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2009/2010 Revelstoke Conditions

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ratchet said:
I am not a man who expresses himself well in person, so I want to thank, from the bottom of my heart the two individuals who kept there wits about them (you know who you are Jeff and Randy, and my family is indebted to you) and were able to over come all ODDS to dig me and Riley out of our snow caskets.

We were in frisby at the back in deadmans creek (maybe not the best decision!). Anyway we dropped in at 300pm bc thinking this may not be the best decision, got almost to the bottom and realized there was no safe way out the bottom. person x went a bit further and lost his nuts, decided it was best to dig in and try to come out the top. I removed my pack and helmet and proceeded hike down to help turn his sled around. We turned his sled around and as he regained his breath I began to hike back up. he hit the throttle and begin his minny adventure back up. Randy made it 50 yards and the slope broke, we all thought,"wow get the cameras this is going to be funny", then the slope fractured above him!!!

I had literally 2 seconds to break into stride to head for the trees when a wave of snow hit me and covered me. the same wave knocked Riley off my sled had who was trying to see where randy was headed. The wave knocked riley off my sled and into a tree where my sled pinned his legs against it, he had no idea what hit him. that same wave carried jeff and his sled 50 yard down the hill. jeff scrambled to pull his avy bag cord 3 times but did not deploy. at that point jeff mad a decision to start scrambling for a tree as he was headed for a cliff. at this point I was barried with only my hand sticking out and I was frantically trying to clear snow away from my face, then a third slide came and burried me 3 feet under and it was like being concreted into the ground, I could not even blink the snow was packed so tight around me. from what I was told jeff was only haging on by a tree from being washed over the cliff after the third slide came.

Randy who was on the sled some how miraculisly was able to avoid all 3 slides after being tossed and turned on his sled and managed to ride it out ( act of god, or something, call it what you want). all the avy's settled and riley was buring 5 feet under pinned by the sled and I was compacted like a garbage truck 3 feet under.

Randy said he began immediate panic mode and began yelling for anyone left uncovered, as he could not see anyone or know where any one ended up. Jeff yelled out from 150 yards below, " I am here". randy ran all the way down to jeff to check his status, then they turned on there beacons and got a signal 50 yard up and 50 yards down (which would have been over the cliff) they scrambled up and down the slope to determine where the upper signal was coming from and were able to find Riley's signal after roughly 5-10 minutes, took 5 minutes to uncover rileys face and then a few more minutes to shut his beacon off. Riley was in severe pain as his knees and legs were pinned between a tree and my sled (which has landed him in Vernon emergency for surgery as a result).

After getting riley air and his beacon shut off randy and jeff began ther search for number 2, me, just so happens they were standing on me the whole time they were digging out riley, but because we were so close the most recent ortovox avy beacons could not differentiate the two. Randy noticed a black spot through the snow (my belaclava) and frantically began digging. He uncovered my face and found a blue and purple corpse (literally), he said I was not breathing nor responsive. he continued to uncover my chest and abdomin, yelling "breath XXXXX, breath XXXXX!) I apparantly blinked very slowly and gasped a tiny breath of air. I do not rember much untill about 30 miniutes after I was pulled out of the hole. They continued to work on riley as he was pinned down.

after all was said and done we ended up hiking/quadrupling off the hill with the remaining sled. worst scenario ever!!!!

ps.
being barried alive is the worst thing on the planet, your lungs affixiate and the pain is unbearable, then you begin haluciating and thinking you can just take a nap and it will all be OK! when you get to that stage think of anything you can to keep you consious, kids, wife, girfriend, sled, job, whatever it takes to hang on for an extra 30 seconds, because I assure you it will count. I am sure this blurb does not do the justis to the trials and tribulations my barried partner went through, nor our other two friends (who happened to save our lives) went through.

PSS, avy is out there, ride with caution!!!
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Glad to hear all good outcome! thanks for sharing.
 
riding west of town today showed less depth than on boulder and frisbe but was still deep enough to get stuck in and sweat a bit .ride smart in the early season . it looks a lot different than feb . choose the flatter areas as there is just as much of thi sas the to exposed area .
randy was in the shop and we chatted about the slide and were it happened . i know the trees there personelly as i think i have touched nearly most all of them at one time or another .
this is a area that first hand ya wouldnt suspect until your into it and realize it can be a terrain trap in spots . short bench areas to steep short sides and undulating flow .
this wsnt a huge open slope area so be careful as ya can .a deep draw can be enough to cover you if ya catch it wrong .
Thanks Randy for takeing the time to share this . has made me more aware .
 
summitdude said:
dont use His name in a curse..but use it in a blessing! you say "Jesus Save Me..Jesus Protect Me"! this is not a belief..but a revelation from God himself! besides..when your plan 'A' at survival is failing..what then?? you have nothing to lose..but all to gain with just those few words!:)
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Dude go take your B.S. to some other site. I thought this one was for sledding .Believe in what you want just keep it to yourself !!!
 
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Holy left turn bat man...how about we get back on topic. How was the snow in Revy this past weekend....pics please:D
 
ne1cadrgn said:
....X2
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This RONMM just gave me negative feedback for posting X2 on the above thread.

HEY RONMM
If you have something to say you should say it instead of hiding behind positive and negative feedback. Snowest is about voicing your opinion on everything to do with snow NOT religon. Save your preaching for the catholic or Christian forums.
 
I also gave a bad rating to the pro-religious rants, because none of this has anything to do with thread topic. I didn't see any reason to add yet another off topic post but now that you've brought it up maybe you can all take your religious debate to another thread and leave this one for updates on the Revy snow conditions.
 
ronmm said:
I also gave a bad rating to the pro-religious rants, because none of this has anything to do with thread topic. I didn't see any reason to add yet another off topic post but now that you've brought it up maybe you can all take your religious debate to another thread and leave this one for updates on the Revy snow conditions.
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Whatever......Some people
 
classy PM from ne1cadrgn

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Thats mature typical hypocrite response COWARD.


Nice place you guys have here - I think I'll be moving on. No wonder the public perception of snowmobilers is so bad.
 
now then.....back to the task at hand...it's been snowing up top, and shaping up to be a very busy weekend, with U.S. turkey day, and all....might be a good place to stay away from this weekend.....wherever you ride, ride hard, and RIDE SAFE....:beer;
 
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