A sad weekend, not only for the loss of life but the the injured and families. Another black eye for our beloved sport. Prayers to all people affected, be it family, friends, or injured.
Revy avalanche
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WOW! CTV just showed some footage from yesterday afternoon after the slide. What a mess! Not good quality footage, likely shot with a camera phone, but sure gives an idea of the size of the avy and the mayhem that ensued. Miracles can happen....lets hope and pray there still may be survivors.
Looks like those involved did the right thing....right to probing and digging. Well done everyone.
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1badcowboy
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The Provincial Emergency Program has set up an “emergency social services centre” at the Revelstoke Community Centre to help determine who might be missing and provide services to family members
Wow...this is huge. I run off to school and leave you guys for a few years and ya let this happen! Hope the survivors have no permanent disabilities and that all recover quickly. It's a sad deal but people were out having fun and not rotting away on their couches. Hang in there everybody. God bless the families of all the victims.
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EricW
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My $.02
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</OI think in heart felt times like these we are all best served to remember a few things.
<O</OEvents like these will no doubt create a wide variety of emotions such as sadness, grief, anger, helplessness, and even thankfulness. Each and every one of us has different ways of processing and displaying these types of emotions.
<O</OI personally feel that putting these true inner feeling on message boards in text can be a very risk thing to do based on how others interpret what you are meaning and/or trying to relate. I think there are always misunderstandings in these types of situations that would have been avoided if the sentiments were relayed in person where one could see your eyes, face, and true emotion. I think it is a dangerous gamble to post comments that could be taken in a way differently than you meant them to be. Text just doesn't always do our comments true justice.
<O</OThat said, I feel it is important for us to consider the many wide ranging emotions of those involved, family/friends of victims, rescuers, and all the rest of us who think we know a thing or two about a thing or two.
<O</OThe best way we act in of honor to these people is to offer up our feelings that can only be taken as feelings in support of them and all that they are going through. Now just doesn't seem like a right time for any grey area comments or even those that could be seen differently than we meant them to be. Emotions and interpretation are no doubt at a peak right now.
<O</OTime is a great healer, and maybe we should all pull together in support of our brothers and sisters until time has had a chance to do its work. Let’s not start to judge when our time is so much better spent in support.
<O</OOur family will be praying for and waiting for the opportunity to lend support to any and all involved. EW<O</O
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</OI think in heart felt times like these we are all best served to remember a few things.<O
</OEvents like these will no doubt create a wide variety of emotions such as sadness, grief, anger, helplessness, and even thankfulness. Each and every one of us has different ways of processing and displaying these types of emotions.<O
</OI personally feel that putting these true inner feeling on message boards in text can be a very risk thing to do based on how others interpret what you are meaning and/or trying to relate. I think there are always misunderstandings in these types of situations that would have been avoided if the sentiments were relayed in person where one could see your eyes, face, and true emotion. I think it is a dangerous gamble to post comments that could be taken in a way differently than you meant them to be. Text just doesn't always do our comments true justice.<O
</OThat said, I feel it is important for us to consider the many wide ranging emotions of those involved, family/friends of victims, rescuers, and all the rest of us who think we know a thing or two about a thing or two. <O
</OThe best way we act in of honor to these people is to offer up our feelings that can only be taken as feelings in support of them and all that they are going through. Now just doesn't seem like a right time for any grey area comments or even those that could be seen differently than we meant them to be. Emotions and interpretation are no doubt at a peak right now.<O
</OTime is a great healer, and maybe we should all pull together in support of our brothers and sisters until time has had a chance to do its work. Let’s not start to judge when our time is so much better spent in support.<O
</OOur family will be praying for and waiting for the opportunity to lend support to any and all involved. EW<O</O
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Manitoban's Grieve
Manitoba's sledding community grieve's and prays with all involved.
Manitoba's sledding community grieve's and prays with all involved.
He is giving details of what he observed, he has every right to let everyone know the dangers. I don't think he meant any disrespect to the victims. My condolences to the families
Well, that comment was directed towards "Ozone" (the bold print) in Veedys post.
I assume.
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Cpt.Ron
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Condolences to all involved...
Just like to send out our condolences to all involved, ..out thoughts are with you!!
We were on Boulder yesterday, and took in some of the event, but were at another location when the slide occurred. Our phone has been ringing steady with friends and relatives checking in, ..networking and checking on thier friends, etc... It has been an emotional time. We are thankful to not have been involved first hand, and that we have accounted for all of our main core of friends/fellow riders, ..everyone that I know has checked in, some of our friends were caught up to some degree, but all are OK now.
Like everyone else, we are dreading further bad news.
I would like to thank all of the Search and Rescue members, the Revelstoke Snowmobile Club, Sled Revelstoke Society, all of the volunteers and everyone involved in todays rescue/recovery misssion.
Also, thanks to everyone who is checking in regarding our personal safety, again, we are fine.
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Just like to send out our condolences to all involved, ..out thoughts are with you!!
We were on Boulder yesterday, and took in some of the event, but were at another location when the slide occurred. Our phone has been ringing steady with friends and relatives checking in, ..networking and checking on thier friends, etc... It has been an emotional time. We are thankful to not have been involved first hand, and that we have accounted for all of our main core of friends/fellow riders, ..everyone that I know has checked in, some of our friends were caught up to some degree, but all are OK now.
Like everyone else, we are dreading further bad news.
I would like to thank all of the Search and Rescue members, the Revelstoke Snowmobile Club, Sled Revelstoke Society, all of the volunteers and everyone involved in todays rescue/recovery misssion.
Also, thanks to everyone who is checking in regarding our personal safety, again, we are fine.
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Shelfrost
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Tragic situation. Sorry for anyone's loss or injury. We all assume the risks to do what we love in the backcountry, but this is hard to take. The worst part is the "not knowing". We all need to step back and view the outcome.
As a highly involved Search & Rescue manager and Organised Avalanche Response Team Leader for the BC Provincial Emergency Program, this becomes a slow, painstaking, methodical process now. There will not be an emotional, hastily unorganised search effort. It will be a methodical and overly safe search that will not place any other individual in harm's way. Please be patient and await the outcome, it will be presented to all when the information is available and all the families of the victims have been notified.
We all are brothers and sisters in the sledding community and must stick together and not fuel any negativity towards the sport we all love so much. This may become a life changing moment for all of us.
Thoughts and prayers to everyone involved. Support to the rescue services and hopefully this will end in the best possible manner.
Regards,
Sheldon
As a highly involved Search & Rescue manager and Organised Avalanche Response Team Leader for the BC Provincial Emergency Program, this becomes a slow, painstaking, methodical process now. There will not be an emotional, hastily unorganised search effort. It will be a methodical and overly safe search that will not place any other individual in harm's way. Please be patient and await the outcome, it will be presented to all when the information is available and all the families of the victims have been notified.
We all are brothers and sisters in the sledding community and must stick together and not fuel any negativity towards the sport we all love so much. This may become a life changing moment for all of us.
Thoughts and prayers to everyone involved. Support to the rescue services and hopefully this will end in the best possible manner.
Regards,
Sheldon
more coverage
Update. news conference on sunday. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNe...ke_avalanche_100314/20100314?hub=TopStoriesV2
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said the canvass of hotel rooms left police more optimistic that the death toll would not rise significantly. He said that was because many of the snowmobilers were equipped with avalanche recovery equipment and rescued themselves
Update. news conference on sunday. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNe...ke_avalanche_100314/20100314?hub=TopStoriesV2
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said the canvass of hotel rooms left police more optimistic that the death toll would not rise significantly. He said that was because many of the snowmobilers were equipped with avalanche recovery equipment and rescued themselves
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C S Fever
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Our thoughts and prayers to the all involved with this huge slide at turbo, thank God that some people had the presense of mind to stay away with the risk being this high, the tragedy could have been much worse! My condolences to the families of the victims, this is always so hard to convey through words on a post....... The whole Aberdeen, Saskatoon & Surrounding Snowmobile Club is thinking about you
So tragic it numbs my senses. SnoJo & I are heartbroken. Prayers for all involved.
My husband and son survived an avalanche snowmobiling in the interior a few years back... we have some understanding of what everyone is going through. We are heartbroken about what has happened at Turbo.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of those who were at Turbo and to the people involved in the rescue/recovery in progress right now.
Stay strong. Have faith.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of those who were at Turbo and to the people involved in the rescue/recovery in progress right now.
Stay strong. Have faith.
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Very scary indeed. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all involved and their families
this is truly a sad time for all sledders my condolences and thoughts are with all envolved as i am sure the rest the saskatoon snowmobiling community"s are as well
Its been awhile since Ive even looked on hear but when I read of the news via facebook my stomach went into knots and have been reading every post news update to see what happened who got hurt injured killed and if I knew them. I feel for all those involved and prayers and condulences. When I read posts about people I know heading there for this event and word of high avy danger. I had a bad feeling and just wish more people would have realized the true danger of the area. Luckily some did and chose not to be there. Hopefully others can learn from this tragedy. Very sad and it reminds me of others who have been lost to this sport. All I can hope is that those who lost their lives are climbing the tallest mountains and best snow up there! Heaven that is.
This truly is a sad day. I just got home and was loaded and going too head to Revy on Wednesday, decided to wait until Thursday morning to leave. My wife had a bad feeling and asked me not to go. So I decided to go racing with my son instead. I met Hardkore (Shawn Hamilton) and his son at the races in Penticton. So both myself and Shawn Are accounted for. Thoughts and prayers too all involved in this tragedy.
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