALWAYS get it wrong!
- banderwocky, on 01/05/2009, -1/+1You are so factually ignorant and wrong regarding this article, it probably would be shocking to most, but not to me. You should stop snorting all that cocaine down in Florida! Not once in this article does it say anything about drugs or snowboarding fool. Once again, you make false assumptions and accusations to the deceased. What a child.
And for your info fool, this is not "Darwins Law" in any shape or form. Read a book. - inactive, on 01/05/2009, -2/+1No Banderewockey - I am factually correct in all of my statements. Read the autopsy report you Canadian doper.
- inactive, on 01/05/2009, -3/+1Darwins law at work. They were smoking pot, snowboarding, and making bad decisions just like most pot smoking Canadians I know.
- inactive, on 01/05/2009, -2/+0God bless us everyone
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