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I could say the same thing, you are trying to JUSTIFY why you should bash this guy. So, have you taken a defensive driving course?? And I dont mean drivers ed either.
Thank you so much for haveing the brass to post this on here, I have slowed the video down frame by frame 20 times played 50 times over to learn as much as i can, so again thank you for posting. Have not seen to many videos from inside the slide where you can see what is going on so well.
^^^ Likewise. I've actually downloaded clip and converted back to .wmv format for future reference.
Good post. It would be worse IMO if we never got to see the footage, then there would be nothing to learn from.
How can you download those off of youtube? I'd like to save a copy of it for future reference also.
YouTubedownloader .... Google it.
all conversation on this subject raises awareness. that's why it's called a forum!
I try to learn something new every day... then I struggle to remember it!!
Keep talking.
Good point Rock ..... as long as it's contsructively discussed.
You know after a certain age you have to forget something to store a new memory ......
bashers are the real dumb as**s
i agree with others -this might be the most educational avy video i have ever seen. there probably are other similar videos, but they don't get posted for fear of being bashed- which is a shame. i like some of the constructive criticism posts and after reading dgoetz post- i bet he does too. you bashers are the real idiots and dumb f****rs. dgoetz-- thanks for the great post- you did a great service to the future safety to all of us on this site. please don't take anything from the bashers personally. they obviously are too smart and too good of riders to ever than learning anything from a seasoned veteran like you! the rest of us truly appreciate your candor. after watching the video numerous times, you are alive because of both luck and skill. i'd ride with you anytime.
i agree with others -this might be the most educational avy video i have ever seen. there probably are other similar videos, but they don't get posted for fear of being bashed- which is a shame. i like some of the constructive criticism posts and after reading dgoetz post- i bet he does too. you bashers are the real idiots and dumb f****rs. dgoetz-- thanks for the great post- you did a great service to the future safety to all of us on this site. please don't take anything from the bashers personally. they obviously are too smart and too good of riders to ever than learning anything from a seasoned veteran like you! the rest of us truly appreciate your candor. after watching the video numerous times, you are alive because of both luck and skill. i'd ride with you anytime.
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modsledr
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never bashed him...I praised him for coming on this forum and sharing his experience.
I pointed out a similarity with this event and other events this year that there is a commonality of experienced riders in familiar areas setting off slides where they've never seen one. As I said, I hope they will learn from this experience that just because you've ridden an area 100 times doesn't mean you know the conditions on that day.
Defensive driving course, like olympic wrestlers, are not the topic or the point...try to focus.
This was posted on another thread, thought it was simple and made a clear statement.
Originally Posted by Chief
All that said I believe that we all have a responsibility to ourselves, our family, our friends, and our sport to come home alive every time.
If you're going to play in Avy prone areas please do it with knowledge and responsibility. Do it with the bystanders in a safe place. Think of what the natural avy path is and have others stay clear of it. Do it with all the appropriate gear.
Originally Posted by Chief
All that said I believe that we all have a responsibility to ourselves, our family, our friends, and our sport to come home alive every time.
If you're going to play in Avy prone areas please do it with knowledge and responsibility. Do it with the bystanders in a safe place. Think of what the natural avy path is and have others stay clear of it. Do it with all the appropriate gear.
Great video! Thanks for sharing. Great to see the inside picture of a avy. I have watched also a few times and wondered in my mind a question. It is this: At what point would a guy deploy your ABS in this case, or would you at all? It also shows how fast things happen. That last wave going down hill could of been the one to throw the rider for sure. I think my reaction would of been to out run it like the rider did. But if I would of hit that last wave and wiped out, would I have had time to deploy the ABS? Defiantly food for thought.
Glad to see the immature bashing has stopped!
Glad to see the immature bashing has stopped!
That last post brought up a thought.
Do you try to outrun it and take a chance of hitting the wave, wrecking and ending up below it??
or
Do you grab break and try to stay on the upper end??
Do you try to outrun it and take a chance of hitting the wave, wrecking and ending up below it??
or
Do you grab break and try to stay on the upper end??
That's what I was wondering to CC...I have paused the video a couple times and it broke below...so what if you would have grapped a hanful of brake or and maybe even try to go right a little as he was near the edge.
Split second desicion and what he did worked out, but any more speed and the wave might have thrown him off. He did a very good job of staying on top but not just punching it and hitting the wave.
I guess one thing you don't know of when you hit the break is what is coming behind you..
Here is a vid of the avalanche Trennis B. was in. He did not make it through the wave. This was different though becuase it broke behind him...no way to stay behind it. This was a huge wave also. But he had no choice but to try and ride it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCBpZ73omnI&feature=related
The fracture line was actually 20' above me and I didn't know what was going on behind me and didn,t have the time to look. Before I went up I looked the hill over and decided to come down at an angle to my right (hills left) out of the full fall line. If you look at the very end of the desent to the left you see the slide ahead of me. If i would of come strait down or to the left i would of hit a wall of 10' - 15'. I didn't want to wait the wave out because of not knowing what was behind me. The reason I know the fracture line was above me was from the people watching below which of course i couldn't know at the time.
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SilverGriz
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There is a lot of good information and observations from this thread. Thanks for posting!
where did this happen?
I appreciate the post. I think all we can learn about avalanches helps protect others. From what I can see in the video he handled the situation extremely well. Kept his head, had a plan, executed the plan and it worked.
The thrill and relief of an experience like that is going to over flow with emotion if his came out a laugh. I cannot say what my response would be. The only alalanche I have been in so far was a situation where I had a plan if there was a problem, I executed the plan and everything turned out great. There was a great sense of relief, thankfulness to God, glad to be allive!!
Once again,
Thank you for sharing this experience with all of us.
The thrill and relief of an experience like that is going to over flow with emotion if his came out a laugh. I cannot say what my response would be. The only alalanche I have been in so far was a situation where I had a plan if there was a problem, I executed the plan and everything turned out great. There was a great sense of relief, thankfulness to God, glad to be allive!!
Once again,
Thank you for sharing this experience with all of us.
Ahh OK...that is one major reason not to try and stay above it, you never know what is behind you. I have to say you stayed very patient with the throttle till you got past the wave...How was the impact of the wave?? You definatly did everything right once you were caught in it.
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