AcmtnCat went for a ride.......(scary)

[BossRev]

Tim was caught in a slide today. It was a good sized slide. very scary.
He is banged up and bruised but doing well. it broke initially right below him
but there was another break about 25 ft up that came down as well. This was back in a small little hill side pocket south of Nobbletts....

He and his sled were thrown through a small grove of trees. luckily Tim faired much better then the sled did. Tim was stopped facing down hill with 5 to 6 feet piled on top of his legs hips and lower back, his leg was wrapped around a pined against the tree.
He did have his arms out in front of his head and this allowed his to keep his head out of the snow..

I am so thankful for the outcome and having the crew on the hill to manage the situation and help get Tim off the hill. Thanks to my homies Adam(mtnpull) and Aaron(weisspow)....

I have some Amazing video of the situation, both pov from Tim and hand held from below. Tim's footage is absolutely terrifying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ynAm5Wao1I

 

[tudizzle]

lucky.....


good thoughts flying your way Tim!

 

[1MEX]

wow man... Great job guys on the rescue.. Can't wait for vid... Always a fear for sure...

 

[ACMtnCat]

An eye opener for sure! Scared the hell out me. Super, super, super lucky!

I feel like I got ran the fvck over!

Thanks to the Crew! I'm home safe. The M6 is dead!

 

[mtnpull]

Scary deal for sure. I am so glad that I didn't have to break out my beacon. Things could have been a lot worse, that's for sure.

Jacob, hurry up and put that footage together for us. My wife (and myself) are anxious to see it. My footage sucks, cause as soon as I saw it letting go I started running (riding) away like a little girl.

I feel like I got ran the fvck over!

That's because you did!

How about an update on the leg? Any issues?

 

[2Thetopp]

Tim, good to hear you're alright, it will be a real eye opener, as in you spend a few nights laying awake reliving the scenario . Heal up, and get back out there, you'll notice that you're going to look over the hills a little differently now, which can be a good thing. Let us know any lessons learned so we can learn from your experience, what you did wrong, and obviously what you did right, and you must have done something right or this would be a different thread. Nice to have been riding with good people to help you through your ordeal.

 

[NewMTNsldr]

Holly crap !!! its been a scary week for sledders! Glad your going to be OK Tim... Please do share the rights/wrongs so we may all learn.

 

[sledhead ut]

Glad you're OK Tim.

Have to admit that I have been in a couple slides years ago and it's a life/ride changing experience for me.

Heal up and hit it soon

 

[ACMtnCat]

Scary deal for sure. I am so glad that I didn't have to break out my beacon. Things could have been a lot worse, that's for sure.

Jacob, hurry up and put that footage together for us. My wife (and myself) are anxious to see it. My footage sucks, cause as soon as I saw it letting go I started running (riding) away like a little girl.


That's because you did!

How about an update on the leg? Any issues?

Leg feels broken, but it's just bent, bruised and torn. More pain coming on by the hour! My neck, ribs and back feel like I was cage fighting with Silva!

I'm gunna say I might be done for the year.

 

[skibreeze]

Sounds like you went through a rough one! The avy that I hit a boulder on the way down fawked me good. My tailbone hurt for about a year afterwards.

 

[RMKED]

Glad you made it out alive, Tim
Where were you guys? I understand south of Nobblets, but was you on your way into the Mill Hollow area or?? Can't wait for the video. Hopefully we can learn something from it.
Jacob, are you or did you post anything on the UAC site?

 

[BossRev]

Leg feels broken, but it's just bent, bruised and torn. More pain coming on by the hour! My neck, ribs and back feel like I was cage fighting with Silva!

I'm gunna say I might be done for the year.

If Silva is a couple 60 ft aspens then you did. wait until you see it. I'm so suprised you are not more seriously broken.

 

[BossRev]

Scary deal for sure. I am so glad that I didn't have to break out my beacon. Things could have been a lot worse, that's for sure.

Jacob, hurry up and put that footage together for us. My footage sucks, cause as soon as I saw it letting go I started running (riding) away like a little girl.

Just a few more minutes to publish..

 

[BossRev]

Glad you made it out alive, Tim
Where were you guys? I understand south of Nobblets, but was you on your way into the Mill Hollow area or?? Can't wait for the video. Hopefully we can learn something from it.
Jacob, are you or did you post anything on the UAC site?

Yes, I called Craig as soon as I had the chance after getting Tim checked out.
I also filled out the form online.

 

[Rixster]

Scary deal, Sounds like you have a few days of super soreness coming !!
I guess we were just over the hill from you guys today !!

 

[JustinB]

Gald your okay scary scary deal. Sucks that your sled is dead but at least your alive and thats the important part. Rather be hurt then dead. Heal fast!

 

[BossRev]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ynAm5Wao1I

 

[sandorsnow]

wow glad you're ok. looking at that hill in the video, I would have climbed that in a second and wouldnt think it would slide (maybe different looking in person).

I was going to go ride in my normal place today but was worried about slides, after seeing this, Monte wasn't so bad after all.


Heal up soon.

great video skills

 

[sandorsnow]

when you were digging out, how was the snow? did it set up like concrete? or was it still soft?

 

[sledhead ut]

Damn, that was brutal. Great footage and Tim is a lucky man. Tree trauma could have been a deadly or paralyzing ending. Kinda have a loss for words right now.