Movie clip: Skier vs. Avalanche
This season has been a black one for the alpes, the number of deaths in avalanches is the most in the 35 years. Knowing this it’s nice to see someone manage to escape.
Slovenian skier gets caught and escapes from avalanche
Edit: Peter mentioned this link with a longer video of the same contest. Thanks Peter!
March 22nd, 2006 at 10:40
I saw this clip a few days ago here:
http://www.vg.no/video/videoplayer/player.hbs?id=2720
Listen to the incredibly stupid commentary (in norwegian). He seems to think that this is very common and a nice thrill for skiers. Compares it with surfing a tube… ehumm… not really…